Changes Update!

[tabaqui]

Well, i thought i'd put it up early since i had a couple of late weeks.
But First!

Let me rec you something truly divine. caoilainn and sottovoce10 wrote White Nights and Vampire Tales.

An absolutely beautiful, lyrical character study of the Fanged Four, Angelus and William-centric, and from William's POV. Set in St. Petersburg in 1883 and full of lovely period detail, and with a William-voice that is spot-on. Surprising, sexy, fun, clever - you must read!

Now then. :)

Chapter 31: Coping. Enjoy!

Comments

[shighola.livejournal.com]

woohoo!

off to read...

[tabaqui]

Heeeeee.

[shighola.livejournal.com]

*shivers*
Good chapter! How much do I love your Dru? So, so much. Loved this bit:
Utterly unlike Spike, and somehow exactly like him
Dunno why, that just struck me as so like Dru.

Anywhoo, I definitely don't like the sound of this:
You, mind your book and mind your heart and take the Slayer's skin when you're called to go riding. That's the only way you'll see your love again.
See there's a reason why people don't trust the sidhe. I knew they weren't being straight from the beginning. And now it's all gonna go arse over tit.

I'll put up with the angst and pain, but I better get my Spike back!!!

[txrabbit.livejournal.com]

SEE!

I told you it was going to be up today!

*snogs you silly*

[tabaqui]

*reels*
*giggles*

Well, okay...
Did it just for you!!
:)

[julia-here.livejournal.com]

Great Drusilla stuff, scarey as hell "I've killed my Christmas wren"...

Worried about what she's said but trusting you to bring it round straight and true.

Julia, and thank for the recs, since I'm reading until the guilt of not writing real world stuff passes

[tabaqui]

Dear gods, you read fast.
:)
Thank you!
I so love Dru...
*bounce*

True, never straight.
Hehe.

[umbralillium.livejournal.com]

*pounces the chapter and quickly reads it before dinner*

Ooooooo. Very lovely! You have such great voices. 'specially love your Dru voice. Can't wait for Spike to get home. *pets the pack*

[tabaqui]

Thank you so much!
Dru is so fun - love having her around.

[kk-d.livejournal.com]

how do i find all the previous parts??????????

I've been hearing all about it and I wanna reeeeead!

[tabaqui]

Well, if you click on the link to Chapter 31, you will go to my website. Scroll to the bottom of the chapter and click the 'back' button, and you'll be on the page for all the Changes chapters.

Or, go here.

[anelith.livejournal.com]

Sounds like Drusilla's giving Xander a hint that getting Spike back won't be easy. Not that we expected it to be, given your devious mind! :-)

[tabaqui]

Oooh, you think?
*hee*
*bounce*

[fanbot.livejournal.com]

Sings in a bad impression of Andrew and Co. in "storyteller"
"I love this verse!"

[tabaqui]

*heeeeeeeeeee*
Nice icon!
:)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

I truly do love your Dru, though she scares me silly when she does this. Now I'll be worrying all week that Xander's going to have trouble getting Spike back. Waaaaaaaaah! *g*

[tabaqui]

Thank you so much!
*bounce*

[amejisuto.livejournal.com]

You just love making me cry, don't you?

Gods this is good, can't wait to see what you come up with next!

[tabaqui]

*pet pet pet*

Thank you so much!

[pyrite.livejournal.com]

mind your heart and take the Slayer's skin when you're called to go riding. hmmm... interesting. so xander builds his nest up high so that it will be cozy and warm when spike and tara come home to roost. beautiful again.

[tabaqui]

Hehehe.
Ooh, yes, nest. Making a good place for Spike to come back to.

Hmm...

[(Anonymous)]

'take the Slayer's skin when you're called to go riding. That's the only way you'll see your love again.'

Dear sweet heaven--it's Tam Lin. You *are* devious!

Re: Hmm...

[tabaqui]

Me?
Devious?
*snerk*
WHO is this??
Free accounts are easy AND - icons!!
*bounce*
*i'm just nosy*

[djinanna.livejournal.com]

Eeeeh! That was ... whoa!

::skin creeps from the atmosphere Dru brought with her::

This was a really wonderful and suspenseful and creepy way of showing us the slow but inevitable passage of time as the family waits for the year to pass. I was almost starting to hope that this chapter would encompass the entire year of waiting, until Dru showed up. And speaking of Dru~

"slayer's skin" Oh! I get it. It's [spoiler], isn't it? Huh. *brrr*

And the rest ... oh, remember Dru's words, children, she's a Seer and her "visions", though they're spoken with madness, are *important*. Well, parts of what she sez is important. Part is gibberish. Knowing which is which is the trick, eh?

[tabaqui]

Ooh, thank you!
I do so adore Dru, and love to write her - so glad she came off well!

I thought i'd do all seven years in one chapter, too, but then - not how it worked!
*bounce*

*spoiler*
Hee! Could be!
*that's two...*

I think Spike was very adept at interpreting her, in the end.
Pity they didn't use that more in the show.
Thank you so much!

[chocgood84.livejournal.com]

Ugh. *collapses*

Running out of things to say, bay-bee. What else is there to say but "yip!".

in other words, another splendid chapter, love.

[tabaqui]

Thanks, bay-bee!
*hugs you hard*

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Oh, baby! That was spectacular! Dru-- oh my god! You do her so well! Fabulous. And the pain of being separated from Spike is just overwhelming and it's so real. *sniff* Yer killing me!And this line: "Does it hurt, to cry that bone cup full of tears?" is so beautiful. Oh, I wish I was that good.
Dru, Dru! I only love your Dru. Thank you for a great episode- I'm counting with poor Xander. *kiss*

[tabaqui]

OH!
Hey, you know that means SO much to me, coming from you!
*beams*

You ARE that good - you have some wonderful, soaring moments in your fic - don't say you haven't!!

And thank you! I love Dru so much - so glad she's 'right'!!
*snogs you*

[nashmaveric.livejournal.com]

::sigh:: I know my feeback sucks these past couple of chapters but it's only cause they hurt. Which is good inasmuch as it's your writing that does it. Hurry up and write more please? I want Spike back. I miss him.

[tabaqui]

Thank you, bay-bee.
*pets you*
The only fb that sucks is NO fb.
:)

[sufie58.livejournal.com]

That was wonderful -the way you showed Xander and everyone trying to cope, the way the time was passing and Xander was marking off Spike's time - almost a feeling of things becoming normal again. Then Dru!, totally not normal but scary and creepy and now I'm all worried that Spike's return is not going to be straightforward. As always, desperate to read the next bit. Thank you.

[tabaqui]

Thank you so much!
*bounce*
Dru's so fun, i love her!

[taruma16.livejournal.com]

WOW, wonderful chapter! I love your Dru. It looks like it won`t be easy for Xander to get *his* Spike back.

[tabaqui]

Thank you thank you!
:)

[cleeaz.livejournal.com]

Lovely and haunting as ususally - except of course now I want to more about Drusilla's man. She does know hang out with the best. Cindy Lee

[tabaqui]

Thank you!
Ah, her man.
Well...He's from Prauge.
:)

[nephir.livejournal.com]

*gah*
Every week I sit here in a daze, drwn deeply into your vision of the boys. This was so tender and bittersweet. Xander counting the years in the weeks that go by and waiting.

*smooches you*
Another wonderful chapter.

[tabaqui]

Thank you thank you.
So glad you liked it.

[slanted-truths.livejournal.com]

This story is absolutely amazing. It's beautifully written and takes you into twisted plot that has you on the edge of your seat waiting impatiently for the next update. Heart wrenching, not only because the heart ache of each character is so wonderfully portrayed, but also the characters have been so thoroughly fleshed out that they are familiar and oh so real. I always read this alone because I don't know when I'm going to let out little whimpers as I'm reading. I have no idea what to do with this emotional state you and a couple of other authors put me in, giving me gorgeous angst, and tugging at my heartstrings.

[tabaqui]

Oh, thank you so much!
Wonderful fb - so glad you took the time to really tell me what you're thinking about this fic!
:)

So glad you enjoyed it!

[brandil.livejournal.com]

You do Dru beautifully. Xander's going to have to go and get him isn't he?

[tabaqui]

Thank you!
I love to hear that, i just adore Dru and am so glad when she works for others, too.
Yay!

[riani1.livejournal.com]

As I opened the file, I thought, "I wonder what Dru's response to the tithe would be ..." I swear I didn't know she was going to show up. But, goddess, they've pissed off Dru. I don't recognize Sinjin, but I imagine we'll be seeing him again.

The bit with Xander hanging up the duster hurt. But he's managing. I wonder where Spike will return to?

(blows nose again but rejoices that Tabaqui is infinitely more productive than I)

[tabaqui]

BWA!!!
Brain Twin!!
Hehe.

Thank you, bay-bee. Poor Dru - all her family gone. But, she's got her new boy...
*bounce*
*hands you tissues*

Ooh, i just don't have a life! That's all.
*checks hopefully for more...something...*