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Yule 2009 Summary of my 2008 Stories
Feb. 7th, 2010 03:33 pmOne Shots
Title:: Butterscotch
Characters/Pairing: Angelus, Dru, Xander, Willow
Summary: "His pain, it tastes like butterscotch."
Notes: First story I wrote. The Hallmark moment, where Angelus says "care enough to send the very best, in dead friends" is an excellent reminder of why I should not try to be clever when I'm writing.
Title: Halloween on the Hellmouth
Characters/Pairing: Willow/Oz, Buffy/Scott Hope, Xander, Jonathan, Debbie/Pete, Giles
Summary: Come on, it's Halloween in Sunnydale. You know something is gonna go wrong.
Notes: I rather like all the details in this one. A log of the stuff I do to Jonathan is based on stuff that has happened to my-geeky-self.
Title: Sunset
Characters/Pairing: Angel
Summary: Buffy's dying. There's only one cure but is the price too high?
Notes:I liked it when I wrote it.
Title: As She Shouted Out With Glee
Characters/Pairing: Spike/Dru
Summary:Most people had unconscious objections, blocks, belief systems that prevented them from doing extraordinary things but not Drusilla; not realizing that they were impossible, she just went ahead and did them.
Notes: One of my favorites.
Title: Then I'll Take Your Hand
Characters/Pairing: Spike/Dru
Summary: Spike is haunted by his past.
Notes: Nice look at Dru's perspective on Spike, which is so much more pragmatic than how he looks at the world.
Lily Out of Water
Lily Out of Water was the first series I wrote although I hadn't planned for it to be a series. I wrote the first story, then a second, then a third, and so on. There are notes that talk about each story.
Title: The Bloom on the Rose, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Characters/Pairing: Angelus, Willow, Spike, Dru
Summary: When Angel loses his soul, Angelus, wanting to control the power of a witch, grabs Willow.
Notes:Given that this is one of the earlier stories I've written, it's much better than I'd expect althoug a bit heavy on the exposition.
Title: Where Candles are Lit, Blossoms Fall
Characters/Pairing: Angelus, Dru, Willow, Spike
Summary: The four aren't getting alone causing Angelus to assert his dominance.
Notes: First time I'd written from Drusilla's PoV (a middle section of this story). I love the bit where Angelus' description of his hunt is interspersed with poetry he's reciting. Ooh, and you can tell, based on the titles, when I started reading haiku. ;-)
Title: Paper Roses
Characters/Pairing: Willow, Paul Smith (my creation), Angelus, Spike, Dru
Summary: Angelus wants and artifact that the Council is holding and Willow realizes Angelus is using her.
Title: The Scattering of Cherry Blossoms
Characters/Pairing: Willow, Spike, Xander, Angleus, Dru
Summary: Things fall apart. After she hits rock bottom, Willow sees she has to leave Spike if she's going to heal.
Notes: As always, I love watcing Angelus manipulate Spike.
Title: Falling Petals Carry Moonlight, Part 1, Part 2
Characters/Pairing:Spike/Willow, Wesley Wyndham-Price, Lady Marjorie Westriding (mine)
Summary: Brings Willow and Spike back together
Notes: I think this is the best story in the Lily Out of Water series. I've certainly gotten better at working in the exposition. Seeing how Wesley has changed since Season 3 inspired me to write the Lotus in Muddy Water series.
Title: Touching the Ashes of Fallen Flowers, Part 1, Part 2
Characters/Pairing: Drusilla, Angel(us), Aidan Taylor (mine), Lady Marjorie Westriding (mine), Willow, Spike, Wesley, Anael/Andy/Annie (mine)
Summary: Willow, to save them from the Council, resoul Angelus and Dru. Getting your soul back is hard on any vampire but Dru was mad before she was turned...
Notes: I created a prophecy to convince Taylor to go along with the resouling so I might be writing a sequel at some point. Actually posted in 2009 but I wanted to keep it with the rest of the series.