Rec: Mine Own Executioner

[dragonyphoenix]

Oh. My. Goddess. Mine Own Executioner. One of the most disturbing things I've ever read. Brilliant, but disturbing.

Comments

[clockwork-hart1.livejournal.com]

That story! It hurt, it was visceral, it was so very possible... Thanks for the link!

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that rec! I missed that one somehow.


Gabrielle

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that! I may have read it in the past but it's been a while; this time I left a review (my own trail of breadcrumbs.)

I love fics that incorporate both Buffybot's humor and dark possibilities because she represents so much: a stand-in for the slayer line (girls who have been churned out on a "factory line", destroyed, replaced etc) and therefore an abuse of power, using the girls as tools the way both Spike and the gang do as a replacement for Buffy either for sex or slaying; lack of autonomy; buffy's depression and identity issues; the way the gang (and fandom) say they want Buffy but want her to behave like a bot....etc. Such a rich, rich character and it could have gone so wrong in the series but goes so right.

I'm surprised there are not more Buffybot fics - have you read mabus101's "(metem)psychosis"? I feel like I've mentioned it but can't recall:
http://mabus101.livejournal.com/125867.html