Well, my "significant line" guess was totally wrong, which leaves me even more intrigued, since you said you'd been leaving hints along the way!
I really like the fact that Xander has much more internal rebellion going on now . . . we can see how his time with Spike has changed him and, I think, really strengthened him, though he wouldn't agree. Despite his terrible situation and limited options, he's at least trying to think and plan, and he's recognizing and controlling his anger rather than being unable to feel it at all. And since I'm confident that Spike isn't dust, I'm really curious to see how both he and Xander, in their separate ways here, are going to work through this. Great stuff!
Just two typos:
If Dareh couldn't pull it apart, Xander wasn't giving himself much change [chance] . . .
. . . with his soft words and absolutely [omit "ly"] belief that Xander had the intelligence of a coffee table. [Which is a great line, by the way--one of many! I loved the whole imagining of Clem and the nachos, too . . . ]
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Date: 2005-12-20 07:08 pm (UTC)I really like the fact that Xander has much more internal rebellion going on now . . . we can see how his time with Spike has changed him and, I think, really strengthened him, though he wouldn't agree. Despite his terrible situation and limited options, he's at least trying to think and plan, and he's recognizing and controlling his anger rather than being unable to feel it at all. And since I'm confident that Spike isn't dust, I'm really curious to see how both he and Xander, in their separate ways here, are going to work through this. Great stuff!
Just two typos:
If Dareh couldn't pull it apart, Xander wasn't giving himself much change [chance] . . .
. . . with his soft words and absolutely [omit "ly"] belief that Xander had the intelligence of a coffee table. [Which is a great line, by the way--one of many! I loved the whole imagining of Clem and the nachos, too . . . ]