I started with Second Verse after reading a story called "A Bargain at Any Price" where Dracula is Xander's father, and Spike takes sire's rights. I adored the idea of the sire/childe relationship between Xander and Spike. AT the time I had only watched Buffy sporatically (I have since bought the DVD's), but I created a totally AU universe to avoid making a fool out of myself.
I took just the basics (Xander being a trouble magnet and self-sacrificing and Spike being both dangerous and weirdly motherly with Dru) and I worked at creating characters who turned to each other to fill needs they had in themselves.
Should I have admitted that I was more fandom than canon when I started??
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Date: 2006-06-08 10:11 pm (UTC)I took just the basics (Xander being a trouble magnet and self-sacrificing and Spike being both dangerous and weirdly motherly with Dru) and I worked at creating characters who turned to each other to fill needs they had in themselves.
Should I have admitted that I was more fandom than canon when I started??