PS What kind of cookie? Eewy Gooey Chewy Chocolate Chunk with a JM on top?????
very nice keep goin!!
In reply to "anon":
Yes, I understand that this is an AU fic. However, my plotline is based on the characters from BTVS, how would they react in a certain scenario? I feel that Spike would drink whiskey or any other hard liquor if living in the US. While I certainly admit that I have not developed Spike's early beginnings in America in this fic, I think that I got across the fact that he was in Sunnydale for his High School years. I also tryed to portray Spike as more of a "badass", and that entails some drinking. Most teenagers do some drinking at parties while in high school - at least they do here in the US - and most certainly they would drink whiskey if given no other option. I am also of the sound opinion that Spike would probably drink whatever was handy in any given situation.
As to the age "ambiguity" in my story... In the very beginning of the fic, I wrote that Buffy was a freshman in high school while Spike was a senior. In the summary of my fic and also as the header to the first chapter it say "Four Years Later." If Buffy was fifteen at the end of her freshman year and four years had passed, that would make her nineteen. I have not specified when her birthday is, but I did say she was twenty. Her birthday has passed, obviously. Being a graduating Senior, Spike would have been eighteen. Four years later would make him twenty-two, or if his birthday had passed, twenty-three. Where is the discrepency in that?
Heehee... anti-alcohol culture? Yeah, right. While it is true that parents and leaders highly dissaprove of drinking under the age of twenty-one - there are strict laws against it - teenagers seem to find endless ways to get around it over here. The big thing to do in any town is pretty much... get wasted. Sad, but true. Kids will drink anything they can get their hands on here, and that is probably the source of this argument. Because it is so hard to acquire alcohol, anyone under the age of twenty-one will make free use of anything they can get, from wine coolers to whiskey. I don't doubt that in England, he probably didn't drink Whiskey. However, to be exceedingly clich?, when in Rome...
I feel completely silly replying to this, but I just don't feel that I'm wrong on this point. And while I understand the fact that you were trying to offer advice, it came across as harsh criticism. I work hard to post fic here, and it's very discouraging to read things like that. I don't mind if you want to comment on that stuff, just at least say something nice while you're at it. OK? I hate fighting about stuff like this. I'll try harder to make my story more believeable in further chapters.
Thanks,
The Author