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for Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

by QueenB

person Alysia
schedule July 16, 2006 at 12:00 AM
I thought this was a rather interesting fic. I've never seen an author use their flames to make a story and I found it quite entertaining. People can be so rude. I've stumbled across your stories, they have me rather entranced. I was up late last night reading and I'm back at it again today. Don't worry about what they say. You have the right to post what you want, if they see what direction it's headed in, they never should have finished it and then flamed you.

Then again I'm not a spuffy fan and I pretty much look at his character the way you have generally portrayed him in various stories of yours.

Lys
person MBB
schedule January 2, 2005 at 12:00 AM
Lol, nice way of dealing with flames :-)
person Rumidha
schedule February 16, 2004 at 12:00 AM
LMAO! This was hilarious. Now I have to hotfoot it to your reviews to see what all the fuss is about!
person Anon
schedule January 20, 2004 at 12:00 AM
HA! that was funny! and just for the record u r avrey good writer, and i do agree spike is horrible, but come on, hes sexy... give him a lil break
person little one
schedule October 18, 2003 at 12:00 AM
um, maybe it's just me, but isn't that kind of activity a little.. evil.. for Buffy and her friends? I dunno, it's a little hard to picture them actually doing that. Except for Dawn, she's an evil little brat.
schedule April 15, 2003 at 12:00 AM
Hee hee, good one, Boa!

And I see from your reviews that someone doesn't realise that this fic is set right after "Seeing Red". Trust me, if some bastard tried to rape one of my friends on her bathroloorloor, slow-roasting would be too good for him. But then if you think Spike's one of the most heroic characters on the show, you probably don't understand that.
person dueNorth
schedule April 15, 2003 at 12:00 AM
Please try to excuse the lack of proper paragraphs and/or grammar and/or confusion regarding what I'm about to write. I'm dealing with effects from [temporary] mercury poisoning.

They say laughter is healthy. Thank you for promoting good health with this fic.

While I'm a B/G [Giles not Gunn] shipper, I'll read any pairing so long as the fic is well-written. Yeah, "well written" is relative. I relish being sucked into a story. Rooting for the good guy, being confused as to who the villain is and wondering if he does have a good side [mm, Ethan Rayne]. Crying when someone dies. Feeling good when it ends happy or being irritated when it doesn't.

I adore fanfic because it allows tangible access to scenarios we don't see on thow,how, in a movie, etc. [print out a fanfic and it's tangible].

Take the demon out of Spike and he becomes a possibility for a good human being. As William, he was adoreable. There are moments when Spike shows some of that, but the demon gets in the way. The fact he currently has a soul does not suddenly make him good again; the demon is still within. The same applies to Angel.

If I ever wip inp in a continuation of this fic, please let me know. I'd love to see what you've created.

Are there any s'mores left?
person RoseMeep
schedule April 14, 2003 at 12:00 AM
This is great, I love it. I don't like the B/S pairing at all, so you shouldn't get any flames from me! ^.^ I'm going to read some of your other stories now, because I love this one so much.
person L.J. Gould
schedule April 14, 2003 at 12:00 AM
Oh my God, that was a scream. I'm so glad that you found a good use for all those non-constructive criticisms that have been posted for your work. I'm sure that other authors who've been flamed would be more than happy to join in the next weinie roast. Personally, I think Spike got off too easily in this one. Thanks for the laugh.
person Becky
schedule April 14, 2003 at 12:00 AM
I know it's just a joke fic, but it seems a little sick to have the characters torture one of the heros of the show like that. It's not that I really like Spike, I'd feel a bit disturbed if you had them slowly torture and kill Dawn, Giles or any of the other characters. Writing so gleefully about torture would make you look a bit wierd even if they were torturing one of the bad guys, rather than one of the most heroic characters on the show. Have you considered therapy?