Fic dilemma, looking for input

As some of you may or may not know, I'm working on a Hubby challenge fic that I've set in the AU I created starting with "Salvation." To summarize: Everyone died at the final battle of the Hellmouth but Spike. It's 20 years later and he's been wandering around the world, doing stuff. He never went to LA to see Angel--so he's basically the only canon character I've got in this story (although I use Dru and Lorne in fics that take place later).

Anywho. I have a new Slayer in this one, with a short but significant (to the story) backstory. I'm debating whether I should put her backstory in a short prologue, or if I should exposition it by having a demon tell Spike about it.

The only reason I'm hesitant to put it in a prologue is because I can hear the screams of "Mary Sue!" all the way over here in Utah--and I'm afraid I'll lose readers before I even start. I may be able to mitigate it somewhat by posting the prologue and chapter one at the same time. I've thought about doing it as a flashback, but I think flashbacks are evil. And I've started having a demon explain it to Spike, but we're supposed to show, not tell, so I'm unhappy with it.

Heh. I guess I could "show" it in the form of a flashback as the demon tells Spike about it. Ugh. [squashing bad idea like a bug] Although that sounds like a better idea than the demon telling Spike all about it in a burst of dialogue.

And before anyone asks---she's not a Mary Sue. She's an amoral, overconfident, selfish little bit-ca, whose unheroic death will be mourned by Spike, but not for long. Because, you know, Spike has a thing about Slayers, and he'd feel bad about not being able to save this one.

Thoughts, ideas, rotten fruit?

Fic dilemma, looking for input

As some of you may or may not know, I'm working on a Hubby challenge fic that I've set in the AU I created starting with "Salvation." To summarize: Everyone died at the final battle of the Hellmouth but Spike. It's 20 years later and he's been wandering around the world, doing stuff. He never went to LA to see Angel--so he's basically the only canon character I've got in this story (although I use Dru and Lorne in fics that take place later).

Anywho. I have a new Slayer in this one, with a short but significant (to the story) backstory. I'm debating whether I should put her backstory in a short prologue, or if I should exposition it by having a demon tell Spike about it.

The only reason I'm hesitant to put it in a prologue is because I can hear the screams of "Mary Sue!" all the way over here in Utah--and I'm afraid I'll lose readers before I even start. I may be able to mitigate it somewhat by posting the prologue and chapter one at the same time. I've thought about doing it as a flashback, but I think flashbacks are evil. And I've started having a demon explain it to Spike, but we're supposed to show, not tell, so I'm unhappy with it.

Heh. I guess I could "show" it in the form of a flashback as the demon tells Spike about it. Ugh. [squashing bad idea like a bug] Although that sounds like a better idea than the demon telling Spike all about it in a burst of dialogue.

And before anyone asks---she's not a Mary Sue. She's an amoral, overconfident, selfish little bit-ca, whose unheroic death will be mourned by Spike, but not for long. Because, you know, Spike has a thing about Slayers, and he'd feel bad about not being able to save this one.

Thoughts, ideas, rotten fruit?

Stolen from spikesloveslave

!!!!ANGEL!!!!

You're a BUFFY/ANGEL shipper:
You never stopped thinking Angel is the only one to
make Buffy happy. Their life and love are
forever intertwined, two kindred souls,
destined to be together...


Who'd make Buffy happy?
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Well. I don't think Buffy deserves Spike anyway. To be perfectly honest, I'd rather see him with Fred. So there.

Stolen from spikesloveslave

!!!!ANGEL!!!!

You're a BUFFY/ANGEL shipper:
You never stopped thinking Angel is the only one to
make Buffy happy. Their life and love are
forever intertwined, two kindred souls,
destined to be together...


Who'd make Buffy happy?
brought to you by Quizilla


Well. I don't think Buffy deserves Spike anyway. To be perfectly honest, I'd rather see him with Fred. So there.

Drabble for open_on_sunday LJ Community

Title: Reflections
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: G
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: LJ Community open_on_sunday's Open Challenge
Notes: Since it's an "open" week, I picked a theme from before I joined the community: Reflections. This takes place in Season 5 or 6, I think.

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"Spike."

"Slayer."

I picked at my spicy wings, appetite suddenly gone. Her back to the bottles and the bartender, she didn't see what I saw in the mirror. The beautiful blonde hair cascading down her back, her perfect elbows resting on the bar, while she surveyed the Bronze...alone. Nothing beside her but a bottle of beer and some chicken that may or may not have been hers.

I wasn't part of her world. The distance between us was never brought home to me more than at that one blinding moment of realization.

That didn't mean I wouldn't keep trying.

Drabble for open_on_sunday LJ Community

Title: Reflections
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Rating: G
Words: 100
Disclaimer: Not mine, they're Whedon's. *sob*
Written for: LJ Community open_on_sunday's Open Challenge
Notes: Since it's an "open" week, I picked a theme from before I joined the community: Reflections. This takes place in Season 5 or 6, I think.

---

"Spike."

"Slayer."

I picked at my spicy wings, appetite suddenly gone. Her back to the bottles and the bartender, she didn't see what I saw in the mirror. The beautiful blonde hair cascading down her back, her perfect elbows resting on the bar, while she surveyed the Bronze...alone. Nothing beside her but a bottle of beer and some chicken that may or may not have been hers.

I wasn't part of her world. The distance between us was never brought home to me more than at that one blinding moment of realization.

That didn't mean I wouldn't keep trying.