52 Ficlet - Fairytale

[deird1]

Title: A Fairytale In Five Drabbles
Author: deird1
Rating: G
Word Count: 500 (plus headings)
Prompt: 052
Characters: Buffy, Angel, Spike, Xander, Riley, Parker

Soul Mates

Once upon a time, there was a girl who killed the killers.
And she met a man who wasn't exactly a man.
And she fell in love with him.

He was handsome, and he brooded quite adorably.

And he wanted to show her how much she meant to him.
So he killed some fish, and sent her flowers, and tortured her mentor, sketched her portrait, played some opera music, and promised to love her til the end of the world.

But she put a sword through his chest, so he left town and became a detective.
Which was deeply tragic.


Stupid Choice

Once upon a time, there was a girl who saved the world.
And she met a perfect guy who wasn't exactly perfect.
And she could have fallen in love.

But he didn't use the telephone enough. And he followed his id. And he wasn't really deep and damaged - he was only pretending.
So she drank some magic beer, and she saved his life, and bashed him on the head.
And then she walked away.

And she forgot him.
And he forgot her (the bastard).

And an undercover soldier punched him in the face.
Which was completely justified, and pretty funny.


State Farm

Once upon a time, there was a girl who was peculiar.
And she met a normal college boy who wasn't exactly normal.
And she would not fall in love.

She put her heart inside a box, and he tried so hard to find it.
He talked about cheese, threatened a handsome vampire, rescued a werewolf, took her to a secret base, and paid a girl to suck his blood.
But nothing worked.

One day she opened up the box, and took her heart out again.
But she wasn't good at chasing helicopters, so he left her alone.
Which was inevitable.


Seething Hatred

Once upon a time, there was a girl who died quite tragically.
And she met a vampire who wasn't exactly a vampire.
And he fell in love with her.

And he tried to kill her, left her flowers, chained her to the wall, and promised to love her til the end of the world.
And he built shrines, effigies, and robots in her honour.
Then they knocked down a house together.

And one day he came back from Africa.
And she fell in love with him.

But he burst into flames, and saved the world.
Which was really sucky timing.


Slayer's Boy

Once upon a time, there was a girl who changed the world.
And she met a pirate who served her faithfully.
And she fell in love with everyone else.

But he waited. Quite patiently.

The brooding and the british had gone into law.
The soldier was in the jungle. And also married.
The other was... much best forgotten.
Still the pirate waited.

And one day she turned to him, and she said,
"Where have you been all this time? And why didn't I notice earlier?"

And they are hoping to live happily ever after.
So far, they've managed two years.

Comments

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

I love these! All Buffy's relationships summed up in 100 words or less.

Of course, being a Spuffy kind of gal, I'm mentally writing a sequel to Seething Hatred. 'Cause that's just how my mind works. :-)

Thanks for sharing!

[deird1]

Thanks!

I'm a Spuffy gal myself. Having her end up with Xander was very... challenging...

[mary5958.livejournal.com]

LOL.

[darthsindel1981.livejournal.com]

aww just awww, Loved this,

[deird1]

Thanks!

[thrace-adams.livejournal.com]

These were awesome! Very well done

[deird1]

Thanks!

[dreamincolor.livejournal.com]

Simply put, these are awesome.
So I shall bombard you with my favorite lines from each, because you know that that’s how I am. :P

Soul Mates was sweet and funny. (“..he brooded quite adorably.”)

Stupid Choice made me giggle. (”And an undercover soldier punched him in the face.”)

State Farm was insightful. (”..so he left her alone. Which was inevitable.”)

Seething Hatred was perfectly sad. (”And she fell in love with him…Which was really sucky timing.”)

Slayer’s Boy was cute. I liked that you referred to him as a pirate. (”The brooding and the british had gone into law.”)

[deird1]

Oh, I had so much fun writing these!

Stupid Choice was by far my favourite. Any chance to revisit Parker getting whacked by people...

I'm glad I ended it with Buffy/Xander, but it was so hard to do! I am completely nuts about the Buffy/Spike dynamic, but she had to end up with Xander or it just wouldn't work properly. And I do like the way it ended, but it took a lot of willpower to write the thing...

Glad you enjoyed it!

[lusciousxander.livejournal.com]

Awww, the poor pirate finally got the girl. That was really lovely and sweet.

I liked the Riley one the best, I feel bad for the guy the most, maybe due to fans hating him.

[deird1]

Yeah, I feel bad for Riley too. Glad he left though, just because of what came after...

Glad you liked it!

[ludditerobot.livejournal.com]

That would be great even if I wasn't a declared BX shipper.

[deird1]

Thanks!

[mere-ubu.livejournal.com]

Aw, sweet. These are lovely!

[deird1]

Thanks!

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

YOU WROTE BUFFY/PARKER! I kinda love you.

Uh, the rest were good too, I guess. I love the straight-forward, almost Anya-esque fairytale feel.

But BUFFY/PARKER!

[deird1]

You love me? Really? Aww, shucks...

Well, Buffy had some nice relationships over the years, but her night with Parker was clearly the best of the lot. Like in Terminator, they loved a lifetime's worth...

Glad you liked this!

[lena7623.livejournal.com]

These are fabulous! I especially loved the last one, since I always think that Buffy never gave 'the pirate' his fair chance. They're very lyrical.

[deird1]

Thanks!

[snowpuppies]

These are great. You use such a simple style, and yet they say so much.

Well done!

[deird1]

Thanks!

[bachicka.livejournal.com]

These are absolutely beautiful...so poetic and some quite funny. I really enjoyed these.

[deird1]

Thanks!

[kathylovesspike.livejournal.com]

Awwww..these were just perfect and very fitting.
Gotta admit though....being a die-hard Spuffy, I am still hoping for a sequel to Seething Hatred.

Thanks so much for these.

[deird1]

Thanks!

(from a Spuffy to another Spuffy, I apologise profusely...)

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

Just wonderful.

[deird1]

Thanks!

[spankulert.livejournal.com]

Oh man, this was brill! I've got the biggest grin on my face right now. All of these had me chuckling to myself, they were all so cute and funny.

thumbs up!

[deird1]

Thanks!

[ubiquirk.livejournal.com]

Really nicely done - I like the way you end with Xander (I'd been wondering if the comics were going there). But the Riley one actually struck me the most - the way she'd put her heart in a box.

[deird1]

Thanks!

I do think her relationship with Riley was pretty interesting...

[firefly124.livejournal.com]

These are great! And I love the progression: deeply tragic, pretty funny, inevitable, sucky timing, and two years and counting of happily ever after. Very nice!

[deird1]

Thanks!

[angelus2hot]

Squeeee

*claps profusely*

I can't believe I just found these.

All of them are so well written and absolutely perfect. I enjoyed reading every single one of them.

I can't pick a fav. It's tied between Soul Mates, State Farm, and Seething Hatred. I just can't choose between the three. You see I'm a Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Riley and Buffy/Spike fan. I know I'm a terrible shipper.

[deird1]

Thank you!

Wow, that's a lot of shipping to go around. I'm a Buffy/Spike fan, most of the time. It was awfully challenging having her end up with Xander...

[angelus2hot]

You're welcome!


I guess it is especially coming from someone who used to be strictly b/a. But then Riley happened and of course Spike was just so very pretty I couldn't resist him.

I'll bet it was interesting. I couldn't have wrote it. Xander is the last one I'd think to have her end up with. I'm always hoping for one of the first three or maybe Lindsey....I could see Buffy/Lindsey too. I told you I was a bad shipper.

[deird1]

Buffy/Lindsey? I'd so read that. (What would the smooshy pairing name be, though? Bindsey? Linduffy?)

Personally, I like it to be ambiguous. So that she's obviously going to end up with either Angel or Spike, but there's no way to tell which. (And of course it would be Spike, but I don't want to actually see it all resolved.)

[angelus2hot]

I've read a few....(I have no idea what the smooshy name would be...)


I more of the why make her choose kind of a girl. I'm perfectly happy with either or..

[leni-ba.livejournal.com]

Very, very, very deep inside me there's a soft spot for B/X (but shhh! *winks*), andthis is exactly how I love it. Giving each men in B's life their proper place and yet bringing her back to the beginning. Charming vignette.

(and 'brooding and british gone into law'? LOL' Me loved it!

[deird1]

Thank you!

Here from buffyversetop5

[yourlibrarian]

Nifty idea, and some of those last lines (especially for Parker's) were great!

[deird1]

Thanks!

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Brilliant. Funny--really, really funny--and touching all at once. And even though the idea of Buffy/Xander squicks me quite a lot, I even appreciated the last one. ;) You write so...pithily, which I admire greatly (I am very long-winded and have always wished I could say as much in a few words like you have here) and with great insight. I love this.

[deird1]

Thanks!

(Not really much of a Buffy/Xander person myself - but it just seemed to fit...)