155 Drabble: Madame Guillotine Awaits (Spike, PG)

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Title Madame Guillotine Awaits
Author Brutti ma Buoni
Rating PG
Word Count 100
Prompt 155 Literature Free For All (Charles Dickens – A Tale of Two Cities)
Characters/Pairing (if any) Spike, Glory



Sometimes, a vampire’s got to ask if he’s really living the evil dream.

Like when a hellgod is crawling on his chest, peeling him alive. Relishing the unstoppable screams. Pushing it to extremes, maybe even till she sees dust.

(Why is the vampire doing this? For a fake brat and a Slayer who’d stake him in seconds if she felt the urge.)

Why doesn’t he give the god what she wants?

*

No. He’s come this far.

And like the bloke said, in a similar situation, it’s a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done.

Comments

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! I was always curious if he withstood her because of concern for Dawn and Buffy or sheer cussedness. Both contribute, I think, but you've added high-mindedness to the mix. Well done.

Also, I love this:
Sometimes, a vampire’s got to ask if he’s really living the evil dream.

Hee!

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

I think it has to be for Dawn and Buffy - I remember Spike cheerfully saying he'd set Faith on the Scoobies in season 4. Buffy and Dawn is what had changed by this point. A smidge of memory of highmindedness too, possibly!

[gillo]

Very neat. Love

a hellgod is crawling on his chest, peeling him alive

in particular.

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Thank you! When I think about it, a lot of people got skinned in BtVS. Was Spike the first?

[angelus2hot]

I loved this!

There wasn't anything that Spike wouldn't do for Buffy

[riccadonna.livejournal.com]

Read & enjoyed!

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Thanks for letting me know!

[bobthemole.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. I want to reread A Tale of Two Cities now.

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[louise39.livejournal.com]

Why? Spike as martyr.

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Or Spike making his own myth, anyway. Which might help him stand the torture.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

That first line is fantastic and I enjoyed getting into Spike's head during the torture. Discovering that he withholds the information because He’s come this far rings true. Stubborn cuss. Nice work.

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Being a hero isn't simple, is it? So many different motivations together under the surface. Which is where Glory's delving... Thanks for reading and commenting!

[buffyangellvr23.livejournal.com]

awesome work :)

[kerkevik.livejournal.com]

Ohh,

I can't count how many bonus points you get for my favourite literary AND movie quote being used at the end there! I stiil get a lump in my throat when I watch the Ronald Colman version of A Tale of Two Cities (I did cry when I saw it for the first time), and only partly because I fancies dear 'ol Ron somethin' rotten I does :-)

I can't believe that I've never seen the so-obvious-now-connections between Spike & Sydney Carton!

What a gem! Thanks so much for writing it. On a more toned-down Buffyverse-related note, I don't think Spike would've understood for a second exactly why he was doing what he did, if I didn't already know that Spike's devotion to the women in his life, whether it be Dru, Buffy, Joyce OR Dawn was second to none.

It's difficult to know WHICH of the Summers women he was keeping a promise to at the end of the season, whatever he said to Buffy.

Still under Willow & Tara's spell,#
Ray.

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! It's a wonderful line to reuse.

And I agree - I think Spike had made promises and commitments to the Summers women in general by this time.