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Date Posted: 12:53:29 12/22/03 Mon
Author: wwolfe
Author Host/IP: 161.149.63.110
Subject: I loved each of these.
In reply to: Kuzibah 's message, "New Holiday Fanfic (Part 2)" on 09:00:10 12/22/03 Mon

Especially the way they ended.

The droll humor of the first, including the sly nod to a Tolkien crossover (as well as the secret to Santa's success all these years) was fun. The truce between Angel and Spike, and the underlying melancholy emotions on both character's parts that led to it, was a nice rendition of the flipside of holiday cheer that is a recurring counterbalance to the official story (especially in songs: "I'll Be Home For Christmas," "Every Day Will Be a Holiday," the original lyrics of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"). You even managed the difficult feat of making Gunn and Fred unannoying (plus, a gleefully gratuitous barb at Eve - well done). And the little Christmas miracle of the photobook, particularly the details of each shot, was the perfect capper.

Thanks for continuing this tradition. Just seeing the titles of tyhe individual stories puts me in the Christmas spirit.

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[> [> Thank you -- Kuzibah, 08:45:13 12/23/03 Tue (12.175.117.195)

Maybe it's a personal thing, or maybe it's just not as interesting dramatically, but these stories do have this underlying melancholy, and I'm really noticing it myself this year. But I'm glad people are responding to that. Maybe it's more widespread than the pop-culture would lead one to believe.


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