entrenous88 sent me your link, and I'm very glad! I've ranted on more than one occasion about the way the fandom deals with bodies and weight: http://miriam-heddy.livejournal.com/256615.html http://miriam-heddy.livejournal.com/254528.html http://miriam-heddy.livejournal.com/251679.html
So it's nice to read a story where Xander actually has a body I recognize as the one I saw (and wanted) onscreen. I like how low-key Spike's reaction was. I just watched "Fool for Love" again and it reminded me that Spike's got to know what it's like to be insecure.
I kept thinking that Xander wasn't thinking about how keen Spike's night-vision is, else he'd have been self-conscious even with the lights' out, though I could well imagine that the real issue wasn't Spike's seeing him but worrying about seeing Spike's expression upon seeing him.
At any rate, Xander=Love. And NB continues to be a hottie.
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Date: 2008-04-10 11:09 pm (UTC)http://miriam-heddy.livejournal.com/256615.html
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http://miriam-heddy.livejournal.com/251679.html
So it's nice to read a story where Xander actually has a body I recognize as the one I saw (and wanted) onscreen. I like how low-key Spike's reaction was. I just watched "Fool for Love" again and it reminded me that Spike's got to know what it's like to be insecure.
I kept thinking that Xander wasn't thinking about how keen Spike's night-vision is, else he'd have been self-conscious even with the lights' out, though I could well imagine that the real issue wasn't Spike's seeing him but worrying about seeing Spike's expression upon seeing him.
At any rate, Xander=Love. And NB continues to be a hottie.