Great one-shot! I should've been able to guess that it was Faith in Buffy's body--but I had no clue! So good job on that one. & nice use of Ethan, given his past association w/ Mayor Wilkins. Really enjoyed Giles' British version of "Duh!" & I loved that it was Giles & no one else who figured things out--kinda the way I wish the original body-switch had happened (especially since Buffy recognized Giles, even as Fyarl demon). Glad Buffy's getting tested for STDs! I definitely would...& good thing Faith is dead in this 'verse, because if Angel tried to "comfort" her like in canon, a certain souled vamp might've been missing his dusty, dusty heart. :-P
Comments from author:
Hey, I figured she liked Buffy's body on the show - for the most part anyway. And who better to team her up with than Giles' greatest nemesis? Giles needed a chance to recognize his Slayer like she did - although that probably wouldn't happen now. Or at least not the way it did in canon. Gee, hadn't considered Faith going to Angel this time around. That could have been an interesting confrontation.
Review By [clarityfades] • Date [30 Nov 09] • Not Rated
First a rat and now a cat? Buffy does like the animal kingdom apparently. I admit to being confused by your slutbomb portrayal of Faith when she was shown to have three partners during her characters five year run on the series, but that aside this was interesting. I would have actually preferred Buffy stay a cat because season four Buffy was an idiot, but I suppose you like the character too much to do that to her. :)
**Edited for spelling.
Comments from author:
Not sure why you'd be confused about Faith's portrayal. Even though she wasn't *shown* with a bunch of guys, her attitude towards sex was pretty clear. Xander and Wood were scratches to her itches at the time, and sleeping with Riley to hurt Buffy? Not exactly a nice thing to do.
That was great. I really enjoyed it. I definitely love the Buffy/Giles romantic pairing.
Comments from author:
Thanks. I almost continued, but with Buffy needing to be checked out, that sorta limited them. Course, I wouldn't have been able to write the sex scene...probably.
Review By [AerynSpeedleCaine] • Date [29 Nov 09] • Rating [10 out of 10]
Interesting story, but I'm kind of put out that you had Faith killed off. After all, it wasn't her fault/idea that she got placed in Buffy's body (this time, anyway) and it wasn't as though she could exactly go to the Scoobies and tell them about the body switch, even were she so inclined, since they weren't on good terms at all. I guess you didn't want her to have any chance at redemption? And I have my own issues about the Giles/Buffy pairing, but you did ok with that even so.
Comments from author:
Whether it was her choice or not, she still acted badly - in my opinion - once she was in Buffy's body. Okay, not to the extent of deserving to die, but that was the cleanest way to wrap up that part. Blame my issues with the canon body-swap for that.
Review By [Cutiepie] • Date [28 Nov 09] • Not Rated