Interesting story so far. I love the fact that Buffy and Willow get what they "Want" but it turns out not to be what they really want. I love the interaction between Alexander and Faith after Alexander dusts the two leaches, nicely done. I love the interaction between Alexander and the two girls on the bus. I actually feel sorry for the PTB Alexander (or Jack) is not one to follow a destiny he breaks prophecy's and destiny's, it is unlikely to turn out quite the way either the PTBs or the Senior Partners want with Alexander playing the role set for Angel. In fact I would throw out all of the books and start over if I were them!
Great story so far, I hope you continue this!
Review By [tchizek] • Date [20 Aug 12] • Rating [10 out of 10]
You are going to be so very busy writing to fulfill my reading needs. Please take good care of yourself, I need you happy and productive for many years to come!
Review By [nerfherder] • Date [18 Aug 12] • Rating [10 out of 10]
nice talk with Faith. Always liked her more than the rest :)
3. Not so Sunnydale
nice how Faith reacted in the Library and seems Alex can't even get on a simple bus without meeting someone interesting :) wow nice bit in the bar...and I hope Willow heard every word of it. rofl...what an awesome arrival in LA :)
Review By [Hawklan] • Date [17 Jul 12] • Not Rated
Well that was lucky! Kinda like how taking out Huggy was lucky, and those two vamps arguing over him was lucky... Has Xander somehow become the embodiment of good luck or something? It would be a useful thing to have as a private eye in a dangerous town :)
Review By [Gideon] • Date [15 Feb 12] • Rating [7 out of 10]
Cool. Always nice to see updates. So the mage sounds like it is Harry Potter or at least that kind and the grave robbing is probably retrieving the elder wand. If you are keeping to Angel canon for the shoe the paranoia demon in the hotel had let one woman live there as a fuel source. Also there is a bag hidden in the basement with a sizeable sum in stolen money. Though it was stolen more than 30 years ago so it is probably not being watched for anymore. Thanks as always for the great read.
Review By [Rubel] • Date [14 Feb 12] • Rating [9 out of 10]
Good to see this being brought back; Faith and Cordelia's little chat at Willy's was fantastic! Wondering, howsomever, the two eavesdroppers felt during and afterwards now. Xander's smooth Xander's Luck dusting of Huggy Vamp and elevating Eric to Top Banana cracked me up, and I think /when/ Faith and Cordelia get fed up with the B.S. in Sunnydale, it should make it somewhat easier to narrow down Xander and His Girls - 'cause after seeing just how loyal the Watchers, Slayer, and Witch were to "life long friend" and literal life saver, I personally think they are smart enough to see that they have even less to expect from the aforementioned idjits.
Like the Hotel, but where did the drunken Mage come from, and did he kill the demon that was haunting the place in canon? The Girls' ideas of owning the hotel via all that gold and also running a detective agency a la Angel Investigations is great; the Mage might even be willing to help out in different ways, be it from tutoring or just advice to actually throwing in with them. be interesting to see what you've got up your sleeves.
But overall, I think that about the most noteworthy part was Faith's attitude adjustment of the Gang after seeing Xander off the week before. I mean, it took them a freaking /week/ to realize that something other than amnesia was wrong with their "friend"? And I really, really, /really/ wouldn't want to be anywhere near Giles and Wesley when Joyce finds out just what they tacitly, if not actively, allowed to happen to a boy that she was very fond of - especially when the entire story is revealed from hospital stay to Faith's escorting him to the bus depot... And the week's neglect I've already mentioned...
Dunno if Dawn'll make an appearance here, but if she's here, she's gunna be /pissed/!
Review By [trongod] • Date [13 Feb 12] • Not Rated
Nice, Very nice. Now for some random speculating - If this version of Xander has only a basic knowledge of the supernatural then his knowledge of magic should also be limited. Therefore his own personal preconceptions of his own ability to do magic should also be wiped, so he could experiment with learning magic. As in either season 4 or 5 (can't remember the specific one) he did accidentally cast a fire spell so even if his magic is only limited to creating fire then he should be able to at least have an anti-vampire weapon.
tchizek
