Whoa Xander as a Darklighter now that I didn't see coming but it works well.
Hmm maybe you could do a sequel to this where Buffy has to confront the consequences of her actions i.e evil Xander. She tries to slay him in her normal manner - charge up and try to beat the crap out of him before stabbing him with a bit of wood - only for him to easily orb out of the way and possibly even use the darklighter touch of death to kill her.
Comments from author:
Umm, Buffy's actions actually had nothing to do with Xander's turn to the dark side. It was Jenny's actions in 'stealing' Angelus back to the side of the angels that led to Xander being turned into a Darklighter, Buffy had absolutely nothing to do with it, unless of course you want to blame her for unknowingly breaking the Kalderash's curse, which no one aside from the Kalderash elders themselves even knew could be broken in the first place.
Review By [ajw] • Date [12 Nov 12] • Rating [10 out of 10]
Hard to say after just one chapter. A bit longer and much later in the series would have been nice, to have better opposition. Otherwise this just seems like another short Xander gets power fic.
Comments from author:
It pretty much is, just with the exception that Xander is turned evil in the process and pretty much loses all sense of morality, right and wrong, etc, whilst hopefully keeping to his character once that sense of 'good' is gone.
Review By [warfolomei] • Date [17 Oct 12] • Not Rated
Sooo, CHAMPION-The Trading Card Game? Maybe I should play... Nah! Anyway, awesome piece of text. I give it a nine. The only thing that makes it less than perfect ist hte lack of sequel!
Comments from author:
Pretty much, anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Review By [Glasbruch] • Date [9 Oct 12] • Rating [9 out of 10]
Well now...Xander the Darklighter, huh? Yeah...I could see that. Pissed off over the Buffy-Angel/Angelus matter, plus the revelation that the Powers That Be treat their "Champions" like trading cards making the deep seated anger bubble up and start tainting things, Too bad your muse decided this was enough...you lit a spark for heck of a story :D
Comments from author:
I'm glad you enjoyed it, though I have to point out that Xander's opinions on the Buffy-Angelus matter had nothing to do with him turning evil in this. It is short, I admit, but it's up for grabs if anyone wants to continue it.
Review By [BlueEyedBrigadier] • Date [3 Oct 12] • Rating [8 out of 10]
:( Not a big fan of charmed. at all. Still, there is potential here. I hate your muse though, you have other, WONDERFUL stories that beg for updates.
Just sayin'
Comments from author:
Well, that's a shame. And I know, I hate my muse too, but I can't get it to cooperate. On the plus side, though, none of my stories have technically been abandoned yet.
Review By [SimulatedSoul] • Date [2 Oct 12] • Not Rated
I wasn't actually expecting someone to take this challenge so soon. But wow, I'm so very glad that you did. It wasn't over the top, wasn't hocky. It was stright forward and to the point, and laid out in a very Xander way. Now a darklighter, he wouldn't be stressing about the morals of the situation he found himself in.
No, he'd go about it in I think exactly this way. And more points for going stright for the darklighter idea. They always were my favorite creatures on Charmed. Bravo.
): )
Comments from author:
Yeah, well, I was struck with inspiration. I'm glad you approve and I'm happy you enjoyed it.
Review By [MagnusXXN] • Date [2 Oct 12] • Not Rated