Fic: Walking After Midnight: the Music of Pain Remix [Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Angel, Xander; PG]

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Title: Walking After Midnight: the Music of Pain Remix
Author: aadler_
Summary: Sometimes the enemy you can count on is exactly the friend you need.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters: Angel, Xander Harris
Rating: PG (language)
Disclaimer: All characters are the property of others more creative than myself. I don’t own them, I don’t profit from them. Angel and Xander belong to Joss Whedon, with rights also going to those companies and individuals who licensed them from him, of whom I am not one.
Original story: “Getting It” by bastardsnow
Notes: As with the original story, this takes place in Season 2, shortly after the events of “Amends”.

( Walking After Midnight — Part 3 )

Comments

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed the story. Well-plotted, well-constructed and an excellent twist on bastardsnow's original.

I thought you captured the dislike-hate relationship between Xander and Angel very well. It's hard for a lot of people to play on Xander's ass-y side without going over the top, but I think you struck a good balance here between Xander the jealous twerp, Xander the reasonably good-on-his-feet fighter, and Xander the immature teenager.

I especially liked the switch in PoV to Angel and his own feelings of ambiguity about his situation and position, not to mention his (mistaken) assumptions about people around him. Then again, that's pretty much Angel to a T.

Good story, fantastic spin on the original. I enjoyed this quite a lot.

[aadler]

After the author himself, there’s probably no one whose praise would carry more meaning for me. I’ve read and enjoyed your work for some time now, and I know you both as a sympathetic and effective Xander writer in your own right, and as a precise and discerning critic.

Because I like Xander so much, I’m always concerned about capturing him accurately or at least convincingly. You reassure me that I did a decent job of it this time out. Sincere thanks for that.