A little drabble for LM!

[elisi]

Dear lillianmorgan.

This is just a little something that's been sat in a folder for far, far too long. Possibly started as a delayed birthday fic, I'm not sure. Anyway, it's not quite Sparla, but as close as I'll probably ever get (Set sometime after the Boxer rebellion stuff). Only a drabble, but I hope you like it. :)




She watches him.

The upstart - Angelus’ protégé, Drusilla’s lover.

She never really took to him; thought him too... what? He was nothing but a starry-eyed fledgling, over-eager and cocksure; yet still very much the little poet.

Only now he’s suddenly grown up - ordering minions, protecting Dru, using the teachings she passed down. He still defers to her, but she knows it won’t be long before he’ll challenge her. He killed a Slayer after all...

She misses Angelus with all of her being, but knows that he is lost forever.

Maybe it’s finally time to go back home to The Master.

Comments

[cindergal.livejournal.com]

Very nice - an unexplored part of their history.

[elisi]

Thank you. :) There is so much there to play with, it's just not easy to find a way in (at least not for me).

[desoto-hia873.livejournal.com]

Ooo, very nice. You made me feel a bit sorry for Darla.

[elisi]

She always struck me as very tragic at that point in time (and later of course too!) as her mate of 150 years left her for good.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Excellent!

[elisi]

Squee! :)

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Lovely.

He still defers to her, but she knows it won’t be long before he’ll challenge her.
You're not just going to let that lie there are you? Let's be havin' you. Show us what/when he did.

[elisi]

Thank you! :)

Show us what/when he did.
Ummm, she left before he had the chance...

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

Chicken!

Write it, go on, you know you wanna.

[elisi]

Argh! No I don't! Seriously, a drabble was hard enough. Also I have NO time and actually have to go now... *sigh*

[hesadevil.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean to pester, sorry, I was teasing.

It would make a nice 69 in a 369er. Pity I don't write Darla often enough or I might have a go myself.

[elisi]

Hey no problem - it's just that I have so much stuff I'm planning to write, that any plotbunnies are shot dead the second they appear!

And please have a go - I'd never written Darla before this!

[kathyh]

Very nice. I've always wondered what made Darla go back to the Master and that's a very plausible reason.

[elisi]

It's funny because that was really not why I wrote it (as in finding a reason why Darla went back) - I was just *trying* to work out a way to write Sparla... very glad you liked it! :)

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

Thank you.
but as close as I'll probably ever get
Heh. That made me giggle.
I like what you've done here. It makes such plausible sense to me, that in William she saw her equal. Very nice and thanks very much once again.

[elisi]

Yay! You saw it! :) I am literally off to bed now, but thought I'd just check in before I turned off the computer.

Very glad you liked it - I've wanted to do something Sparla for you for ages, but sadly this was all I could manage. ::hugs::

[lmbossy.livejournal.com]

lovely stuff, and a good reason as to why Darla would leave Dru and Spike after losing Angelus to his soul ...

[elisi]

Oh thank you! :) And I could never see her staying and letting Spike warm her bed...

[rahirah]

It's sad when the kids grow up on you like that. *g*

[elisi]

Hee! I know! Although usually it's the kids who get kicked out...

Thank you SO much for reading and commenting. :)

[kittyzams.livejournal.com]

Ooh! This is great, and a good explanation for why Darla ran back to the Master. Lovely drabble, sweets, and you are so kind to do this for our sweet Lillian. ::smooches::

[elisi]

Thank *you*! I'm still feeling guilty that I never did her a birthday fic and now seemed a good time to blow the dust off this little something! ::smooches back::

(And that icon is fab!)

[alixtii.livejournal.com]

Very insightful and true to the characters and their dynamics. Very nice.

[elisi]

Thank you so much for reading and commenting. :)

[kikimay]

Uh, interesting and nice!
I think is plausible your point of view. In fact, I think is perfect. Darla is always a woman of her times, she needs a companion or a strong male to support her. I really don't understand those who think at her as Buffy 2.0, or the adult version of the slayer. She's really a different kind of woman, of character.

[elisi]

If anything, Buffy was Darla 2.0... That is, Angel spent 140 years with Darla, and although he fell head over heels in love with Buffy, Darla was the one who kept influencing him. Heck, she's pivotal to AtS.

[kikimay]

Absolutely!
In the point of view of Angel, Darla was really a center of everything: she was his mother, lover and teacher. I mean, who can beat that?
But Angel has his limitations.
Buffy is another kind of woman, with a different story. So the comparison works for Angel and if you talk about Angel's feelings and development, but if you talk about Buffy's feelings and life ... well, things changes.