Meme answer: Spike&Joyce

[snick_backup]

I was going to do another double-header, but pennydrdful, darn her, asked for not-BtVS fictional heroes, and now I have to think of some! So that one'll have to wait.

For seapealsh: Top 5 Spike and Joyce Moments (Canon and Fic)
1. Canon - "You hit me with an axe one time." Because oh, the awkward, the awkward! Because Spike doesn't come even close to mouthing off. Because Joyce tries to make small talk. And did I mention the awkward?

2. Canon - The "Lovers Walk" conversation that launched a thousand hot chocolate fics. Because she's not even a little threatened by him. We know she was lonely during this period and having trouble making friends, and here was this heartbroken boy she could mother a little. Plus it's a fabulous Marsters scene

3. Canon - "I liked the lady. She was decent. Didn't put on airs. Always had a nice cuppa for me. And she never treated me like a freak." Not actually Spike and Joyce, but this right here tells me their relationship - the fact that they had one at all, even. Certainly sounds like he came around more than we saw, doesn't it? And that last line is my single strongest textual justification for Spike being lonely and miserable and wanting someone who liked him, even if we never saw much of this moping on screen.

4. Fic - Wendy, by cagd. Joyce picks up a hitchhiker, which relaunches a beautiful friendship. This whole fic is pure Spike&Joyce love, but my favorite bit is when he, having hitched a ride with Joyce, gotten a shower, and drunk tea, and still expecting Joyce to want sex for her troubles, instead wakes up on the couch underneath an electric blanket. An electric blanket. I just about cry - small moments of unexpected mercy like that really get to me.

5. Fic - Defenseless, by rebcake. Despite the essentially Spuffy nature of this S4 AU, it's really all about Joyce, and particularly Spike&Joyce after newly chipped Spike takes refuge with the likeliest, most obvious person. (It isn't Giles. Nor Buffy.) My favorite part, I think, is Spike spends "Hush" in this AU: at home very companionably watching TV with Joyce.

Comments

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

¡Yay! I'm so happy you enjoyed my Spike and Joyce enough to rec it! I'm still not sure I accomplished my entire purpose with it, which probably means: sequel! (We'll see.) I'm going to check out your other rec, pronto!

P.S. I think you mean "refuge". ;-)

[louise39.livejournal.com]

Lovely recs.
Rebcake is thinking of a sequel-yay!!

The other story by cagd was full of compassion and Spike's surprised response - very nice.

[timeofchange.livejournal.com]

Lovely, and you recced 2 stories I've never read, so you get extra biscuits

[snickfic]

You are most welcome! The Spike&Joyce parts in it were fab, but I of course would not be opposed to a sequel.

No, you know, they take refuse. Where did you think Spike got the idea to find his household furnishings in the dump? How did you think Joyce managed to replace so many demon-destroyed coffee tables and knick-knacks?

Okay, fine, maybe not.

[snickfic]

I'm glad you enjoyed them! You're right - it's the compassion in cagd's piece that I like so much.

[snickfic]

Yay, biscuits for me! I hope you enjoy them. :)

[seapealsh.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Snick. Those were great moments. I just finished reading Cagd's story and that was really cool. And I'm going to reread Rebcake's story, even though I know I've read it before(a possible sequel is getting me excited).

The canon scenes you mentioned are probably my favorites too. You have great taste!

[snickfic]

Yay, I'm glad you enjoyed! I have to admit, I took the easy way out to arranging my list: I figured out what Spike-Joyce fics I could rec, and filled in the remaining slots from there. :)

And oh, I wanted so badly to fit the Passions conversation in, but I couldn't manage it.