I love the image of the ornate room as an inverted wedding cake - what is a wedding but a time when family who normally never talk to each other are forced into company and to be polite - we've had the dinner and the speeches, now I'm waiting for the fights to start *g*
Beautiful, lyrical description of Angel's emotions when he was feeding. As always it's the details which make the storytelling so rich - Xander kneeling at Dru's feet, like a PreRaphaelite painting, Jesse curled up under the kitchen table, Angel finding he has only one sock, Angel drinking 'whiskey' as opposed to 'whisky' and finally Angel's acknowledgement of the hurt and betrayal on Spike's face, so swiftly masked.
One of the things I really like is that Dru is much deeper and in control than she is often portrayed. She's ill and she's a seer, but she's not a basket case. She knows exactly what she's doing when she takes Angel out of the room - it's a silken cord, but it doesn't make the binding any less tight.
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Date: 2008-04-26 03:56 pm (UTC)Beautiful, lyrical description of Angel's emotions when he was feeding. As always it's the details which make the storytelling so rich - Xander kneeling at Dru's feet, like a PreRaphaelite painting, Jesse curled up under the kitchen table, Angel finding he has only one sock, Angel drinking 'whiskey' as opposed to 'whisky' and finally Angel's acknowledgement of the hurt and betrayal on Spike's face, so swiftly masked.
One of the things I really like is that Dru is much deeper and in control than she is often portrayed. She's ill and she's a seer, but she's not a basket case. She knows exactly what she's doing when she takes Angel out of the room - it's a silken cord, but it doesn't make the binding any less tight.
Bravo, love. That was wonderful.