ext_6791 ([identity profile] askye.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2003-11-30 08:16 pm

The Prague Series by FayJay (NC-17)

Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Spike/Drusilla
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] pandarus
Author's website: Spreading the Yay, one Ho at a Time"

Why you must read this:

Drusilla is a hard character to write, even for the shows writers. There's a tendancy to just give her strange babble that makes no sense or treat her like she's stupid or innocent. Drusilla for the most part knows what she wants and that generally includes games and blood.


When Spike and Dru were in Prague something happened and a mob descended on Dru and she became very weak, which is what led Spike and Dru to Sunnydale in the first place. Although parts of The Prague Series have been Jossed, FayJay's tale of what happened to Dru is beautiful and sexy and wicked and fun.

The way Spike and Dru are together.

Be warned this is Spike that sees people as Food or Toys. To be used and played with, broken and discared. There's slash, and violence, and blood. Spike is vicious and cruel and unrepenent. Drusilla likes to play with humans too, before she eats them.

The story itself starts out like this: Spike and Dru are travelling, having a good time. Cutting a bloody swath on their way to Prague--fucking, eating, making up games to pass the time, going to the ballet. In Prague it's more of the same.

Except, they kill the wrong girl and Drusilla pays the price, Spike tries his best to save her and ...well, they have to go to Sunnydale.

The stories are clever and beautiful and The Sick Rose is a stand out with tight action sequences and wonderful dialouge and characterization.

For me, this is the best story about Pre-Sunnydale Spike and Drusilla.

Painted Eggs
Chapel of Bones
The Sick Rose