Alternates
(1) Teacher's Pet (Buffy/Highlander)
By Carole2
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 27th April 2002 (2)
Tags: Novelette, Crossover, AU
Characters: Methos, Buffy Summers
(74K)
I found this story thanks to the huge Buffy/Highlander crossover
listing at http://www.dreamwater.org/jamesfox/fandom/, which lists
everything James Fox could find (but at least the crap is warned as
such). This story is an alternative version of the Buffy episode
"Teacher's Pet" (which was the 4th episode in the series!) with the
addition of Adam Pierson to the Buffyverse -- he gets assigned to the
"Slayer Division" of the Watchers after the events of the Highlander
episodes _One Minute to Midnight_ and _Judgement Day_.
This story was good, as far as it went. But in one sense, it
didn't go far enough. Things happen basically the same way as they do
in the original Buffy episode, but it's the slight places that were
different that were interesting, the bits I was paying attention to, the
ones with Adam Pierson in them. I like the way all that was treated --
subtley, with people not knowing everything, and jumping to wrong
conclusions. Unfortunately it left me frustrated, because there are
important things left hanging, and one is waiting, impatiently, for
these tidbits to bear fruit. Unfortunately, looking at the author's
page (rather than where I found the story on fanfiction.net) it seems
this series is on indefinite hold. Though actually I now find I should
be grateful, because also looking at the author's page I find that the
series was apparently destined to become slash, which means I avoid the
frustration of seeing something I liked turn into something I can't
bear.