Fostering

(1) Fostering (Angel/Buffy)

By Elizabeth Ann Lewis
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 15th November 2003 (7)
Tags: Novelette
Characters: Pike, Cordelia Chase, Wesley Wyndham-Price
(108K)

I'm one of the few people around (so far as I can see) that actually liked the movie "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" as well as the TV series, so I was real happy to see a story which features Pike so well. I'm not so familiar with the Angel characters, because my watching was pretty erratic after the first season, but I like the Wesley and the Cordelia here. This appears to have been written post-"The Gift" but before the opening of the next season -- or at least that's where this is set. I like this -- bouncing from snarky arguments to camaraderie and back again.

(2) Passing (Buffy)

By Elizabeth Ann Lewis
Reviewed by Kathryn A on 15th November 2003 (8)
Tags: Short Story
(29K)

This is the sequel to "Fostering", which follows up from it, and weaves it into the season 7 Buffyverse. One might find the flashback/flashforward style a bit jerky but I didn't have any problems following it. Good stuff with Pike, Amanda, the Watcher's Council and a touch of Giles.