Summary: What if Buffy realizes that during the Tabula Rasa spell, Spike had no memories but wasn't evil. Not only that, he had no inclination to do wrong and none of them questioned that he was a soulful human. How would that change her outlook and their relationship?
Written for the Elysian Fields 2022 Challenge Month.
Hey Wait a Minute (author's choice of name) by Kereea +51
Responses: 4
Categories: Episode Rewrite, Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Ensemble, Spike
Summary:
Categories: Episode Rewrite, Season 6
Characters: Buffy, Ensemble, Spike
Summary:
Right after Tabula Rasa, Buffy realizes something weird: Spike had no memories but wasn't evil. A vampire with no memories didn't even realize he was a vampire and had no inclination to do wrong when he should have theoretically been more like a new fledge with the power of an older vamp. Does this mean he's not inherently evil? Is his personality strong enough to override evil? Hell they assumed he had a soul when he doesn't, what does that mean?
Thinking this through and going to talk to Spike, Buffy stops seeing him as an evil thing and starts seeing him as a person. How does this change the rest of s6? How does this change Spuffy as a relationship?
![To Be A Kind of Man](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/4974/images/1651098660.png)
Artists: the_big_bad
Categories: Season 6, Missing Scene, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles
Genres: Fix-It, HEA/HFN
Warnings: None
Challenges: Hey Wait a Minute (author's choice of name)
Event: April Challenge 2022
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 5,636 Hit Count: 1,901 ePub Downloads: 51
Published: April 27, 2022 Updated: April 27, 2022
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles
Genres: Fix-It, HEA/HFN
Warnings: None
Challenges: Hey Wait a Minute (author's choice of name)
Event: April Challenge 2022
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 5,636 Hit Count: 1,901 ePub Downloads: 51
Published: April 27, 2022 Updated: April 27, 2022
![Wait a Minute!](https://i.imgur.com/AXCs54C.jpg)
Summary: Based on the challenge Hey Wait a Minute by Kereea.
Right after Tabula Rasa, Buffy realizes something weird: Spike had no memories but wasn't evil. A vampire with no memories didn't even realize he was a vampire and had no inclination to do wrong when he should have theoretically been more like a new fledge with the power of an older vamp. Does this mean he's not inherently evil? Is his personality strong enough to override evil? Hell they assumed he had a soul when he doesn't, what does that mean?
Thinking this through and going to talk to Spike, Buffy stops seeing him as an evil thing and starts seeing him as a person. How does this change the rest of s6? How does this change Spuffy as a relationship?
I didn't do the entire challenge, just the set-up, so to speak. Just a short scene I would have liked to have seen on screen.
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The amazing and beautiful banner was made for me by the incredibly kind and very talented pfeifferpack! Thank you so much you brilliant person you!
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None Right after Tabula Rasa, Buffy realizes something weird: Spike had no memories but wasn't evil. A vampire with no memories didn't even realize he was a vampire and had no inclination to do wrong when he should have theoretically been more like a new fledge with the power of an older vamp. Does this mean he's not inherently evil? Is his personality strong enough to override evil? Hell they assumed he had a soul when he doesn't, what does that mean?
Thinking this through and going to talk to Spike, Buffy stops seeing him as an evil thing and starts seeing him as a person. How does this change the rest of s6? How does this change Spuffy as a relationship?
I didn't do the entire challenge, just the set-up, so to speak. Just a short scene I would have liked to have seen on screen.
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The amazing and beautiful banner was made for me by the incredibly kind and very talented pfeifferpack! Thank you so much you brilliant person you!
Artists: None
Categories: Season 6
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: None
Warnings: None
Challenges: Hey Wait a Minute (author's choice of name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,156 Hit Count: 2,477 ePub Downloads: 55
Published: November 10, 2018 Updated: November 10, 2018
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: None
Warnings: None
Challenges: Hey Wait a Minute (author's choice of name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,156 Hit Count: 2,477 ePub Downloads: 55
Published: November 10, 2018 Updated: November 10, 2018
![Rebirth and Renewal](http://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/12879/images/1483658653.jpg)
Summary: The Tabula Rasa crystal remains unbroken for a while, until Riley comes back to Sunnydale. When the spell is finally broken, some of the Scoobies find a new lease on life while others have a long way to go. For Spike and Buffy, however, the only thing they know for sure is that they have each other.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None Artists: None
Categories: Crossover (AtS), Season 6, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response
Characters: Andrew Wells, Angel, Anya, Buffy, Clem, Cordelia, Dawn, Ensemble, Fred, Giles, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Wesley, Willow, Xander
Genres: Angst, Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Character Death, Substance Use/Addiction, Sexual Situations
Challenges: As You Weren't, Hey Wait a Minute (author's choice of name)
Completed: No Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 11,478 Hit Count: 11,201 ePub Downloads: 107
Published: January 05, 2017 Updated: May 07, 2017
Characters: Andrew Wells, Angel, Anya, Buffy, Clem, Cordelia, Dawn, Ensemble, Fred, Giles, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Wesley, Willow, Xander
Genres: Angst, Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Character Death, Substance Use/Addiction, Sexual Situations
Challenges: As You Weren't, Hey Wait a Minute (author's choice of name)
Completed: No Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 11,478 Hit Count: 11,201 ePub Downloads: 107
Published: January 05, 2017 Updated: May 07, 2017
![Broken](https://dark-solace.org/elysian/Library/13822/images/1554106044.jpg)
Summary: When the Tabula Rasa spell is broken, Buffy regains some memories she was never supposed to remember…
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None Artists: Wonder and Ashes
Categories: Season 6, Crossover (AtS), Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Song Fic
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Angel, Anya, Dawn, Tara
Genres: Angst, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, POV
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Suicide, Mental Health Issues
Challenges: "I Will Remember You" & "Tabula Rasa" (Author's Choice of Name), Hey Wait a Minute (author's choice of name), Tabula Rasa unanticipated results
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,716 Hit Count: 7,013 ePub Downloads: 137
Published: March 31, 2019 Updated: March 31, 2019
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Angel, Anya, Dawn, Tara
Genres: Angst, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, POV
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Suicide, Mental Health Issues
Challenges: "I Will Remember You" & "Tabula Rasa" (Author's Choice of Name), Hey Wait a Minute (author's choice of name), Tabula Rasa unanticipated results
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,716 Hit Count: 7,013 ePub Downloads: 137
Published: March 31, 2019 Updated: March 31, 2019