Artists: None
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Drama
Warnings: Buffy/Other (Temp), Rape (Implied), Spike/Other (Temp), Violence
Challenges: Worst Of Humanity
Completed: No Chapters: 31
Word count: 183,176 Hit Count: 50,356 ePub Downloads: 337
Published: February 09, 2014 Updated: July 25, 2020
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1. Chapter 1 by jhiz - Likes: 22 Comments: 23 Word Count: 2,953 Hit Count: 6,431 Published: February 09, 2014
This is Canon Divergent and is my take on a challenge proposed by Puppet and termed the Worst of Humanity. If you wish to read the challenge, you can find it in the challenge section. Otherwise, I will post the criteria for the challenge later so that any quirks in the tale remain at least a wee bit of a surprise. I hope that you enjoy it. I would warn that there could be spoilers for the entire BTVS and Angel programs. - Me
2. Chapter 2 by jhiz - Likes: 11 Comments: 4 Word Count: 3,182 Hit Count: 2,510 Published: February 10, 2014
Although the warnings are present, I just want to remind readers that this story starts with a season 2 William the Bloody. He is not a chipped Spike. He is not a Spike in love with the slayer. He is the Spike in love with unlife and in love with Drusilla. Angel said that "things change" and Spike insisted "not us, not demons". We all know this isn't true and especially know it isn't the case with Spike. Please be patient while he grows in this alternative reality. Thanks. -Me
3. Chapter 3 by jhiz - Likes: 12 Comments: 7 Word Count: 4,045 Hit Count: 2,320 Published: February 14, 2014
4. Chapter 4 by jhiz - Likes: 13 Comments: 10 Word Count: 3,224 Hit Count: 2,119 Published: February 20, 2014
5. Chapter 5 by jhiz - Likes: 12 Comments: 8 Word Count: 3,858 Hit Count: 2,231 Published: February 22, 2014
6. Chapter 6 by jhiz - Likes: 8 Comments: 5 Word Count: 3,221 Hit Count: 2,096 Published: March 05, 2014
7. Chapter 7 by jhiz - Likes: 16 Comments: 10 Word Count: 5,647 Hit Count: 1,895 Published: March 14, 2014
8. Chapter 8 by jhiz - Likes: 11 Comments: 6 Word Count: 4,348 Hit Count: 1,835 Published: April 03, 2014
9. Chapter 9 by jhiz - Likes: 17 Comments: 8 Word Count: 6,165 Hit Count: 1,833 Published: April 20, 2014
10. Chapter 10 by jhiz - Likes: 18 Comments: 11 Word Count: 7,566 Hit Count: 1,719 Published: May 09, 2014
11. Chapter 11 by jhiz - Likes: 13 Comments: 7 Word Count: 4,505 Hit Count: 1,625 Published: May 23, 2014
12. Chapter 12 by jhiz - Likes: 11 Comments: 7 Word Count: 4,080 Hit Count: 1,563 Published: June 08, 2014
13. Chapter 13 by jhiz - Likes: 15 Comments: 10 Word Count: 5,068 Hit Count: 1,564 Published: June 22, 2014
14. Chapter 14 by jhiz - Likes: 13 Comments: 9 Word Count: 6,141 Hit Count: 1,524 Published: July 13, 2014
15. Chapter 15 by jhiz - Likes: 15 Comments: 9 Word Count: 6,314 Hit Count: 1,455 Published: September 05, 2014
16. Chapter 16 by jhiz - Likes: 11 Comments: 6 Word Count: 5,209 Hit Count: 1,419 Published: September 11, 2014
ah man... this just makes me feel bad for Anya *sigh* but at least the update was quicker *grin*
17. Chapter 17 by jhiz - Likes: 16 Comments: 12 Word Count: 7,389 Hit Count: 1,477 Published: September 23, 2014
In Reptile Boy, I had a minor issue with Angel entering the Delta Zeta Kappa house without a formal invitation but that Spike later needed Willow to invite him into their dorm room. That seemed like an error in my mind. The one wiki tried to rationalize that the fraternity was a temporary home so that made it an open place. A dormitory is a lot less of a home space than a fraternity house. Your dorm room changes year to year while the fraternity house remains the home to the brothers for years. Heck, my dad's fraternity still has the same house from when he went to school in the sixties. Likewise, if you counter and say that the dorm room was safe because they slept there and Angel was in a common area of the house, then why can't other vamps just walk into Buffy's home. Any home with more than one occupant would have common areas and private areas. Wouldn't those common areas become free range for hungry vamps? I can almost allow that the fraternity brother issuing the invite to the robed Xander to get inside could be extended to cover the vamp but it still isn't a specific invitation to Angel. Anyway, this chapter allows me to correct what I see as a continuity wrong *grin*. I hope that you enjoy it.
18. Chapter 18 by jhiz - Likes: 17 Comments: 7 Word Count: 5,875 Hit Count: 1,341 Published: April 01, 2015
19. Chapter 19 by jhiz - Likes: 17 Comments: 11 Word Count: 5,348 Hit Count: 1,343 Published: April 09, 2015
Some of the conversations in this chapter borrow from the episode Halloween although who says something may not align with the original. Some lines from this episode are just too perfect not to utilize even in my alternatively developed world. My appreciation to Carl Ellsworth and Joss Whedon for creating one of my favorite episodes of a show filled with so many enjoyable ones.
20. Chapter 20 by jhiz - Likes: 23 Comments: 19 Word Count: 6,947 Hit Count: 1,378 Published: April 20, 2015
Some of the conversations in this chapter borrow from the episode Halloween although who says something may not align with the original. Some lines from this episode are just too perfect not to utilize even in my alternatively developed world. My appreciation to Carl Ellsworth and Joss Whedon for creating one of my favorite episodes of a show filled with so many enjoyable ones.
Additionally, a few lines have been snagged from the episode Fool for Love. My appreciation is likewise given to Douglas Petrie for the scene in the alley when Drusilla took the first step of turning William into the Spike we all adore.
21. Chapter 21 by jhiz - Likes: 18 Comments: 10 Word Count: 6,640 Hit Count: 1,310 Published: June 22, 2015
22. Chapter 22 by jhiz - Likes: 20 Comments: 15 Word Count: 9,800 Hit Count: 1,308 Published: August 08, 2015
Just to mention a special acknowledgement goes to Joss Wheden for writing a line that always makes me smile every time I hear it. I could not create a season two story without borrowing it (no matter how short and simple it might be). It has always packed quite a punch in my mind.
23. Chapter 23 by jhiz - Likes: 16 Comments: 10 Word Count: 9,646 Hit Count: 1,307 Published: September 20, 2015
24. Chapter 24 by jhiz - Likes: 16 Comments: 13 Word Count: 10,501 Hit Count: 1,034 Published: May 01, 2016
25. Chapter 25 by jhiz - Likes: 13 Comments: 7 Word Count: 7,163 Hit Count: 1,107 Published: June 09, 2016
26. Chapter 26 by jhiz - Likes: 13 Comments: 8 Word Count: 6,942 Hit Count: 962 Published: July 21, 2016
27. Chapter 27 by jhiz - Likes: 12 Comments: 6 Word Count: 10,946 Hit Count: 949 Published: July 29, 2016
28. Chapter 28 by jhiz - Likes: 14 Comments: 11 Word Count: 4,229 Hit Count: 914 Published: August 30, 2016
There are a number of religious references in the later part of this chapter. Normally, I try to be respectful of everyone's belief or lack of belief in the divine. Please remember that these are evil demons speaking. Any disrespect does not reflect my own feelings but the position of the characters.
29. Chapter 29 by jhiz - Likes: 14 Comments: 14 Word Count: 5,195 Hit Count: 942 Published: March 20, 2017
30. Chapter 30 by jhiz - Likes: 15 Comments: 8 Word Count: 4,736 Hit Count: 403 Published: July 19, 2020
31. Chapter 31 by jhiz - Likes: 18 Comments: 12 Word Count: 6,293 Hit Count: 440 Published: July 25, 2020