BtVS Double Drabble: Disillusioned

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Title: Disillusioned
Fandom: BtVS
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Xander, Natalie French.
Rating: PG
Written Using: The dw100 prompt Insect.
Setting: Teacher’s Pet.
Summary: Xander thought his luck with the opposite sex was changing for the better. He was wrong; it’s only gotten worse.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters. They belong to the amazing Joss Whedon.
A/N: Double drabble and a half, 250 words.




Xander can’t get his head around any of this; Miss French is a gorgeous woman, stunning, sexy, any hormonal teenage boy’s dream come true, or that’s what he’d thought when he’d first met her. Better yet, she’d been interested in him, wanting him to stay behind after school and help her with some project or other, and he’d been more than willing, ready to do anything she asked, but that was then.


Since he woke up in this cage she’s been rapidly losing her appeal.


Sure, this is Sunnydale, built on a Hellmouth, a popular vacation spot for vampires, not to mention all kinds of demons if Giles is to be believed, but giant insects? How come nobody ever bothered to mention those?


Okay, so Buffy tried to warn him, and he refused to listen; who could blame him? He’d thought she was just jealous, but boy was she right! The beautiful Natalie French isn’t a woman at all; she’s an insect in disguise!


Xander’s never been a fan of bugs anyway, they’re horrible, creepy little scuttling things. Usually. This one’s human sized and that just makes it so much worse. Suddenly he wishes he hadn’t paid such close attention in Biology; he knows way too much about the mating habits of the Praying Mantis. He doesn’t want to get his head chewed off! He doesn’t want to be daddy to her offspring either.


He can’t afford to wait for the cavalry; he’d better start working on an escape plan.



The End

Comments

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Yeah, now it's all 'sex sells'. It gets into everything. I watch Doctor Who for the SF and the adventure. I want to be thrilled, maybe a little scared, and amused.

I suppose at least she wasn't a stripogram...

Amy grew up over time and found herself.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

It's either that or a character is deemed unattractive.*annoyed*

If it had been Torchwood, she would have. I know Karen Gillian has a decent singing voice so it would have been plausible to be a singing telegram.

*takes deep breath*

I will let this go.

It was over a span of ten years, on and off that she travelled with the Doctor. So it's normal for her to change career/jobs.

[bk_forever]

True, they seem to think if something is aimed at an adult audience it should be all sex and swearing. *rolls eyes* And then they didn't give us enough Jack/Ianto! It was all Gwen/Rhys, Gwen/Owen, Owen/Diane...

She finally found the career she wanted. Sometimes it takes a while.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Tackling serious issues in society is fine. But it doesn't have to be so full on. We get it RTD. This show isn't meant for the little kiddies. Sheesh! I had no interest in Gwen's shenanigans.*frowns*

Owen: What?
Diane: I'm waiting for you to pull out my chair.
Owen: Let me get this straight. You expect equality and chivalry?
Diane: I don't see why they should be mutually exclusive.

I didn't mind the Owen/Diane pairing. Specifically the emotional part of the "relationship". Too bad it was short lived. Diane seemed to be a woman ahead of her time. Even though she decided to go back to her own era, not knowing for sure if it would work out.

Yep it does. I found Amy's choice of career changes more plausible than Clara becoming a teacher all of a sudden.*shrugs*

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I wish Diane had stayed, she would have been good for Owen. It was a far more healthy relationship than his affair with Gwen.

Diane just wanted to fly. There were too many restrictions in our time for her, too many hoops shed have to jump through before she'd be allowed to take to the air again.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Gwen was never satisfied. Lets leave it at that.*shrugs*

I don't know much about Aviation. I've been in a cockpit once. This was years ago before security was heighten . Does that count?*kidding*

Diane just disappeared like Amelia Earhart. I'd like to think that she met the Doctor and he took her back home.

[bk_forever]

Maybe she met the Doctor and he took her to the future. I don't think she was eve satisfied with the world she lived in, but it gave her the chance to fly.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

You could say that her story was "left up in the air".*bad pun*

[bk_forever]

*giggles*

It would have been nice to see where she ended up. The Doctor could have run into her.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

That was too easy.:D

Coincidently, the episodes "Out Of Time" and "The Idiot's Lantern were both set in "1953".

*pause*

Ooh. I smell a fanfic idea.*brain going into story mode*

[bk_forever]

Have fun with it!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I just finished doing a draft.:)

Thanks for helping me with the brainstorming!

[bk_forever]

Yay!

Any time!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

*grins*