BtVS Double Drabble: Gone

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Title: Gone
Fandom: BtVS
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Joyce, Buffy.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 046: Mind at doubledrabbles.
Spoilers/Setting: Becoming Part 2.
Summary: Buffy has run away and all Joyce wants is for her daughter to come home.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Joss Whedon.
A/N: Double drabble.




Joyce is slowly going out of her mind; she doesn’t know her little girl anymore. Buffy claimed she’s a Slayer, whatever that is, insisted that vampires and demons are real, and that she had to stop her ex-boyfriend Angel from ending the world, or something. Maybe it’s Buffy who’s lost her mind; a bad break-up, especially after what happened between her parents, might have pushed her over the edge.


In retrospect, giving Buffy an ultimatum was the wrong way to handle things. If Joyce had tried to be more sympathetic and understanding, perhaps if she’d offered to go with her daughter to confront Angel instead of telling Buffy not to bother coming back if she left… Of all the times Joyce had screwed up as a parent that was hands down the worst. She hadn’t even meant it, not really; she’d simply been trying to shock her daughter back to reality, make her see sense. It had backfired spectacularly.


Now Buffy’s gone, run away from home. She must have slipped back during the night, thrown a few things in a bag, and left. Joyce has no idea where her daughter is, or if she’s okay.


She just wants Buffy back.



The End

Comments

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

It's nice to have a mentor/friend you can depend on. Buffy was lucky she had Giles. Who was always overprotective of her and tried to do what's best for her.:)

J.J. Abrams (In the creation of "Lost"): Damon Lindelof and I, who created the show with me, we were basically tasked with creating this series that we had very little time to do. We had 11 and a half weeks to write it, cast it, crew it, shoot it, cut it, post it, turn in a two-hour pilot. So it was not a lot of time. And that sense of possibility -- what could this thing be? There was no time to develop it.

I was curious because of "Alias" (J.J Abrams previous project). I was then weary because the pilot episode was very intense. Plane crash + killer polar bear = Me freaking out. However I tired for a couple of episodes but eventually got "Lost" (pun intended) when I dipped in and out. Only relying on the promos.

That or a continuity error. The monks transformed the key into human form (Dawn), as you do. So maybe her immaturity was because the monks didn't know how a teenager is suppose to act. Dawn acted way more younger to me. That ice-cream, on the face moment when Xander and Anya babysit her is a primary example.

Anyway, I prefer your take on it.

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I loved Alias, very well done. I keep meaning to do a re-watch, but I have so many things to re-watch. I'd also like to watch Lost all the way through. I remember being glued to the pilot.

Continuity errors do happen, even when the writers are being careful. Dawn was quite an immature teen to start with.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Sydney: My days of blindly following orders are over.

I lost count of how many languages Sydney is fluent in. Clever woman.:)

Lost was a big thing when it first premiered and eventually I got spoilers. It's also funny how they made Jin unable to speak English, and Sun (his wife) translate. When in real life, its the other way around.

Dawn:...oh, scary vampires. They die from a splinter.

On first watch, it can be overlooked. I think they made Dawn go through a kleptomaniac phase just to fill in time.

[bk_forever]

She was brilliant!

Dawn was acting out for attention I think. Her mom was dead, Buffy was always busy... I loved that it was Xander who made the wish that set everyone singing though.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

The spy life sure looks tough.

For children that usually is the case. On the sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous", the mother was always taking stuff from her daughters house.

Oh Xander with his naivety.:)

[bk_forever]

I wouldn't want to be a spy!

I think most kids shoplift at some point.

I wanted to hug Xander. He screwed up but he meant well.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's very dangerous. They just make the rest look really cool in fiction world.

Michael Westen: [voice-over] When you're burned, you've got nothing: no cash, no credit, no job history. You're stuck in whatever city they decide to dump you in.

I know Michael wanted to clear his name. But I understood Fiona's distain for the spy world too.

Parents have to teach them stealing is wrong. Find out why they stole and teach them how to earn things in the right way.

At least Xander wasn't being selfish like with the love spell last time.

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It's a long time since I saw the show so I don't remember much.

My parents taught us well, but my sister still shoplifted, she stole chocolate from the corner shop one day while I was with her. I don't thin I stole anything from a shop, but I stole money from my parents, just a few pence here and there. I got caught though and told off.

Yeah, Xander just wanted some happy for everyone.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

That's alright. Sometimes I have to double check a quote.:)

My dad wasn't working but my mum was. As much as my sweet tooth was, I wouldn't dare go through with it. They have really upped the security these days.

Xander: Well that’s the funny thing about me, I tend to hear the actual words people say and accept them at face value.
Anya: That’s stupid.
Xander: I can accept that.”

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They've had to. People will steal anything these days. I wouldn't, I grew out of that phase before I reached my teens, but parents don't seem to teach their kids right from wrong anymore.

Xander was so open and honest, but perhaps a bit naive to expect honesty back.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Rory Gimore (to her best friend, Lane Kim: I got kissed. And I shoplifted!*holding a box of corn starch.

Have you ever ran out of the shops after having your first kiss, without paying for a shopping item by accident? No? Well, either have I. Only in "Gilmore Girls".

Sometimes kids plead with their parents for sweets that are obviously place in an enticing display at the shops. I think it would help to teach kids the importance of giving, rather than just receiveing and positive reinforcement.

Billy Joel: Honesty is such a lonely word.

That was an area I could certainly relate to. Some people can be fickle. I've learned that the hard way. But In Anya's defence she was relearning what it is to be human again. It's nice when you can see it from both sides. In real life, that is not always the case.

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I never have, but the alarms wet off when I left a shop today, and I stopped dead. Te cashier said it was fine; they can't deactivate the tags on the supplements I'd just bought.

Parents do need to be firm with their kids. Young kids don't understand that they can't have everything the want.

Anya found being human so confusing, but she was trying.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I heard certain credit cards can set shop alarms off by mistake. Sometimes they just go off without knowing the possible cause. It's happen to me a few times. I was told that retailers don't have a right to check handbags, unless they have reasonable doubt. Bags bigger than that, most definitely.

Kid's need to understand that money doesn't buy happiness. Sure, toys, games, and treats can be fun for the short term. Overindulgence will not help them in the long run for their emotional maturity.

Anya: For a thousand years I wielded the power of the wish. I brought ruin upon the heads of unfaithful men, I offered destruction and chaos for the pleasure of the lower beings. I was feared and worshiped across the mortal globe and now I'm stuck at Sunnydale High! A mortal! A child! And I'm flunking math.

I'm wasn't good at maths either.*shrugs*

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I didn't know that. Shop security might not have the right to check but I'd let them search me because I have nothing to hide.

Yeah, but parents are often too willing to give in to avoid tantrums.

Same here. I never got to grips with long division.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

That's what I learned in Retail class. I do the same as you. Sometimes retailers are very suspicious, sometimes they will just wave you off. It depends on the value of merchandise.

It must be really hard to deal with. I've seen parents ignore it. The kid is going to tire themselves out eventually. A time out would be difficult to implement during a routine shopping trip and is much better than getting angry or enforcing a punishment.

I know the essential's, that's good enough for me. Thank goodness for calculators as back up.:)

[bk_forever]

I always knew I wouldn't have the patience to be a parent.

I was pretty good at basic mental arithmetic when I was younger, but my brain is wearing out so I use my calculator to make sure I get it right.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Chandler:...So I was in the gift shop, and that’s when I uh, saw this. (He holds up a little, tiny baby jumper that reads I (heart) New York.) Yeah, y’know what? I thought anything that can fit into this, can’t be scary.
Phoebe: Well you obviously didn’t see Chucky 3.

Kids are unpredictable.

Buffy:...Well, it doesn't matter anyway. I mean, when in the real world am I ever gonna need chemistry or history or math or the English language?

I wish I had a friend like Willow in high school who would of helped me with my maths.:(

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Yeah, and I unpredictable scares me.

I think we all wish we'd had a friend like Willow. She was awesome!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Lorelai Gilmore, (to her daughter): I have to know where you are at all times, especially when you have my shoes on.

Okay, I'm scaring myself out of adopting a kid. I was anxious when one of cats went AWOL and my dad went missing. I'm most definitely not doing it on my own.*fearful*

Willow: You want us to breed?
Snyder: I want you to tutor him. Percy is flunking history.

Willow was a true academic.:)

[bk_forever]

Yeah, don't worry about it. You don't have to have kids.

That's why she blossomed at college.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Buffy: I can't do this! I can't take care of things! I killed my Giga Pet. Literally, I sat on it and it broke.

Yeah. I'm being dramatic. I had to look after an egg for my Exploring Early Childhood class back in high school. It was very boring. Some of my classmates had those digital pets.

"Casting Director, Marcia Shulman, admitted that casting Willow was one of the most difficult things she had to do for this pilot because of the way Willow is written"

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We never had that parenthood training when I was at school.

They got the casting right for the show.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

The closest to being a single mum as I've ever gotten. My school couldn't afford the "RealCare" baby.

The unaired pilot had a different actress playing Willow. She just wasn't suited to the role. It was like Lori Rom (Phoebe) on "Charmed".

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Never mind the baby, we didn't even have eggs.

Yes, I've seen the unaired pilot. I'm sure the actress wad good, just not right for the role.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

It doesn't matter. You didn't miss out on much. I think looking after a pet is at least a challenge, for the fact they are living things. An egg is just a symbol for fertility.

Usually it takes an actor to feel comfortable in their role. But the original willow looked more mature. The dynamic would have been different with her in it. Unaired pilots are always odd because many things are changed or altered to make it look better. It's like a tester.

I heard on Castle, Nathan Fillion had to do read throughs with over a hundred women trying out for Kate Beckett. So they could test the chemistry.