XXVIII -- voice;

[breakmychest]

And just like that, no more Dru. Can't say I'll miss her, exactly, but I'd have liked it if she could've graduated. I mean, we had fun, back in the bad old days. Not saying I'd go back to being an evil killer. There's the soul-crushing guilt keeping me from that, and besides, I like being a hero. I'm way better at it than I ever was at being the Big Bad.

[He's quiet for a moment.]

Still, before she turned me, I was a bloody pathetic poofter. People were calling me "William the Bloody" started before I died, you know, and it wasn't because of anything violent. It was because my poetry was so bloody awful.

[Why did he say that? Spike doesn't tell anyone that. He had more to say, but he just shuts off the journal before he can. He's afraid of what might come out.]

Comments

[bigbad]

[Never, ever, ever showing you the Buffy DVDs. Never.]

Met Dick, then, did you?

[82prctmoremanly.livejournal.com]

Dick? Uh... [Well, first thing that comes to mind is...] ...is Dick Grayson here?

[bigbad]

[...oh, he's talking about some other comic book character. WHOOPS.]

Well, yeah. Who were you talking about?

[82prctmoremanly.livejournal.com]

[Okay, Andrew. Keep your uber nerdy excitement contained. You already know Spike doesn't want to hear about it and will tell you thusly if you freak out. It may be a little obvious that Andrew has to take a few breaths to keep from practically seizing.]

Uhm, well, there's Superboy! I talked to him, that was pretty cool. And, uh, Eddie Brock! I think. But he's... different than the Venom I read in comic books. But I'm pretty sure he's still Venom. Because... well, he was pretty scary.

[bigbad]

[...yeah, you lost Spike. He doesn't really know either of those characters or people. And for some reason, he and Superboy have never really crossed paths.]

Is that different from Superman?

[82prctmoremanly.livejournal.com]

Uh, duh, dude. You've been around for, like, a hundred-something years. Did you seriously not have time to get cultured?

[bigbad]

I don't think Superanyone counts as culture.

[82prctmoremanly.livejournal.com]

What? Of course they do! Or at least... pop culture. [Or... nerd culture, but Andrew isn't going to say that out loud.]

[bigbad]

[It's cool, Andrew, Spike'll say it for you.]

Nerd culture, you mean.