Buffy novel

[doyle]

I nearly broke down and bought Chosen, the novelisation of season seven. What I flipped through looked okay, writing wise - until I turned to the Spuffy snuggling scene in Touched. And when a line in italics read "In the arms of an angel..." I thought "oh, it's not..." But yes, it was songfic. Sarah McLachlan songfic, in the middle of one of the published novels. Okay, only a few lines of the song were quoted, but still. That cracked my shit up.

Couldn't afford to buy it, but it amused me vastly.

Comments

[imation23.livejournal.com]

Bwah! And not just any old songfic, but Sarah McLachlan songfic, to possibly the most overvidded/overiconed/overused song in the entire *universe* with the possible exception of 'Full of Grace'. Geez. And why buy that kind of thing when you can just get it off ff.net?

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Does the author not know the cardinal rule of "every time Sarah McLachlan sings, somewhere a vampire gets his soul"?

BTW, when spoilers broke for Awakenings I would have put money on that song being the soundtrack for the last Angel/Cordy scene. I was (pleasantly) surprised that it didn't show up in Touched. Thank goodness we have the novelisation to make up for it! *g*

It'd be fascinating to do a breakdown of which songs inspire the most songfic, but I fear I'd only get through a half dozen before my brain imploded. I bet Sarah McLachlan and Avril Lavigne would lead the pack, though.

angel

[pukajen.livejournal.com]

Does the author not know the cardinal rule of "every time Sarah McLachlan sings, somewhere a vampire gets his soul"?

that and the song is all about addiction and drug use. the way 'posession' is about a man who stalked her and then killed himself. kinda funny/ironic when you think of how many times those songs have been used. not just fan vids, but mainstream, used on tv or movies as soundtracks especially in touching, heart wrenching scenes.

Re: angel

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

Does the author not know the cardinal rule of "every time Sarah McLachlan sings, somewhere a vampire gets his soul"?

I'd be willing to bet that every time Avril Lavigne sings, another fanfic writer loses both her soul and every vestige of literacy.