Awwww. Thank you for the warm fuzzies! I gotta say, it's especially cool to get bits of writing quoted back to me. And YAY BABYFIC. (Somehow it feels more respectable liking babyfic when I've got a writer as good as you who agrees with me.)
And you know, I really didn't come into this fic thinking much about genderbending. Which sounds bizarre, I know, but what I was really thinking about was characterbending. I cared a lot more how the scenario affected Spike than how it affected Spike, Member of the Male Species. So what genderbending came out of it was just bonus as far as I'm concerned.
Thank you, thank you for the ego-feeding. :)
Oh, hair. Now that I think about it, it's not that much of a story: someone linked me to some Curly Girl-type websites, I did some research, and figured I'd trying going without shampoo for six weeks (the recommended trial period, IIRC). I just used natural-product conditioner. In theory my scalp was supposed to adjust eventually, but either I didn't go long enough or the adjustment wasn't noticeable. After four weeks of having my hair up all the time to disguise the fact that it just looked dirty, I went and gave it a real cleaning with real shampoo, and decided that by gosh I cared a lot more about clean than I did about healthy. I have now made peace with whatever supposedly harmful products are in most shampoos; I simply don't care.
(And, speaking of hair: Anya's hair is curly for the wedding! And it's so pretty, and it matches the ruffles in her veil! Also, Hallie's hair is always curly.)
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And you know, I really didn't come into this fic thinking much about genderbending. Which sounds bizarre, I know, but what I was really thinking about was characterbending. I cared a lot more how the scenario affected Spike than how it affected Spike, Member of the Male Species. So what genderbending came out of it was just bonus as far as I'm concerned.
Thank you, thank you for the ego-feeding. :)
Oh, hair. Now that I think about it, it's not that much of a story: someone linked me to some Curly Girl-type websites, I did some research, and figured I'd trying going without shampoo for six weeks (the recommended trial period, IIRC). I just used natural-product conditioner. In theory my scalp was supposed to adjust eventually, but either I didn't go long enough or the adjustment wasn't noticeable. After four weeks of having my hair up all the time to disguise the fact that it just looked dirty, I went and gave it a real cleaning with real shampoo, and decided that by gosh I cared a lot more about clean than I did about healthy. I have now made peace with whatever supposedly harmful products are in most shampoos; I simply don't care.
(And, speaking of hair: Anya's hair is curly for the wedding! And it's so pretty, and it matches the ruffles in her veil! Also, Hallie's hair is always curly.)