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desoto_hia873 ([personal profile] desoto_hia873) wrote2005-08-16 04:24 pm
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De-chipping Spike

When I started reading Buffyverse fanfic, the first big archive site I found was All About Spike. Which worked for me because he was my favourite character. Anyway, one of the things that I was quite delighted with was the wide variety of ways that people came up with to get the chip out of Spike's head.

Being old and fogey as I am (and becoming more so every day), I now can't remember half of the dechipping methods that I've read about. In fact, I can only come up with three. I don't want to spoil people for any stories that they haven't read, so I'm putting this very short list under the cut - click at your own risk.



[livejournal.com profile] rahirah has Willow magic the chip out in Necessary Evils. The twist on this method is that Willow didn't ask Spike before she did it and didn't want him to stop her mid-spell, so she 'recited' the incantation in American Sign Language with her hand behind her back. No one said spells had to be verbal, right?

[livejournal.com profile] cousinjean had Spike inadvertently remove it himself by wishing it out in a conversation with Halfrek (Perfect World).

[livejournal.com profile] missmurchison had Tara magic it out in her charming Spara story Quick and Bitter, Slow and Sweet. Tara was in the process of losing her het virginity to Spike and she didn't want to ruin his pleasure by having the chip go off as he entered her.

ETA: Oh yeah, [livejournal.com profile] cousinjean also had Spike's chip modified in a futurefic so that he could fight humans in self-defense (Future Imperfect). I guess that sort of counts.



I know there were so many more. What ways have you read?
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50 Ways To Cure Your Vampire

[personal profile] elsaf 2005-08-16 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"The problem is all inside your head", she said to me
The answer is easy if you take it logically
I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free
There must be fifty ways to cure your vampire.

She said it's really not my habit to intrude
Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude
There must be fifty ways to cure your vampire
Fifty ways to cure your vampire

Just hit him with a spell, Nell;
Kick him in the head, Fred;
Cure him with a curse, nurse;
And set the boy free.

Send him to a gypsy, Nipsy;
Get him with a wish, Trish;
Zap him with a charge, Marge;
Just listen to me!

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Re: 50 Ways To Cure Your Vampire

[identity profile] desoto-hia873.livejournal.com 2005-08-16 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! You just came up with that now? I love your brain. :-)