Repossession

Written between 27 November 2001 and 25 September 2004

My heartfelt thanks to everyone who has supported this project

 

Part 3:

Lyrics from A Different Corner by George Michael [performed by George Michael]

Part 5:

'...the Mercedes-Benz statement
of success...'

Part 7:

Abstract (726) by Gerhard Richter

Part 7:

The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

Part 13:

Lyrics from Love Song for a Vampire by Annie Lennox [performed by Annie Lennox]

Part 15:

Lyrics from Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me by Jim Weatherley [performed by Gladys Knight]

Part 16:

'...Spike would be the proud owner of a Jaguar Coupe as sleek, powerful and magnificent
as the vampire himself...'

Part 17:

Lines quoted from Sonnet XVII by William Shakespeare

Part 18:

Lyrics from I Won’t Last A Day Without You by Paul Williams & Roger Nichols [performed by The Carpenters]

Part 29:

Lyrics from (Everything I Do) I Do It For You by Bryan Adams [performed by Bryan Adams]

Part 31:

Lyrics from This Guy's In Love With You by Burt Bacharach & Hal David [performed by Sacha Distel]

Part 39:

Lyrics from Have I Told You Lately by Van Morrison [performed by Rod Stewart]

Part 43:

'We swear by peace and love to stand...'  A traditional Druidic vow
Source: Philip Carr-Gomm's 'The Druid Way', published by Element in 1993

Part 45:

MacDonald tartan

Part 50/51:

Lyrics from Born Under A Bad Sign by Booker T Jones and William Bell

Part 56:

Dialogue from The Marx Brothers’ A Night at the Opera (MGM 1935)

Part 63:

 Lyrics from A House Is Not A Home by Burt Bacharach & Hal David [performed by Luther Vandross]

Part 67:

Lyrics from God Only Knows by Brian Wilson & Tony Asher [performed by The Beach Boys]

Part 68:

Lyrics from Till There Was You by Meredith Willson

Part 76:

References to Smeagol and Gollum - character with dual personality from JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

Part 77:

Lyrics from The Power Of Love by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Part 82:

‘I see dead people.’   From The Sixth Sense ( Buena Vista 1999)

Part 87:

Picture of Spike care of Wajoma and Lisa

Part 88:

Lyrics from Missing You by John Waite [performed by John Waite]

Part 88:

‘A very gentle beast, and of a good conscience,’ from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Part 88:

‘I pray thee, do on them some violent death,’ from Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare

Part 88:

“My best chosen friend,” by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy

Part 88:

‘How do I love thee?’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Part 88:

‘Destiny is what you are supposed to do in life.’  Henry Miller

Part 88:

‘The lunatic, the lover, and the poet,’ from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.

Part 88:

Xander/Spike photo manipulation by Lazuli

Part 92:

Lyrics from Be Mine by Bill Berry, Pete Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe [performed by REM]

Part 95:

Lyrics from Downfall by Rob Thomas & Matt Serletic [performed by Matchbox Twenty]

Part 96:

Groucho Marx’ dialogue from
 Duck Soup ( Paramount 1933)

Part 96:

Reference to Tom and Jerry
cartoon That’s My Mommy

Part 97:

Reference to Poltergeist (Warner Brothers 1982)
["You moved the cemetery, but you left the bodies, didn't you?   You...left the bodies and you only moved the headstones! You only moved the headstones!"]

Part 98:

Reference to Copacabana by Barry Manilow [“Her name was Lola, she was showgirl…”]

Part 99:

The Cathedral bed

Part 101:

Lyrics to What The World Needs Now Is Love by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

Part 102:

Xander/Spike photo manipulation by Lazuli

Part 103:

Reference to John Crichton (Ben Browder) in Farscape [The Jim Henson Company]

Part 104:

Lyrics to Bat Out Of Hell by Jim Steinman

Part 106:

Reference to From Here To Eternity (Columbia 1953).   Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr passionately snogging in the surf

Part 106:

Lyrics to True Colors by Cyndi Lauper [performed by Cyndi Lauper]

Part 107:

The Mackintosh bed

Part 108:

Reference to Krusty the clown
[The Simpsons]

Part 108:

‘O shame, where is thy blush?’ from Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Part 109:

The book

Part 113:

Lyrics to Losing My Religion by Bill Berry, Pete Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe

Part 113:

‘…the Uncle Fester bit with the lightbulb.’ [The Addams Family]

Part 114:

References to Frodo and the Mountain of Doom – the struggle at the resolution of JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings

Part 114:

‘The way you look at me sometimes...’ is from Part 113

Part 114:

‘Who did this to you, William?’ is from Part 63

Part 115:

My sincere apologies to Scottish history for the liberties taken

Part 115:

The Isle of Sleat (pronounced Slate)
From Part 116 on: Regarding the language, I chose to trade atmosphere/accuracy for uninterrupted flow, using present day English (with the assumption of Gaelic) because I felt it would have been quite distracting to need so many translations within the story.

Part 116:

Taranis

Part 117:

The wind is warm but it was cold before, it was cutting…’ is from Part 82

Part 117:

Click for the present day remains of Dunscaith Castle (pronounced doon-scaa) , home of the MacDonalds, Lords of the Isles

Part 117:

‘All night the witch sang, and the castle grew…’: Women of the Celts in Myth, Legend and Story

Part 117:

Claymore: a Scottish sword

Part 117:

Dirk: a Scottish dagger

Part 117:

William/Drusilla dialogue from Fool For Love (S5 BtVS )

Part 118:

‘Am I getting too old for this...’ is from Part 4

Part 119:

‘“And now…”   He mimed flicking open James Kirk’s communicator and twiddling with the control. “ Willow and I are beaming home.”’

Part 121:

 “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for,” from Star Wars: A New Hope (Lucasfilm Ltd 1977)

Part 121:

 '...a strangely built demon that reminded Xander of the Tasmanian Devil in the old Looney Tunes cartoons...'

Part 121:

Gratuitous Chippendales shot

Part 122:

Lyrics from Constant Craving by kd lang

Part 122:

 “You using the power to scare him off when he was staying with us.” See Part 83

Part 123:

 Lyrics from Immortal by Erich Woolfson [performed by Steve Balsamo]

Part 123:

 Reference to Charlie Bucket from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Warner Brothers 1971)

Part 124:

'Now' by Robert Browning

Part 124:

Xander/Spike photo manipulation by Lazuli

Yule 2012:

Muttley:

Yule 2012:

Flossie MacFloss:

Yule 2012:

Bamburgh Castle, Northumbria

 

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