Wonderful chapter; it's got everything! There's progress with Spuffy, action, just the right amount of bad time bubbles and plot parts. It's just immensely satisfying!

Great chapter, more than usual! I wonder if you think Warren is redeemable at this point of the timeline. You are doing great with the crowded scenes, btw!

RAGAnne: Unless Spike sees the event wherein he acquired his soul in a time bubble, I don't see why he would get a soul. The time bubbles seem to actually occur, simply possessing people to play out the scenario - similar to how the ghosts in season two acted. The ghosts gave their vessels a gun and used it to shoot first one, then the other, and both died, so the wounds stayed, but the gun vanished.

So all those experiences that Spike had means . . . he has a soul now? I mean I knew it was a possibility since we've been trying to figure out exactly how much these possessions affect them but Warren keeping his bullet wound seems fairly definitive that you take what you experience with you. And poor Dawn is still trying to figure out how much to interfere. I'm so glad I'm not in her shoes. Great chapter and I'll try to patiently wait for the next.

Poor Willow and Warren to find out like this. It must be horrifying.

Human brains developed while moving, so pacing should be done regularly.

Great update can't wait until the next
-Spec!al

Excellent chapter as always. Your characterization is, in a word, perfect. I always await your updates on pins and needles, and I have not been disappointed so far - except when I get to the end of a chapter! Warren is exactly as frustrating as he should be, though hopefully for him, he won't end up causing real trouble. Glad to see the progress between Spike and Buffy as well; it's been a long time coming, but all the sweeter for it. There is no doubt in my mind that Breaking Novikov is the best Spuffy story on FF, if not the entire Internet - at the very least, among the top three.

Giles is sadly good at being disapproving. Hopefully Dawn can find some way of changing that without just coming out and telling him about the future. Really they do all seem stuck on a certain path regardless of the changes that have been made. I love that Anya was able to make some excellent comments even if Xander does have a habit of brushing her off. And the Spuffy stuff was great! Spike is trying so hard to do this right.

Great chapter can't wait for the next uodate
-Spec!al

Baby steps for buffy

Great chapter I enjoy that Buffy is giving Spike a chance. Can't wait for the update
-Spec!al

Might as well get this to 300 reviews.

I like the way this is going with Warren, Jonathan, and that other guy. Granted, you have to pay extra attention to make sure no 21st century sci-fi gets referenced before it comes out, but you seem to be doing fine with that.

The fact that you were pushing the fact that internal flaws were set and not just the result of events in the show kinda makes me think the nerds wont turn out so well. On the other hand I like having them around and wold love to see them bounce off more of the scooby gang characters together or individually. I would read a story about Dawn going back to just change their fates.

I can't speak to Babylon 5 but I'd probably pick Stargate over Star Trek for time travel research purposes. And yeah, sadly Doctor Who probably wouldn't provide much help from an academic research perspective. :) Hopefully they get past arguing at some point.
And Buffy recognizes she has problems communicating but I think it's going to take some work to actually get any better. Sadly her first reaction with Spike is always to lash out.