Author's Statement

Picture this:

We, the women of London Calling, had spent a happy summer of 2002 writing about our favourite characters in the Jossverse. We had enjoyed heaping our beloved Englishmen with angst, romance, comedy, and adventure; and others seemed to enjoy it too.

And then one fateful day, someone said to us, "You know that Spike, Wesley and Giles are supporting characters, don't you?"

Dear readers, we were astounded. This literally had never occurred to us.

However, we did some research, and we found that in fact the existing programmes are not called Spike the Vampire or Wesley (the series); further, the long-promised Ripper seems to have been put on hold for some space-Western series named Fire-something. This necessitated an emergency meeting here at London Calling. Magpie was the first to break through the anger and plans to picket Mutant Enemy headquarters, and her words were simplicity itself:

"Well, if Joss won't write them as leads, we should."

What follows is the London Calling rectification of serious narrative injustice. We accept, with some bad grace, that six seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and three seasons of Angel have gone by; the following stories build on that canon. After that? It's Spike the Vampire and Wesley (the series) and Ripper.

We reserve the right to take characters from Sunnydale, or from Los Angeles, and send them elsewhere - cross-overs, in short. And we can do that, because we're all on the same web page.

The Prologue introduces the plots which will become important in Watching Over. The Prologue is a more conventional multi-part fic; each of the main characters narrates some of the action in this preliminary adventure. Watching Over, however, is an experiment in form. It is written as a community blog: Spike, Wesley and Giles tell their own stories to each other and comment on each other's tales.

What you should know: each of our leads has his own official chronicler. Lesley writes Spike. Magpie writes Wesley. Lori writes Giles.

General Notes and Disclaimers

1. British spelling is used throughout this project.
2. We offer numerous fawning and gratuitous 'thank yous' to Mezz for her over-viewing of the Prologue.
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel (the Series) and all characters, locations and other inventions therein are the copyrighted property of Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. We merely borrow and return a little worse for wear.
4. If you are under 18, don't click on the links marked 'NC-17', which denotes material for adults only.
5. Magpie would like to acknowledge the powerful inspiration that was Tea and Biscuits when initially developing the idea for this collaboration. Eyes Only is *not* slash, Tea and Biscuits is. Tea and Biscuits is also, in Magpie's opinion, brilliant fun.

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