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Well, O.K., I didn't make a bear. I made a parody fanfic, which some might say is even worse.



Credit to [livejournal.com profile] eirefaerie for three of the lines, and to the wonderful "Beatles 100 Vampires 0" for inspiration at the end.

A Very Special Angel – Angel. Can’t. Read!


We open in the Wolfram & Hart building. Angel is in the hallway outside his office. He opens a door and goes in. We hear high-pitched feminine screams. Angel quickly dashes out, running into Wes and Fred.

Angel: “Oh, hey, guys… I was just, um, checking out the facilities. You know, seeing if the cleaning crew is doing their jobs. A C.E.O. has to be on top of everything!” Angel chuckles.

Wes: “Angel, the men’s restroom is at the other end of the hallway to the left.”

Angel: “Oh, right, thanks.” Angel walks briskly past them down the hall. Fred and Wes watch him, and begin talking.

Fred: “Angel is acting so strangely these days. It’s almost as if he’s feeling guilty over something, something big like having a son, killing him, and then wiping our memories of the entire thing.” Fred pauses for a moment. “Oh, but that would never happen. Silly me and my silly imagination!” Fred giggles and flips her hair coquettishly.

Wes: “Yes, indeed.” Fred looks disappointed at Wes’s dismissal of her theory. “No, I think it’s something far more sinister.”

Fred: “What? You think Angelus is back? Well, Angel did send his leather pants out for cleaning the other day…” Gunn strides up to join them, wearing shiny pants, a Lakers jersey, chains, and a bandanna. Lorne follows, martini glass in hand.

Gunn: “Yo, if Angelus is back, I’ll pop a cap in his ass. Well, his heart.”

Lorne: (laughing) “Funny story, sweetie bears – my heart actually is in my ass! You know, I was talking to Amanda Bynes – lovely girl, you wouldn’t suspect the surgery at all – and she asked me, Lorne, my style guru – because that’s what she calls me - how do you ever find hats, and I… HA HA HA HA HA!” Lorne falls over the side railing.

Wes: “Yes. Well. I’ve begun to suspect that Angel, in fact, can’t read.”

Fred: “He can’t read? Oh my god! I’ve ridden in a car with him! I could have been killed!”

Wes: “That would have been unfortunate. Obviously, Angel’s become an expert at hiding his disability over the centuries, but if my theory is correct, we must get him the help he so desperately needs, even if he resists.”

Gunn: “I’m all up in that shit.”

Fred: “Count me in. Your plan won’t work without my geeky girlish charms anyway.”

Lorne: (hanging off the railing, martini glass in hand) “You know, sea monkeys, this reminds me of the time that Shirley MacLaine and I were in rehab together, and I… HA HA HA HA HA!” Lorne loses his grip and falls into the lobby. The others briefly observe his fall. Angel walks by them from the direction of the men’s restroom, walks in his office, and closes the door.

Wes: “We’ve got to confront him now.”

Gunn: “Word up, G!”

Fred: “Why are you talking like that?”

Gunn: “Oh, that procedure the doctor-types did on me to make me a lawyer-type went all wiggity-whack, and tech support is being a be-atch and says I can’t get juiced again until Wednesday. I even threatened to pop a cap in their asses, yo, and they still be dissin’!”

Wes: “Right. Let’s go.” Wes and the gang burst into Angel’s office without knocking, as per usual.

Angel: (flipping through a stack of reports) “Hey, guys. What’s going on? Is there a demon for me to kill? Because I can do that. I mean, obviously I’m busy with this…” Angel pretends to read a piece of paper. “…important C.E.O. stuff…” Angel signs a random document. “…but I can definitely help with the demon killing.”

Wes: (walking over to Angel’s desk and picking up the paper Angel signed) “Angel, these are the instructions for operating your microwave.”

Angel: (laughing) “Wes, Wes, Wes…I knew that. I was just signing them for, uh, for the warranty.”

Wes: “Really? And what does the warranty say, Angel?”

Angel: “I don’t think that’s important right now. After all, we’ve got a demon to kill, right Gunn?”

Gunn: (menacingly) “Answer Whitey’s question, bitch.”

Angel: “Right, O.K.” Angel picks up the paper. “It says, um, it says…”

Wes: “Angel.”

Angel: (squinting) “Right here, it says…”

Wes: (more insistently) “Angel.”

Angel: (annoyed) “What, Wesley?”

Wes: “The paper is upside down. You can’t read it, can you?”

Angel: "No, Wesley, that’s silly, of course I can…”

Wes: (like a stern parent) “Angel.”

Angel: (yelling) “All right, I confess! I. Can't. Read!" He sobs.

Spike: (wandering in through a side wall) "Ha! Nancy boy can't read!"

Buffy: (bouncing into the office) "Angel - my cookies are warm and delicious and waiting for.... Hey, what's going on?"

Spike: (gleeful) "Angel can't read!"

Harmony: (entering the office and pointing at Buffy) “What is she doing here?” Harmony pauses, realization dawning on her. “Oh, you’re here to get Blondie Bear back, aren’t you? Well, fine, you can have him!” Harmony runs out, sobbing.

Angel: (ignoring the Harmony drama) "I can't read because I'm not worthy! I've killed so many people! If only I'd kept one of them alive, so that they would teach me to read!!!!" Angel breaks down in tears.

Buffy: "I can't possibly be with someone who can't even read."

Spike: (raises hand) "I can read."

Gunn: "Yo, dog, that ain't right. Don't be dissin' Angel just cause his teachers were whack!"

Fred: (in a huff) "Why isn't this conversation about me and how smart and sexy and wonderful I am? If you people don't start talking about me soon I'm leaving!"

Lorne: (staggering into the office, bruised and disheveled, but with a new martini glass) "You know, butt pirates, I remember this one time, when I was on the set with Angela Bassett, and she had the biggest water balloon, and I was in these clown pants, and... HA HA HA HA HA!" Lorne falls over a lamp. Eve walks in, glancing briefly at the giggling demon.

Eve: "Angel, I -" Knox walks in and strangles her.

Knox: "See, I'm not evil after all! Now, let's all get together and think of a way to solve Angel's problem."

Fred: (hanging on Knox like Olive Oyl on Popeye) "Oh, Knoxy. The way you killed Eve was so hot. Want to make out?"

Knox: (gently pushing Fred away) "Erm, no, I don't think so. Funny story - I've discovered there are other women in Los Angeles."

Fred: (hopeful) "Gunn?"

Gunn: "No way, shorty. I already tapped that ass and fo'shizzled that nizzle. I ain't goin' for that shit again."

Fred: (disconcerted) "Ohkaayyy....Wes?"

Wes: "Only if you agree to live in my closet and pee in a bucket." Wes pauses a moment. "That's an odd fetish to have. I wonder where I..."

Fred: (on top of Wes’s line) "O.K.! Yes, I'll do it!" Fred and Wes make out.

Angel: "People, I think we're all missing the point here. Which is that I. Can't. Read!"

Spike: "Yes - Nancy boy can't read!"

Angel: (annoyed) "You already said that, Spike."

Spike: (confused) "Did I? I must be slipping with my zingy one-liners this week. Damn you, Pavayne!"

Lorne: (picking himself off the floor and stumbling over to console Angel) "You know, tart ‘n tangy, this reminds me of the time that Lou Gossett Jr. and I… HA HA HA HA HA!" Lorne falls backwards over Angel's desk.

Knox: (snapping his fingers) "That's it! Louis Gossett Jr. runs an inner city youth center here in L.A. Wolfram and Hart used to use it as a recruiting ground for assassins. But, you know, it has non-evil purposes, too. I'm sure he could help Angel."

Angel: (waving Knox away) "No, I could never ask for help. It's too embarrassing. I've lived over 200 years without knowing how to read. What's 200 more?"

Buffy: "Angel, if you don't learn how to read, we'll never have sex again."

Wes: (pulling away from Fred’s embrace) "I fail to see how that's a bad thing, considering the last time you two had sex Angel turned evil and you had to kill him."

Spike: (pointing to Wes) "Hey, did I ever mention that Percy here was once Head Boy?"

Everyone else: "YES!"

Knox: “Angel, I haven’t always been thrilled about having you as my C.E.O. But I think you have important work to do. Granted, I don’t know what that work is yet, but I’m sure there must be something you’re good at. And this illiteracy thing – that’s an obstacle in your path, a fork in the road, and you have to pick up that fork and stab it in the steak dinner of life!”

Buffy: “Plus there’s the whole not-having-sex with me thing.”

Angel: “You’re right. Our mission has always been to help the helpless, but I’ve ignored the possibility that the most helpless one of all might be me. Take me to Louis Gossett Jr.!”

Blipvert – the gang in a car heading through the streets of L.A. to Louis Gossett Jr.’s All-Night Inner City Youth Center and Burger Hut.

Louis Gossett Jr.: (meeting them at the door) “Hello.” (shaking Angel’s hand) “You must be Angel. I’m Louis Gossett Jr.”

Lorne: “Lou, angel farts, how have you been? Remember the time that we HA HA HA HA HA!” Lorne falls into a fry vat.

Wes: “We were hoping that you might be able to teach Angel to read. Unfortunately, the set-up went a little long, so we’ve only got time for a montage. Can you do that?”

Louis Gossett Jr.: “Who do you think you’re talking to? Didn’t you see Iron Eagle 3?”

Wes: “Sorry, no.”

Louis Gossett Jr. : “That’s O.K., neither did I. Come on, Angel, let’s get you reading!”

Montage – Louis Gossett Jr. over Angel’s shoulder as Angel sounds out words. Louis Gossett Jr. moving Angel’s hand over the letters. Louis Gossett Jr. with a vampire sock puppet reading a book. Angel laughing and clapping his hands in glee. Angel trying to read, and failing. Angel breaking down in tears. Angel blindfolded and holding an apple. Angel calling it an orange. Angel angrily ripping off the blindfold, putting on vampface, and beating Louis Gossett Jr. A bloodied Louis Gossett Jr. re-blindfolding Angel and putting the apple back in his hand. Angel correctly identifying the apple, and then taking off the blindfold and embracing Louis Gossett Jr. as uplifting music plays. The gang cheering.

Angel: “I don’t think I’ll ever be able to thank you for what you’ve done, Louis Gossett Jr.”

Louis Gossett Jr.: (being taken out of the center on a hospital gurney) “Paying for my medical bills might be a start.”

Angel: (as Louis Gossett Jr. is being loaded into the ambulance) “That’s what I love about you, Louis Gossett Jr. Your great sense of humor.”

Wes: (putting his hand on Angel’s shoulder) “Let’s get back to the office, Angel. I have something for you to read.”

Angel: “Is it the microwave instructions? Because I’ve been drinking cold blood for weeks now.”

Wes: “No. It’s something even more important.”

Blipvert – the Wolfram & Hart building.

Angel is at his desk, a large book in his hands. The rest of the group is gathered around, watching and listening.

Wes: (comforting) “Don’t be nervous. Just sound out the words like Louis Gossett Jr. taught you.”

Angel: (concentrating mightily on the book) “Ah…ah…ah….The!” Everyone cheers. “The…vampike, no, wait, the vampire with a coal…no soul – The vampire with a soul will shanshu!”

Wes: (in Henry Higgins mode) “By Jove, he’s got it!”

Angel: (continuing) “That vampire isn’t Angel, because he’s bloody stupid and his hair sticks straight up. Also, when Willow re-ensouled him, she didn’t put in that bit about getting a happy so Angel can have lots of sex without losing his soul and going evil and forcing people to stake him. Cross my heart and hope to be dragged to hell by Pavayne. P.S. this wasn’t written by Spike.”

Wes: “Hmmm…that prophecy sounds a bit different than the first time I read it.”

Spike: (whistling nonchalantly) “I wouldn’t know anything about that.”

Buffy: “Oh, Angel, I’m so proud of you!”

Angel: “I discovered something very important this episode, Buffy. There ain’t no mountain high enough, ain’t no valley wide enough, ain’t no river deep enough, to keep me away from you, babe. My illiteracy was that river, and your love was the raft that brought me to the shore of reading.”

Buffy: (confused) "But...Angel...I thought vampires couldn't like Motown?"

Angel: "It's true. When I was soulless and illiterate, I hated Motown. But now I have a soul, and I can read, and I love Motown, and I love you!"

Buffy: "Oh, Angel!" Buffy runs to Angel and leaps into his arms. "Toss my cookies!" They begin making out, with much macking and slurping.

Spike: “I'm bloody doin' it for both of you!" Spike runs from the room, holding his stomach.

Fred: (rolling her eyes) "Well, that was certainly..."

Wes: (sharply) "Did I say you could speak?"

Fred: (sheepishly) "No, sir."

Wes: "That's it. You lose your bucket privileges for the week."

Fred: (quietly) "Thank you, sir." Fred and Wes exit the office.

Lorne: (fry oil dripping from his horns) "HA HA HA Judi Dench! HA HA HA!" Lorne laughs uncontrollably and crashes through Angel’s office window. Gunn shakes his head in disgust and turns to walk out.

Gunn: "Man, yo, this episode was twelve kinds of whack, dog."

Knox: (walking with Gunn) "How long are you going to talk like this? You sound like a bad episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."

Gunn: "Yo, I don't know, but if they don't change me back like yesterday I'm gonna pop a cap in my own ass."

Knox: "Word up, G. Word up."

The end.

Date: 2003-11-16 12:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] carpedi7.livejournal.com
OH.MY.JOSS. I have not laughed that hard in a very long time. That is great Dachelle. Too funny. I could actually see the episode in my head. I'm getting a you not liking Fred vibe though, and I didn't quite get the Lorne falling thing, but everything is else was hilarious, and just for Erin, yo.

Date: 2003-11-16 01:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
Hee. Actually, I like Fred, but she's got a bit of Lana Lang syndrome to her where everyone falls in love with her no matter what, so I decided to exploit that for parody purposes.

The Lorne thing? No idea. He does tend to laugh at himself and his anecdotes, so I decided to take it to the extreme and have him laugh so hard he couldn't even finish and began falling into (or off) things. Also, it saved me from having to write a lot of lines for him.

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Date: 2003-11-16 01:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bdbdb.livejournal.com
Oh. My. G-d. My side hurts! That was so hysterical! :)

Date: 2003-11-16 01:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
Thanks! :-)

Date: 2003-11-16 01:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hollyn.livejournal.com
I wanted to laugh. I did. However, too. much. pain.

It was verrrra funny; I just couldn't laugh

Date: 2003-11-16 03:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
Good comedy always causes some pain *g*

Thanks!

Date: 2003-11-16 01:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eirefaerie.livejournal.com
Can't.Even.Breathe!!!!! That was too damn hysterical. You need to publish that. Seriously, everyone in the world needs to read it.

And yay! A beatles 100 vampires 0 shout-out!

ooh, put it in the fan fic section of TWoP!! They'll love it!

Date: 2003-11-16 02:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
Maybe I'll put it on FF.net so I can get reviews like "OMG! Ur so MEAN! Angle is smart!!!!"

I would put a link at TWoP, but the Angel topic doesn't appear to have a fanfic thread, and I'm not sure if I should do it in the Buffy forum's fanfic topic. You can be brave and do it for me.

Date: 2003-11-16 02:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] faithx5.livejournal.com
Frelling. Hilarious.

"I can't be with anyone who can't read."
"I can read."

So something Spike would do.

I like Gunn. *g*

Date: 2003-11-16 02:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
Thanks!

Those three lines - the part where Angel wishes he hadn't killed all those people, Buffy says she can't be with an illiterate and Spike says he can read - are [livejournal.com profile] eirefaerie's. I added the stage direction of Spike raising his hand.

I'm glad you like Gunn. I tried to have his lines make some sense for a while, and then I just stopped and started randomly stringing together yo's and pop a cap in your ass's.

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Date: 2003-11-16 03:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sunburstbeta.livejournal.com
oh yes! dachelle darling, you write a mean ghetto character. you must teach me! I'm far, far too white!

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Date: 2003-11-16 03:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sunburstbeta.livejournal.com
*snorty laughter*

You. Are. Brilliant. hee!

But what was up with Wes and having Fred pee in a bucket???

Date: 2003-11-16 03:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
Thanks!

That's a reference to Wes keeping Justine in his closet and threatening to take away her bucket (presumably for her to pee in) in the first episode of S4.

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Date: 2003-11-16 03:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eatstake.livejournal.com
LOL, that was great! :)

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Date: 2003-11-16 04:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daps.livejournal.com
Hope you don't mind me commenting here. Have to agree with [livejournal.com profile] eirefaerie though - the whole world needs to read this. It's definitely one of the funniest things I've ever read.

Gunn was my favourite - for some reason ghetto speak never stops being entertaining. *g*

Spike was great too...

Spike: "Yes - Nancy boy can't read!"

Angel: (annoyed) "You already said that, Spike."

Spike: (confused) "Did I? I must be slipping with my zingy one-liners this week. Damn you, Pavayne!"


Loved it. So hilarious.

Date: 2003-11-16 06:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
No, of course I don't mind you commenting here! Obviously I'm an attention-whore or I wouldn't have pimped the story on the Beta *g*

Anyways, very glad you liked it. Thanks!

Date: 2003-11-16 05:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] corrupteroffire.livejournal.com
That is hilarious, you are very talented! (and I want to see Lorne fall off more balconies:)
~Fire

Date: 2003-11-16 06:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
Thank you!

Date: 2003-11-16 05:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] adrililith.livejournal.com
OMJ!! I laughed so hard! I'm glad you are putting it up on a website as well as here cos as many people as possible need to read that!

Date: 2003-11-18 05:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
I know I commented to you before, but it's not showing up, so I'm going to say a big THANKS! again. I'm so glad to know that people are enjoying it.

Date: 2003-11-16 06:22 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] minim_calibre
When I read this:

Gunn: "Oh, that procedure the doctor-types did on me to make me a lawyer-type went all wiggity-whack, and tech support is being a be-atch and says I can't get juiced again until Wednesday. I even threatened to pop a cap in their asses, yo, and they still be dissin'!"

I started laughing so hard I was choking and snorting, and it didn't let up until the end. Perfection.

Date: 2003-11-16 06:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
It's always a good day when I can make someone choke.

Thanks!

Date: 2003-11-16 07:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] onecoldcanadian.livejournal.com
Funniest.Thing.Ever.

Date: 2003-11-16 06:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
Wow - a Funniest. Thing. Ever.

Thanks, I'm flattered!

Date: 2003-11-16 08:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kaymyth.livejournal.com
*lmfao!*

Yes. This must be shared. With any and all people who even casually watch Angel. Because it made me giggle a whole lot.

Heeheeheeheeheeheehee!

Date: 2003-11-17 12:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
Thank you!

Date: 2003-11-16 11:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladymyst.livejournal.com
OMG! That is hilarious. Lorne's lines were killing me. It got to the point that I'd start laughing as soon as I saw his name. Perfect way to write his part in a parody.

I can't list all the laugh out loud moments because I'd be here all night. There were lots and lots of them!

I absolutely loved it!

Date: 2003-11-17 12:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dachelle.livejournal.com
Thanks so much!

I'm glad you liked the Lorne bits, too. I was afraid that his part might be something that was only funny to me, because it was just so over the top. But, yay! Someone else got it!

Date: 2003-11-16 11:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tenik.livejournal.com
Absolutely hilarious.

Angel: "It's true. When I was soulless and illiterate, I hated Motown. But now I have a soul, and I can read, and I love Motown, and I love you!"

LOL! Great reference to that Beatles fic.

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Better Late than Never...

Date: 2004-02-05 05:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] empressvesica.livejournal.com
Yeah, this was forever ago and I am way out of the loop - found the link on No Cookie. Still even if I am four months behind I do know that this was a masterwork of snark. My personal favorite, Wes' wondering off hand why he has a fetish for having women live in his closet and pee in a bucket. Too funny!

The montage had me gasping for air! I like how Angel suddenly became blind (ala The Miracle Worker) instead of just illiterate.

The metal image of him clapping at story time nearly killed me! Brilliance! Sheer, unadulterated brilliance! ~EV

Date: 2005-04-23 07:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lady-of-mists.livejournal.com
Anyway, just ran into this parody and wanted to say that I found it quite amusing. The montage was a good touch.

Date: 2005-11-07 03:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bdbdb.livejournal.com
I know I commented above when this was first posted and stuff....but I just had to say that this will never be not-funny! :)
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