Fic: - The Sidestep Chronicle & Second Chronicle

[Rane018]

i feel horrible. i'm actually ok with willow killing faith, i knew she would and i was ready for all this shock and anger to rise but i feel so the opposite. the way you wrote it i was like *oh just die already and shut up*. faith should have been stronger. i still wish faith had seen willow kill luke and realized Willow hadn't tipped them off though. how this will be explained to everyone, how the council will react, how the mayor will, how jenny and giles. we've seen him when he gets testy and it's not pleasant. cant wait for the next part!

TARA- It looks like gibberish.
SPIKE- (moving to them) Gibberish?
TARA- Or possibly gobbledygook. It's not words, anyway…

the yoko factor

[LeatherQueen]

Um. That... totally shocked me. Truly shocked and surprised me, Katharyn. I mean, you've turned me 'round blind corners before, but I actually didn't see this coming. Not this way. Even though, while reading this, I knew something had to happen. Something had to stop the forward rushing momentum of what was rolling onward here.



God, I love this story. Your story and your writing are truly amazing. And I can't wait to see what happens next.

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"But when they're playing your song on the jukebox in Hell, you might as well dance." - K. Simpson


"Futile... like a FOX, baby!" - Tara in The Late Shift by wiccachica

[Katharyn]

Thanks for being nice guys... I was nervous you know.



Didn't want to make you feel horrible Rane though that is inevitable in some ways. There had to be a moment when everything would change.



I am sure I will get into to this later in more replies... but something had to happen. It was this.



Leatherqueen - Shocked you... well that is good. It was supposed to be a shock... for the reader, for Tara... but that was not the reason behind it... to shock.



As for what is next... as you can imagine this is going to be around for a while. The next 10 parts or so all take place over a single week.





Katharyn

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[Rane018]

i dont feel horrible horrible ya know? it's like i'm amazed that i dont feel bad faith died. i love her, i think she's got the spunk and if given the right circumstances she could have been a great slayer. but here she's a bit different, here she's got the watcher, she's got the home and friends... i cant describe what i'm trying to say here.



and as far as expecting willow to kill faith it wasn't that it was obvious, it's just i would have had willow kill faith too. she's been wanting to forever and now she finally has a reason to rather than just for fun, her kitten was in danger.



now i've got more questions, i think i read the update too quickly.... was tara wearing her pendant? i dont think she was, was she? did she know willow was coming though? was she waiting for her to? was the reason for her standing up from the bed a way of positioning faith for willow? did she lead faith on? gosh... i need to go to bed. my brains getting all mushy

[Katharyn]

I think I know what you mean Rane... I tried to make this Faith the person that she might have been. That meant... she had to be a bit more tolerant, she had to do the friend thing. They were friends - truly. There is no question of that. But I hope that people see that there were also reasons too.



Willow, as you say, also had her reasons - they were not entirely for Tara but that was the main reason.



Tara had just got back from the raid... she was was wearing the pendant then so I have to assume that she was here. Part 69 gets into this in a big way so I will wait until then but for now... she was not positioning Faith in no way. Faith stayed still. Tara actually just made it easier for Faith... See part 69 I think is the message.



Katharyn

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Edited by: Katharyn at: 8/5/02 12:19:47 am

[fudgie9]

Hey Katharyn, I've just finished reading and my hearts racing The tension and intensity in this chapter was amazing and it didn't let up until the last line. I'm so glad you post in chapters because if this was a book I don't think I'd have the self control to stop myself from reading the last page. Can't wait to see Tara and everyone's reactions to Faiths death. My heart just goes out to Tara in this chapter because she's so tired, sad, jaded and she knows even without Faith telling her that what she is doing is so wrong. Thanks Katharyn, this was incredible. Nicole

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[Katharyn]

Hey Nicole, glad you liked it, glad that I got your heart racing.



The tension... god I feel it too. Maybe for different reasons. I made Faith better than she was in canon... but I hope that no one was too invested in her I really do.



I hated doing it, I got to really like Faith in this tale... but there were really only two options and I decided very early on that the other one was well... protected. There had to be a 'moment of horror' for things to change otherwise why would things change?



The reactions will come over the next few parts. Tara's, Willow's, the Mayor, Giles and Jenny... It all starts to happen now and it doesn't let up until things get better for them.



The funny thing is that these things happened to Tara... she never set out to be bad, she never did anything bad. Not at all. Omission of action is her greatest crime and we all know why she can't do what she should have done.



Thanks



Katharyn

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Edited by: Katharyn at: 8/5/02 2:24:15 am

[forrister]

When an irresistable force meets an immovable object something has got to give. The same can be said of Willow and Faith. It was inevitable, if they met then one would kill the other. This time it was Willow who did the killing. Her reasons were her own but that didn't stop her from enjoying it. Protecting Tara was a good reason, but you can be sure that she had plenty of others to choose from.



I think in any other circumstance there would have been a battle royal, but here Faith is totally focused on her task of murdering Tara. Yes, I did use the 'm' word, because Tara was human, and Faith knew that. But she chose to obey the Council for reasons of her own. That choice was her downfall.



The one I really feel for in all this is Tara. She came to a place in herself where she was ready to die, she was prepared to pay the ultimate price for the things she'd done. (Even if they weren't what Faith thought they were.) She had already been through this once - thinking she was going to become a demon she prepared for the loss of herself and her fundemental humanity.



Willow kills Faith. Tara's reaction will be someting to watch. So will Willow's. I say this from the advantage point of knowing where this is going. Put on your seat belts kitties, it is always darkest before the dawn.



You did good Katharyn. Don't worry. (I'm standing here with that pike .)





Via infernae, ipse sanctus designo, benevolus aedifico, et propositum bonum vium saxo.

( The road to hell is planned by the self-righteous, built by the well meaning and paved with good intentions.)

[Katharyn]

Kerry -Thankyou sweets... I can always rely on you and your pike.



Willow did have more than one reason for doing this... but would she have done it if Faith had not been threatening Tara? Probably not... it would have led to the withdrawal of priveleges.



Faith "murdering" Tara... well she was still giving Tara a chance. Right at that very last moment, there was still a chance for Tara if she had taken it. Faith would have done it... if she had to. It would have taken one small spell to push her back. Tara chose not to, not because of Willow coming, but because she couldn't disagree with anything that Faith said.



It is always darkest before dawn... very true. Oh and that is not a "Dawn - Get Out Get Out Get Out" hint. She is not in this fic!



That is not a tease.



It is true.



She's not in it!!



Katharyn

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[IsayAmberBensonsgorgeous]

wonderful update! especially loved the last part. VW killing Faith was almost better than her killing Luke. i'm not sorry for Faith - bad me - but she had it coming. i just shudder thinking of what this will do to Tara.

can't wait for your next installment.

take care.

C

"Es ist fuer einen Menschen unertraeglich, ertragen zu werden." (Jean Cocteau)
"Ain't never gonna love you any better babe - And they'll never gonna love you right" (Kozmic Blues - Janis Joplin)

[Tulipp]

Katharyn, wow. You weren’t kidding. You really, really weren’t. I’m actually pretty glad that I accidentally opened the thread one page too late and saw in one of Rane’s comments that Faith got killed. I read the whole chapter with my heart in my throat, but I knew, and I’m glad I did. But in terms of the story, it was the only thing that could have happened, really, so I don’t know how I didn’t see it coming. But I didn’t. So many important things happened for me in this chapter, in addition to Faith’s death:

--Tara helpless and unable to move, unable to speak, unable to save herself

--Faith’s recognition of Tara as lifeless; the use of the mirror image was so important for me in thinking about what Tara becomes and has become by being with Willow, who IS lifeless and who CAN’T look in a mirror

--Faith’s repeated references to Tara as “the witch”; she had to distance herself from Tara

--Faith’s comments about Tara making her into a killer, and the idea that this, above everything else, was the worst thing Tara had done.



I will have to read this again when my mind stops reeling. For now, I’m not sure anyone else could have made me feel okay reading this chapter. Because I know that somehow, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.



Speaking of which, the image of the tunnel effect, with Tara sitting on the bed and Faith striding toward her but not seeming to get any closer….Brilliant. Bone-chilling and brilliant.

[molsongrrrl]

wow ... wow ... wow ... great update! i had a feeling willow was going to kill faith. and even though i like your faith much more than the faith of the show -- i am kinda glad she is gone. nope not a faith fan ... plus i am very interested to see the reactions to her death ....

A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants

[Lindy]

Wow, that was intense. I really liked your Faith. She was a friend to Tara and someone who kept reminding Tara that what she is doing by staying with Willow is actually 'wrong'. Just by being there Faith made Tara think about what this relationship means.



And with that Faith kept Tara away from Willow in some sense, was preventing a deeper devotion of sorts.. she was like an unwilling and unknowing conscience for Tara.



In this chapter Faith became a knowing and willing conscience. 'Please Tara, react .. in some way, please!'



But she didn't. And now the barrier Faith is gone .. well, not really gone, because the consequence Faith' dead will have on Tara will linger over her for a while I suppose.



It's weird, you know, I will miss Faith, she was so straight forward and really likeable.. I'm more than curious about what will come.

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It's nothing. It's all.. nothing

[Tulipp]

Another thought...



After thinking about this on the bus this morning, I thought back to the place in this chapter where Tara's sitting on the bed, Faith's standing over trying to make her decision, and Tara says something like she sees her fate coming, approaching steadily. It came to me as a shock on the bus that her fate is Willow; she knows that. So did she see Willow coming that whole time? She must have. Oh my God. Again with the bone chilling. You're so very good.

[Katharyn]

ISABIG - Wow that is an interesting way of putting it... better than killing Luke? Its funny how people react to this and the death of Faith - Faith herself. Some people didn't like her, some did. I always sort of liked her myself.



Tulipp - I never kid around when I give out warnings... Remind me some time to tell you about fearing some feedback - I mean for your project.



You are right... it had to happen. The aspects that you pick out are interesting, especially the Faith/Tara/Willow mirror thing.



Her fate approaching though. Yes that was Willow. She knows that Willow is her fate. Literally. But 69 gets into that far more.



Thanks



Molsongrrrl - See again, it is interesting how people react to Faith... I wanted her to be likeable, not the monster she became in canon. IN part Tara is the reason that she is better than the other Faith.



Lindy - Faith was like Tara's conscience you are quite right... and she will be around in that manner for a while yet. Even if Faith herself is gone.



Not sure what you mean by the barrier of Faith... if you mean that Tara will get closer to Willow as a result... well wait and see.



Curiousity is a good thing. Keep it up and thankyou all.



Katharyn

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Edited by: Katharyn at: 8/5/02 6:03:17 am

[Sassette]

Holy Schnikeys.



That truly rocked. I have >tons< of things to say about this part, but unfortunately (or, y'know, fortunately, depending on your point of view), I have to go to work *G* If I can remember any of it later today, I'll post it tonight, but I wanted to at least say that I really liked this.



Twisted, yes.



Awesome, YES.



-Sass

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I Think The Hellmouth Tastes Like Chicken -- Autumn

[Katharyn]

Hey Sass - Thankyou.



I have a day off work here, but not got a lot done at all one way or another. Looking forward to you remembering your thoughts...



Twisted? Well yeah I guess it is.



Awesome... Ahhh shucks.



Now what is a "schnickey"?



Katharyn

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[Zahir al Daoud]

Katharyn I've been terribly busy (including getting myself engaged woo hoo) but still I've continued reading your story with bated breath.



I've praised how logical your alt reality seems. I've praised how you manage to surprise me. I've praised how you delve into nooks and crannies of character and situation.



Here's a new praise. I was all-but-sure Willow was going to kill Faith as she tried to kill Tara. It still hit me like a kick in the gut.



That's good writing.

"O Let my name be in the Book of Love!
If it be there I care not of that other Book above.
Strike it out! Or write it in anew, but
Let my name be in the Book of Love!"
--Omar Kayam

[vmpIrslAr]

Brillant...absolutely brillant (wipes a tear from her eye while clapping madly).



The suspense you worked up was incredible. I was on the edge of seat and how it went so agonizingly slowly.



As for VW snapping Faith's neck : Good for her for getting herself a slayer! Also coming to the "rescue" of Tara, that was sort of sweet even though she killed her girlfriend's best friend. (hey I can't help but be on Willow's side)



And Tara, God what a predicament she is in now. How does she live with herself? How does she live with Willow? How can she let Willow exist? I think death would have brought her peace but what she is left with now is worse than death. Watching Willow kill her best friend right in front of her.



Much angst. I thrive on angst. Looking forward to more emotional rollercoaster rides.

VmpIrslAr out.



"she's my everything."

[VampNo12]

Well Katharyn this was an amazing part, suspenseful, intense, and chilling, but overall a very well-written update. I must say I never really liked canon Faith, but your Faith made her more likeable to me. However, Faith being killed by Willow was logical. Or in other words, in a sense Faith or Willow being killed by the other was an inevitable conclusion, which is why Tara made a point of keeping Willow and Faith as far apart from each other as possible (ie put the slayer and vampire together=destruction/death, not peace).



Even though, Faith now agrees that Tara is "out of control", understands Gile's "future reasons" for agreeing with the Council's orders, she still in a very small way wants a reason not to carry out Tara's death. Making a point by going to retrieve the knife, making noise so Giles will see what she is about to do (even seeing Jenny who could stop her if she gave her the information), but ultimately taking another step towards "becoming a killer" by continuing on to Tara's apartment.



I love how the word "fate" plays a role in this part. Faith knows long-term her fate is to probably be killed by a vampire/demon, but she needs to think/live "in the now". For Tara she knows on a deeper level with her dreams Willow is her fate, something she knows she can't really explain/make understandable to Faith. Also fate in the sense for a good deal of her life Tara thought she was fated to become a demon, but even when she learned the truth her life wasn't made an easier (ie still being in the "grey area", which could turn to darkness, working for the Mayor, allowing Willow to continue to kill "innocents", and adding this all up not "truly living"). With this in mind, Tara is so tired, that in a sense she understands why Faith is about to kill her and accepts/resigned to this "fate" by not fighting back.



Faith needs a reason (even if it's a lie), just something she can work with from Tara to avoid the inevitable of her killing Tara. At this point Faith is "pissed"/angry because Tara's choices not only affected Tara, but her too (ie Faith's belief that Willow is the reason for the ambush/almost getting "fried"). With this in mind, I found it fascinating how Faith was trying to get a reaction out of Tara (give her another "chance" to save herself), and I found Faith saying ("Then you fell in love with one of them and, no matter what you do now... you can't do what you thought you always would do, you can't kill them all), quite telling/significant. In other words, Faith is being Tara's "conscience" pointing out clearly all the guilt/pain Tara is feeling for allowing the "one" (Willow) to continue her destruction/death of "innocents", Tara can't do what her initial goal was "kill all the vampires in her path".



Lastly, just like Tara knows she might of kept Willow and Lilah separated from each other, but didn't keep her relationship with Willow a secret from Lilah was because on one level she wanted someone to maybe stop her/"condemn" her feelings/relationship. With this in mind, Tara knows what Faith is saying is true, and can't condemn Faith for carrying out the Council's orders to kill her. Tara is just so tired, resigned, and in a sense relieved at the prospect of Faith "putting her out of her misery". And as for Willow actually having the pleasure of killing the slayer, yes Willow killed her for many reasons, but in this circumstance protecting her "kitty" seemed to be the most important one at this particular moment. Can't wait to see what type of "fall-out" occurs, with Giles, Jenny, Mayor, and most importantly between Willow and Tara. Faith may now be gone, but the repercussions of what happened will linger I suspect for quite awhile.

[TareBearRS]

Wow i did so not see this comming.



The way Tara just let it all happen to her, that she didn't even resist, she had been blaming herself for so long and she excepted her fate.



The fact that Faith was really gonna do it, i didn't think she would go through with it in the end, but she was going to.



And i was kinda waiting for Willow to show up, but just snapping her neck like that, o man..

I am really qurious to see what the concequesces will be for this happening. How will Tara deal, and Jenny and Giles, and the bloody cousil.



Shocking update but a really strong one.



R.

[Big Dummy]

I'm all out of sorts, cause this update just threw me for the biggest loop. I was totally thinking that somehow VW was gonna get staked by Faith, and then I saw that as the door through which we would eventually get RW in there, but what happened instead..WOW! VW killing Faith has just raised the stakes (no pun intended) so high, I'm afraid of the drop.



You've done a masterful job of reminding folks that VW just isn't RW, no matter how much we (and Tara) want her to be. I've been finding it difficult throughout the whole story..everytime they have a talk about 'feelings', I keep hoping VW will come out and give Tara what she's looking for. And at the end of this last part, I actually did a sort've "awww" and "yay" thing, with an initial reaction of "how sweet, VW is protecting her girl even if tara won't protect herself". But you've made it pretty clear that we can't just believe that VW did this out of pure love and selflessness, out of a need to protect Tara for some deep emotional reason. She's wanted to kill Faith for some time now. And even if there is an emotional (maybe in loving?) aspect to her actions here, she won't accept it.



It'll be interesting in the next part to hear VW thoughts on this whole scene. When exactly she came in, how much of Faith's speech she heard and whether or not it affected her, and what she's expecting her Kitten's reaction to be. And of course, I'm on the edge of my seat because things just got out of control for Tara. The Watchers' Council wanted her dead because of what they feared from her relationship with Willow; I don't think they even considered that her relationship would actually end the life of their Slayer. And Giles. Although angry (what an understatement), I wonder if he'll feel any small amount of guilt, seeing as how Tara worked at keeping Faith and Willow safe from each other, but her 'murder orders' put her in more danger. Nobody messes with Willow's 'playtime'.

[Tiggrscorpio]

Color me shocked, although, I don't think there's any other way for it to have happened. Once again a reminder of what a brutal killer Willow actually is. I can't imagine how Tara is going to react to this. She's already just about given up, now this is going to push her into a very bad place. But, I'm still holding out for the happy ending.

*****

She's my everything!

[Caoilin]

This bit:

Quote:

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She was going to surrender to fate and allow it to take her. Swallow her up whole and send her straight to hell where Daddy had always told her that she would go.



Tara, you’re an evil creature. I know that Daddy.

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made me want to cry. Finding out that she wasn't a demon did nothing to help Tara shed her demons (literal and figurative). Something's got to give.



Very powerful stuff. Torturous. Brilliant.



I'm enjoying this so much.



-Caoilin

[AutumnT]

Whoa.



Dear God I gasped so loud at the end I scared a cat.

Autumn

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Buffy Season 6: It grated, like something forced in where it doesn't belong.

[Kalita]

Utterly unexpected, but utterly inevitable. What everyone else has already said certainly stands; something had to give. I would not have expected Faith - I'm developing a real soft spot for her, witness my new avatar - but given the nature of what's going on, I guess we could have almost expected it.



This DOES change everything. Tara's reaction will be very interesting. Hell, everyone's reaction will.



And where do we go from here? I await with bated breath.

"Numfar... Do the dance of shame."

[Sassette]

Let's see ... let's see...



There was, really, absolutely no other way this could have possibly ended. The second the Watcher's Council (frickin' Quentin) gave Faith the order to kill Tara, there was no way Faith was going to live.



It's Fate, you see. At that moment, Faith became an obstacle standing in the way of VW/T being together (and while VW isn't RW, she's the only W in this world), and W/T in any form are Fated to be together ... which means the world will do anything it has to in order to bring that about.



What really struck me about this part is that it was the first time I really SAW what Wolfram and Hart meant when they talked about the whole W/T thing being Fated, and that situations could be manipulated in such a way that a specific outcome happened revolving around them that, really, had nothing to do with them at all. I've understood this concept, well, conceptually, since it was introduced but this was like seeing it in action - like the difference between knowing that the human body is made up of cells, and then seeing them under a microscope.



I'm not saying that Wolfram and Hart in any way engineered the downfall of Faith, but just that Faith dying made it so very clear that Fate would intervene and will eventually remove every single obstacle that stands in the way of W/T being together. That means that W&H just needs to set something up as being an obstacle, no matter how obliquely an obstacle, and it >will< fall. Every. Single. Time.



On that level, in a twisted way, this part renewed my faith (no pun intended) that W/T will be together and happy eventually (I always had faith, of course, Katharyn - because I know damn well you're going to take us exactly where you promised - but from a storyline standpoint, I can now see clearly that there really is no other possible outcome).



Other random things that struck me:



1) Tara's acceptance of her 'Fate' when she decided to allow Faith to kill her was, in fact, a rejection of her Fate - her Fate is to be with Willow. It was this rejection of Fate that was the final nail in Faith's coffin - if Tara had resisted, Faith would have reconsidered, and that would have removed her as an obstacle. Does that make it Tara's fault? I'm saying no - intent counts, and Tara had every intention of just letting Faith kill her. She didn't seem to understand exactly what the whole "she and Willow are Fated to be together" thing really means, and exactly how hard reality is going to work to keep it that way. Other contributing factors: Quentin Travers, of course, and Giles. It seems, strangely, that the only person who could have really made sense of the situation and stopped it would have been Jenny.



2) I love how you don't pull any punches. You don't duck the hard stuff, back-pedal, or in any other way EVER let these characters be anything but what they are. It's damn impressive considering the dark nature of this fic.



3) Boy, VW is having a great night, isn't she? Luke and Faith in one evening. She has to be having a "go me" moment.



4) I have no idea whether Tara's finally going to stake VW, or they're going to shag like bunnies. Either way, Tara still has a dead body to deal with. I wonder if she's just going to call the Mayor and make it go away?



5) I'm really glad Faith got killed here. Not so much for Tara's sake, because getting offed by a friend is arguably the best outcome from her perspective at this point - for Faith's sake. I'm glad this Faith got to die before she became a murderer.



6) I'm so very interested in what Tara's reaction to all this in regards to VW ends up being ... I can see it going in so many different directions (eventually leading to them RW/T together because - y'know, Fate). It would be interesting if the kill that finally made Tara stop was the kill that VW would have the easiest time arguing wasn't selfishly motivated.



7) Of course, that kill WAS selfishly motivated - but VW could argue that it was not ... that she was protecting her kitty.



That's probably not everything, but it's the best I can do right now *G*



Again, I love this fic ... it rocks beyond all possible comprehension, and I SO can't wait to see what happens next *G*



-Sass

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I Think The Hellmouth Tastes Like Chicken -- Autumn

[darkmagicwillow]

That was a beautifully terrifying chapter. I loved it from the beginning with the constrast between the actively despairing Faith and the passively despairing Tara to the very right ending with Willow killing Faith.

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"Omnia mutantur, nihil interit. "   "Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost."

[Katharyn]

This is going to be a big long post... Thankyou all Kittens. I am overwhelmed. I knew some might enjoy Faith being killed. Some would be sad. I feared some woould hate it and how it happened but thankyou all for feeding back on this.



And so... to work.



Zahir - Congratulations!



Logic is the way that I have to write. Maybe I create the logic, but I can't keep track if it is not logical and I believe it. (though in the next couple of parts I do compress what would be a lengthy process to avoid the story getting bogged dow.)



"A kick in the gut" - I love how bad becomes good. Thankyou!



vmplrslAr - Don't cry *HUGS*

It had to be uncertain for the reader. In the 1st draft I was still uncertian if I really wanted to do that. So you are not the only uncertain one.



Snapping necks is sweet? *S* Well if it is Willow then we forgive a lot.



As for your Tara questions - the answers are coming.



VampNo12 - Faith and VWillow were never going to mix well. Oil and water. Faith did not want to kill Tara though.



As for fate... pretty much everyones fate is now set by this act. There are a few more twists though, but it comes back to this.



Faith acting as Tara's conscience... you know I missed this writing it. I never thought of that... even though she sort of continues to do so.



TarebearRS - Its funny that some people saw it coming for ages, others it was a surprise. I didn't want W/F to fight. It wouldn't have worked, Faith would have won anyway and Tara would have to take sides... hence the neck snap.



Big Dummy - Aaah the 'Faith kills VW' solution. It does seem logical I admit. I even considered it.

This was the moment that the reader and Tara had to know that VW/T is impossible.



"Nobody messes with Willo's playtime"... I like that.



Tiggrscorpio - Tara's reaction... well yes... that is coming.



Things happen fast now. So the "reaction" is not instant... all in one place. It is split over parts. And there is a happy ending. Promise.



Caoilin - Thankyou. That line was in and out a dozen times for various reasons. I am glad I left it in there.



Something had given. Something else has to.



Thankyou.



AutumnT - Don;t scare the kitty... come a long way from your e-mailed wonderings haven't we?



Kalita - I saw your new AV and went... 'Oh shit.' *S*



Really it had to be either VW getting staked by Faith, Faith dying or there was one other choice. I chose Faith. And I wish that I hadn't had to.



DarkMagicWillow - Terrifying... it was for me too, posting it. But Kittens are nice.



I like that comment about the active and passive despair on show. Very true and again not something I had actively considered.



And finally Sass - Faith was doomed by the council, but also as you suggest by fate. Faith was in the way of fate - though I never sat and thought that!



Wow... I finally proved the W&H fate thing? I neer knew it. LOL.



W&H had nothing to do with Faith's death. It was not something they were after - in fact a Slayer limited to a town where there is now not much action probablt suited them. You are dead on with your analysis though.



It is not just obstacles to W/T that W&H can use though... they can manipulate anything that can interact with that fate. As you will see.



This story ends with them happy and together. You can have faith in that...*S*



Your random thoughts...



1) Tar was accepting whatever happened. Her death, Faith killing Willow (if she had seen her coming) or what actually happened. She did not intervene in that. Couldn't. That is what I wanted to show. She will understand about the fate though - perhaps she already does. Also perhaps the fate scares her... with what it seems to be. Maybe that is why she could not do anything. Fate to be with this Willow... VW... not a great thing for her right now?



2) Pull punches? Me? No... that was why the big warnings at the start. I have moderated myself for content twice... but only to stay within the strictest interpretation of FAQ.



3) Yay Willow... she is dangerous lest we forget. NOt a fighter... more of an opportunist assassin.



4) No "shagging like bunnies" for VW/T right now. As for the dead body.. I sort of forgot about it for a while. I mean it was handled... but I never said how. That is all in there now. The procedures behind that are perhaps a little rushed, but the story has to flow right?



5) Yet neither was necessary...



6) THat is an interesting idea... I can say now more without teasing!



7) Well yes... ish.



Sorry Sass I was running out of time and wanted to get this done... so no quotes. You will have to look up your own comments! Thanks for all of that.



But what is schnickey?



Thankyou all... *HUGS*



Part 69 all being well on Thursday.



Katharyn

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[mollyig]

Faith obviously felt betrayed, she's had so few people to trust in her life. Yet, she still wanted to give Tara another chance. She was strangely astute when musing about Tara's fatalism. Too bad she underestimated VWillow. Am really intrigued as to what Tara's reaction to this will be.



Wonderful!

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls