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Date Posted: 15:42:09 12/29/03 Mon
Author: shk24
Author Host/IP: 208.17.34.25
Subject: Re: New Holiday Fanfic (post-script)
In reply to: Kuzibah 's message, "New Holiday Fanfic (post-script)" on 15:46:39 12/25/03 Thu

thanks kuz, as always these were all very entertaining and enjoyable.

maybe it is because btvs is no longer on or maybe it is the style in which you presented each little holiday story(or maybe some of both) but i found the collective group to be among the finest you have done.

i thought the gunn story was especially good because i have always felt they have really misused him and in your story i was glad to see him remembering his sister and his past even if the past doesn't remember him...

and i also liked the cordy story. with a special kudos to your mentioning that her hair had grown long again. back to the way she was before m.e./joss/charisma or whomever completely destroyed one of the best characters of both shows...

one question, are you finding it easier or harder to write the characters who are no longer on. my feeling would be it is easier because you can take more creative liberties and not have to worry about following along with someone elses path but i am curious as to your thoughts...

finally, while i understand why you wrote it and it was a very good story. i will never be able to accept kennedy and willow as a couple. i was never a believer in gay willow anyway, but once it was done i could accept willow and tara because i could believe they cared for each other. there is no way in hell(or the hell mouth for that matter) that anyone will ever be able to convince me that there is an ounce of believability in hooking those two up. i was glad to see willow and oz meet up and finally put closure on things though...

hope you and grim had a great christmas...thanks again for keeping the show alive through your amazing writing.

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[> [> Wow. Thanks. -- Kuzibah, 08:56:03 12/30/03 Tue (12.175.117.195)

As for your question... in some ways it is easier because I don't have to jibe the plot. See how far afield Oz has gone. I can also skip over things since they can be assumed to occur "off-screen," as it were. For instance, Buffy and Dawn are apparently living with Giles, and Xander lives near enough to spend Christmas Eve alone and still make it to their home for Christmas Day. How did this happen? I'm sure there were all kinds of discussions, and arguments, and Giles dealing with being a sort-of dad, and Dawn testing her boundaries, etc., etc., which we would all be privy to if the show were still on the air, but since it's not, I can just jump in to the middle and not worry too much.

Of course, the characters still have to act in character, which becomes harder the longer the show is off, but it lets me have some fun. Take Xander. I wanted to do a story where he realizes that the eyepatch makes his interesting and exotic. On the show this would have been a big, multi-episode angst-fest. I did it by writing a cross-over with "Queer Eye." So, yeah, I'm enjoying the freedom.

As for Willow and Kennedy... I agree with you, but I have to make it work within the context of the show. Within the show, they were clearly very involved. One could argue (and wolfie has, among others) that they were only together because they were the only two lesbians in Sunnydale (I could make a comment about gay stereotypes here, but you all can fill that in yourselves), but I feel I need to find a good reason, and then follow this reason on its natural course and to a natural conclusion.

Which I'm going to. Watch around St. Valentine's Day.


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[> [> [> Re: Kennedy and Valentine's Day. -- wwolfe, 09:47:02 12/30/03 Tue (161.149.63.107)

I hope it involves Bruce the Shark and a tragic mishap while filming "Jaws 5."


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[> [> [> you're welcome... -- shk24, 14:46:35 12/30/03 Tue (208.17.34.25)

and thanks for the answer, i figured it was probably easier, at least you make it seem that way ...

and i'll be looking forward to a conclussion of any kind for that one; natural, unnatural, whatever it takes... to second bill, bruce the shark works for me!


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