Black Magic White Lies, chapter 3
Title: Black Magic White Lies
Chapter 3 - In Which Xander and Willow Are Paranoid
Timeline: BtVS, alternate season 5
Genre: drama, mystery, action
Characters, pairing: general, Xander/Faith
Rating: R (for intense situations).
Summary: Xander thinks he has a little secret. He doesn't know that his little secret is a part of a big fat conspiracy.
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Chapter 3 - In Which Xander and Willow Are Paranoid
Timeline: BtVS, alternate season 5
Genre: drama, mystery, action
Characters, pairing: general, Xander/Faith
Rating: R (for intense situations).
Summary: Xander thinks he has a little secret. He doesn't know that his little secret is a part of a big fat conspiracy.
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Oh, definitely. I love your comparison with workaholism.
It's interesting that you've already got her here in S5 worried about using too much magic.
I think she couldn't not feel it. Of course, she had never voiced her concerns back in s5 - but that's what I love about fanfiction: I can delve into characters' heads. My Xander often thinks one thing and does another one. He tells himself that he only tries to help Faith and he sincerely believes in it when he is awake. But as soon as his subconsciousness starts working, turns out his motives are mixed. I think the same applies to all of us.
Similarly, Willow could feel it in the canonical s 5; but she speaks to Xander about it only in this alternate version in a moment of weakness: Tara is away, Buffy is preoccupied in her problems, Xander is the only person she could confide into.
Unlike many people who hated what happened to Willow in season 6, I adore the darkness of her story and I wanted to explore it in a slightly different situation, when Willow seems to be so altruistic she balances on the verge of being a Mary-Sue. Yet, there is a lot of darkness underneath her sweetness and the secrets her friends keep to protect her from their problems only aggravate the situation.
Presumably somewhere along the line she's going to forget her sensible caution...
You know, I wish you could figure out my other "plot traps" as easily as you figured out the first one. Because I'd love to comment on this, but... Sometimes I wonder if somebody will reread these first chapters after reading the finale - to appreciate the irony of Willow's concerns and actions.
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