Black Magic White Lies, chapter 10

[moscow_watcher]

Title: Black Magic White Lies
Chapter 10 - Xander Squirms. Xander Shoots. Well, He Mostly Squirms
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

Comments

[keith5by5]

Great action scene. Wonder why Willow's magic hurt Faith.

To judge from the hint, next chapter's gonna be self-righteous.

[moscow_watcher]

Thank you!

Wonder why Willow's magic hurt Faith.

Definitely a twist...

To judge from the hint, next chapter's gonna be self-righteous.

I know I won't be able to sway your opinion on Spike, but, at least, I hope that I'll manage to soften your attitude to Buffy.

You know, when I've sent the first draft to my "voice beta", lusciousxander, she had offered to make Buffy sound less harsh. I deleted some lines but kept some other lines. I wanted Buffy to be conflicted, confused, complex - a real person in a very difficult situation. And now I'm sitting here, and me fingers itch to delete some phrases in later chapters - because I suddenly realized that my story is dangerously close to become a so-called "bashing fic" - and I love Buffy. A lot. But, at the same time, I think her behavior *may* be pretty unsympathetic when it comes to Faith. And making her instantly forgive and accept Faith would be cheating, IMHO.

I hope it does make sense.

*hugs Faith and Xan* :)

[keith5by5]

"Definitely a twist... "

Yeah, can't wait to see why.

"I know I won't be able to sway your opinion on Spike, but, at least, I hope that I'll manage to soften your attitude to Buffy."

No you won't manage to soften my opinion on Buffy, at least Spike amused me and hey, he was supposed to be nasty, he's a soulless vampire.

". But, at the same time, I think her behavior *may* be pretty unsympathetic when it comes to Faith."

Not to mention hypocritical.

Loved Faith throwing out 'stick your dick in me'.

So funny. Lol.

[moscow_watcher]

No you won't manage to soften my opinion on Buffy

Pity...

[keith5by5]

"Pity..."

Shrug, don't see why, it's not like you're not in the majority. :D

[moscow_watcher]

Yes, I understand that I may sound ridiculous - but I'm on the verge of exclaiming "How can anybody not like Buffy?" (Okay - yay different opinions.)

[keith5by5]

Honestly?

Even if I explained, I doubt we'd see close to eye to eye.:D

[moscow_watcher]

Yes, it's better to agree to disagree. But, you know, I'm fascinated with the passion that the topic "Buffy vs Faith" evoke, after all these eyars. Recently I've been reading a very heated debate on Buffy going after Faith on Buffyforums, and I realised that I could easily debate for both sides. And just yesterday I visited a Spike-centric fanfiction board - and guess what the members were discussing? Yes, the same topic. It's amazing. It's the stuff that produces thousands of fanfics and triggers thousands of debates.

[keith5by5]

I prefer just to avoid the char as much as possible in my fics. Concentrate on who I actually like.

:D