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booster17

Frozen (15, written for Femslash ficathon)

Mar 09, 2005 11:10

Title: Frozen
Rating: 15
Setting: About two years after "Chosen".
Summary: It should have been a routine field mission in the Canadian Rockies.
Length: Word count - 1320
Author's Notes: Written for cadence_k’s Buffyverse Femslash ficathon. carawj requested Dawn/Willow, post-Chosen and snow. And no non-con, character bashing or PWP. Hopefully this is okay!

( It should have been a routine field mission in the Canadian Rockies )

fic, willow, femmeslash, dawn

Comments 9

desoto_hia873 March 9 2005, 08:12:17 UTC

Had to read, 'cause - Canada! Very nice. And I'd much rather see Willow with Dawn than with Kennedy. Though you did make me feel sad about Kennedy dying and that's saying something.

booster17 March 9 2005, 13:11:20 UTC

Heh heh heh... thanks! I remember when liz_marcs made me actually like Kennedy in a fic, and ever since I've enjoyed writing her.

ffutures March 9 2005, 09:43:46 UTC

Even with a huge number of slayers, Kennedy is likely to die young. Not many stories have dealt with how Willow and everyone else handles it - thanks for doing so.

booster17 March 9 2005, 13:15:10 UTC

I think with Kennedy, it's an off-shoot of knowing that she was a potential Slayer from an early age. Trained to act and react, but not to think about the problem that much. Add in coming to terms with her inevitable young death fairly early on (assumption here, but explains why she was one of the more together potentials in season 7), and yes, she would tend to jump in first in a lot of situations.

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booster17 March 10 2005, 03:05:15 UTC

Thanks! I think Kennedy's got a lot more potential (accidental pun there) than we ever saw in the show. Personally, I hated her at the time, but I've come to like and use her a lot more these days. And if I can affect people enough to care when I kill her, then I consider that a damned good job.

*smile* I do try to change my style from fic to fic - I don't want to be just this type of fic or just that type. I like trying new things as well. After all, if you don't try, you don't grow.

cadence_k March 10 2005, 00:37:46 UTC

This was so much more than worth the wait! I wasn't sure how much I would like Dawn/Willow, but not only did you make me believe it, you made me love it!

The way this winds around, with the snow at the start and then Kennedy's death in the snow later, is beautifully done. When we read the sentence telling us that Kennedy is dead, it is like a punch to the stomach... in the good way.

This was just excellent. Thank you so much for participating in the ficathon and giving us such a great story!

booster17 March 10 2005, 02:56:01 UTC

Hee hee.. my job is done! And good to know that I managed to develop Kennedy enough to be able to get that 'punch in the stomach' moment work properly.

I was a little worried about putting so much Kennedy into a promised Dawn/Willow fic, but I felt Willow's previous relationship had to be shown and respected. So it evolved into this.... Thanks for the kind words, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the ficathon now!

carawj March 14 2005, 17:07:05 UTC

Yeeee! I love it, thank you! And I have to love you for killing Kennedy, although possibly hate you for actually managing to make me sad about it. *g*
Your Danwn-voice is lovely, and I love how it starts off with Dawn being all jealous and it looks like it's heading in one direction, and then suddenly Kennedy's death just hits you. Absolutely beautifully done.