fic: a flower does not choose it's color

[lynzie914]

title: a flower does not choose it’s color
fandom: btvs
characters: dawn (mentions of others)
warnings: for mentions of blood, some self-harm references, and spoilers obviously.
a/n: writing dawn makes me nervous, so I’m sorry if it’s terrible. Written for he prompt, I'm a kitchen sink, you don't know what that means, because a kitchen sink to you

Comments

[starcrossed]

I loved that. I haven't read fic in forever and I love how much you live Dawn. And the line about the green, glittery dragon? Fab. Concise and elegant.

[lynzie914]

Awww, I feel all special that you read my fic if it's been a while. *wallows in the feeling* :D

Thank you! I'm so glad that you liked it and thought that it fit Dawn. And I kind of love the dragon line, so you know, I love that you liked it. :D

Thank you again!

[kwritten]

I am choking on emotions. I don't even know what to do with this at all. This is. This is.

This is all of my headcanon boiled down into one, concise, beautiful, heartbreaking, pitch-perfect, lyrical thing and I ...

DRAGONS ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

*collapses*

This is so gorgeous. You are magical. This is beautiful.
ugh.

[lynzie914]

I feel so special right now, because your like the best Dawn writer ever and you love her so much. And your review makes me feel all squishyinside.

And I love how this is somehow your headcanon, because it's mine too. And your way too nice with all your compliments.

DRAGONS WERE NECESSARY.

Okay, so it just kind of happened. But Buffy was the hero, with her swords and need to save the world, and Dawn was ths green energy built to destory, but the hero of the story loved the dragon and was willing to do anything to save it, and it was just to perfect to ignore okay?

You're magical.

But thank you, I'm so happy you liked it.

[kwritten]

lol I am in no way the best Dawn writer. But I *do* love her the most.

headcanons where Dawn =/= weak and fragile are superior

DRAGONS ARE ALWAYS NECESSARY

but the hero of the story loved the dragon and was willing to do anything to save it
my sister txted me yesterday saying that Perri's "A Thousand Years" gave her Dawn/dragon feelings and between you and her I'm now completely dead

YOU'RE MAGICAL.

I loved it. Thank you so much for writing it. Write more things all the time.

**hugs**

[lynzie914]

headcanons where Dawn =/= weak and fragile are superior

this is very true.

my sister txted me yesterday saying that Perri's "A Thousand Years" gave her Dawn/dragon feelings and between you and her I'm now completely dead

well now I'm going to go have to listen to that and have dawn/dragon feelings and then have only you to blame. especially if it makes me want to write something.

Write more things all the time.

you're so sweet and nice. and lovely. also tell this to my muse. it is not cooperative in this department.

*lotsandlotsofhugsback*

[clockwork_hart1]

okay okay

you are perfect and i love you but honetsly what have you done oh god

She has Summer’s blood, you see, but it’s a darker shade when you look close.

how DARE

Dawn is the dragon

dragon

DRAGON

OMFG

So in lieu of just quoting this whole thing back to you i want to yell about all the keyness and the imagery and parenthesis, every time this little storytelling girl tells her self she can be rewritten. This is so Dawn, MY Dawn and I want to wrap myself around this fic and never let it go, okay friend?

I honestly don't know what to do with this, with you.

this is wonderful. i need to lie down.

*squishes you super tight*

[lynzie914]

I didn't mean to?

Except I probably did...

And it's not my fault her blood is different, its just canon, and I'm playing on it. And Dawn is totally the Dragon and its not my fault. Not my fault at all.

This is so Dawn, MY Dawn and I want to wrap myself around this fic and never let it go, okay friend?

Feel free. It was written for you afterall. :D

*squishes you back*

[kwritten]

This is so Dawn, MY Dawn and I want to wrap myself around this fic and never let it go, okay friend?

I just wrote a really long response to this about how important Dawn is and how sad it is that fandom-at-large limits her so much into a tiny box without scales or wings and then my internet cut out right as I clicked post.

so that's my summary and think fondly of the comment that no one will ever see (it was pretty great)

OUR Dawn is a gift.

[rbfvid]

Wow, it's one of the most insightful Dawn fics I've ever read.
And yay for the dragon part! So unexpected and absolutely natural at the same time.

[kwritten]

(pssst! Hello from your friendly fandom neighborhood stalker! I know you are interested in more Dawn fic which means you should probably troll clockwork-hart1's lj for more really great character work.) (Sorry again for my phone's inability to multitask)

[rbfvid]

*follows the trail of breadcrumbs*

[lynzie914]

Oh, you're so sweet. Thank you! I'm glad that you liked it!

[kikimay]

Beautiful. Very lyrical and very good Dawn's POV.

I've never saw Dawn as the dragon of the story, but it kinda makes sense in her prospective. (And LOVE the hero falling in love with the dragon and saving her) Also the name. DAWN is so important an symbolic. Lovely fic!

[lynzie914]

Thank you! I'm really glad that you liked it!

(And the whole dragon thing is how you precieve it, is she the danger or does she just happen to be dangerous in a certain way? And like you said, in Dawn's head, Buffy is always the hero and once she learns she's the key it shapes how she sees herself and what she is.) And yes, I love how symbolic her name is. :D