A Soft Place to Land (Free Fallin' Mix) [Buffy; Xander/Willow]

Apr 14, 2007 19:30

Title: A Soft Place to Land (Free Fallin' Remix)
Author: antennapedia
Summary: Giles wonders if he's achieved escape velocity. Probably not.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters, Pairing: Rupert Giles, Buffy Summers, Xander Harris/Willow Rosenberg
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Spoilers: post-"Chosen"; everything in the series
Original Story: nwhepcat, "A Soft PlaceRead more... )

original author: nwhepcat, pairing: willow rosenberg/xander harris, rating: pg, character: buffy summers, fandom: buffy the vampire slayer, remix author: antenna, character: rupert giles

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nwhepcat April 22 2007, 23:30:18 UTC
Oh, this is so lovely. I've read it twice now and got teary both times. (I guess I always cry at weddings; that's what got me both times.)

Giles as POV character was a surprise but a wonderful choice. Outside of the group for the most part, but connected. There are so many wonderful details -- the jaw punch=love, tweed and his desire to turtle in his jacket, the way falling and catching one another keeps coming up. It's just beautiful the way he sees this bedraggled group looking out for one another, the deep sense of love that's in this story.

I also love seeing his view of Kennedy, his appreciation for her.

The fizzy, giddy reaction of being alive juxtaposed with falling and the anticipation of landing hard.

Oh my. Just love it to death. ::hugs story, rushes off to pimp::

Thank you!

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fairy_tale_echo April 23 2007, 05:09:38 UTC
So, when I see comments like this I am feedbacking them too! I just read the original story and it was so, so Xander. I loved the end, I loved Willow's description of what it was like to FEEL that...the scene of them at the bar, casually holding hands, oh it was so tonally perfect for those characters. Really, really wonderful post-show piece. I enjoyed it muchly! :)

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nwhepcat April 28 2007, 19:29:26 UTC
Thank you! That wasn't my normal type of fic but was written by request, and I ended up liking it a lot, and absolutely adore this remix. It's lovely to see it have an extended life this way.

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debxena April 23 2007, 02:13:07 UTC
Oh, but that was marvellous! Especially with lines like this: Willow, Xander in orbit around her, is still luminous.

Loved it all.

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antennapedia April 30 2007, 19:30:28 UTC
Thank you! (And I loved returning to that glow later with the bride.)

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cofax7 April 23 2007, 04:49:48 UTC
Oh, that's just lovely.

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antennapedia April 30 2007, 21:34:21 UTC
Thank you! The original was lovely, too, completely inspirational.

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oyceter April 23 2007, 05:29:21 UTC
Oh that was lovely! All the details, Giles remembering all his years in Sunnydale, the mingled happiness and melancholy he has whenever someone else is launched into orbit, away from him. And I love Buffy taking his hand in the end.

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antennapedia May 1 2007, 05:56:01 UTC
Thanks! I like that moment too: a different sort of soft landing for both of them, for Dawn, while Xander and Willow have their own landing upstairs together.

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fairy_tale_echo April 23 2007, 05:33:35 UTC
Mmmhmmm, what a nice remix. I appreciate that you approached this from Giles and not Willow, because it gave the whole story another really lovely slant. The strange sense of joy and release you've managed to get across here is really unique and, I don't know, it reminds me of exactly what I felt when the show was over. Sad because, yes, it was over and Sunnydale was gone, but a sense of real relief that for our characters, something big and scary had ended, permanently in many ways. You caught that perfectly here, and it just creates a truly special moment. Thanks for writing this!

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antennapedia May 3 2007, 14:47:19 UTC
Thank you! It was my pleasure. (Or my couple of weeks spent tearing my hair out. One of the other. Fortunately I'm now beginning to forget which it was :))

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