fic: The Wild Iris (Resurrection Remix) [BtVS: Tara/Faith, Buffy/Spike, Giles, Willow, Dawn]

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Title: The Wild Iris (Resurrection Remix)

Author: kivrin

Summary: What do you do with the rest of your life?

Rating: Teen

Fandom: BtVS/AtS

Warnings: Musings on the nature of life and death

Spoilers: All of Buffy and Angel:the Series.

Title, Author and URL of original story: Feels Like Coming Home by globalfruitbat

Author's Notes: Thank you to adarog for the

Comments

[kivrin]

Thank you so much!

[erinya]

Wow, this is great, so finely detailed and complex--I can't really say enough good things about it. Tara's point of view is so perfect, her reactions make so much sense, and there's a deep and moving emotional weight to her POV on being alive again. The Faith/Tara is completely believable, as is Willow/Tara not working anymore and Tara's initial fears about Will bringing her back. Tara's experience of magic--the vines to be traced to their roots--is really fascinating and fits her character, and I liked how Willow sees the same task so differently. I also loved the Spike/Buffy on the side, and his club for the resurrected, and Dawn and Buffy getting kicked out of the club, and Buffy taking care of Tara--their friendship was never really developed too much in the show, so it's nice to see that here.

Just amazing work, and so different in theme and voice from the original. I love Remix...

[kivrin]

Thank you! I really enjoyed giving Buffy and Tara some time together.

[globalfruitbat]

Oh, I am just in awe of this. This is the most amazing thing! I love what you did with what I wrote -- you layered and created and it's like -- the short little story I wrote has turned into this amazing piece of art. I can't say enough about this. I'm going to have to come back and read this over and over -- expect a better comment, once that has happened. Thank you so much! I'm truly in awe.

[kivrin]

Oh, I'm so glad you like it! Thank you for the awesome rec in your journal, too. I'm dizzy with the praise.

[lolaraincoat]

This is gorgeous. It feels very Whedonish to me - the action/character development balance in the story, and the angst/humor balance in the telling of it, are just right. And the Tara voice was just right. Wow!

[kivrin]

Oh, thank you!

[tinylegacies]

Oh, very nice.

I love how you've depicted Tara's re-adjustment to the world and it was really interesting to see the other half of the original story -- seeing what led Tara to turn to Faith.

[kivrin]

Thanks!