August 12 - Avoid Left Turns

[tvashti]

Title: Avoid Left Turns
Series: Pack a Smile
Author: Vashti (tvashtiFandom: Mercy Thompson Series

Comments

[polgara_5]

Oh Bran. She is not going to give in easily, if at all. Love that Charles can see a definitive difference between Buffy and the slayers he has met before.

Day 12- accepted!

[tvashti]

Buffy, give up on a cause? Even contemplating such a thing breaks her heart.

Thank you for the review!

[mmooch]

They wouldn't really kill a child who accidentally bit somebody, would they? That's just mean!

[tvashti]

I was going to give you a resounding Of course not! (insert smiley here), then I remembered a short Briggs wrote where Bran would have been forced by his own law to kill a pre-teen werewolf if she couldn't prove that she had control of her wolf within a predetermined timeframe. I mostly liked the story, but I thought tension of the girl's imminent death was a bit of a false dilemma.

Long and short, the possibility DOES exist, although that's not something I'd realized consciously when Buffy threw her cloak of protection around Jordy. On the other hand, only Buffy and Oz know that the "rogue" is a little boy.

[avamclean]

Honestly, I think Bran would kill Jordy if he couldn't learn control in a year's time. It's for the safety of all that they "put down" wolves that don't(or can't) learn control.

I'm not saying I agree with it, but I do understand why they do it. Perhaps different rules should apply to the youngins... and now I'm mentally debating werewolf politics.

[mmooch]

Whether there should be different rules for youngins isn't really touched on in Briggs' short where this comes up, which I found annoying. On the other hand, it's already established that werewolf politics/rules don't change easily or quickly.

[avamclean]

"Why did you choose to do this here, Slayer?" Is Charles starting to realize you underestimate Buffy at you're peril? ;)

I'm so greatly enjoying this series, but I also feel bad for Charles since he's keeps getting pitted against Buffy. She doesn't always win, but she will go down swinging to protect those she cares about.

I'm also not against bribery to get more info about these Slayers that Charles has interacted with in the past.

[tvashti]

Bribery you say? What kind of delightful bribery might this be?

Is Charles starting to realize you underestimate Buffy at you're peril? ;)
By the end of the conversation, yes. But at that moment? He's wondering if she's utterly reckless re human life.