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    03 Mar 2016

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    one of my all time favorites

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    He was the only person who ever left her whose abandonment she'd truly earned, and he was the only one who kept coming back.

    Events went differently in Season 6, after "Gone", and Buffy and her friends try to get back to what passes for normal on the Hellmouth. But wouldn't you know, as soon as they beat back one interdimensional baddie, the portents of yet another "dark power rising" start to appear. Unfortunately, Willow has seen that this time the demon threat will succeed in wiping Sunnydale off the map — especially if it can recruit the Slayer of Slayers to its side — and that's the best case scenario. This permanent WIP is intended as an alternate season of Buffy.

    Note from the poster: This story is entirely by Anna S. (eliade), who has generously allowed me to post her fic to AO3. It is a classic of Buffy fanfic, unfinished and likely to remain so. It has only been available via Wayback Machine for the last several years, and deserves a wider readership. A readership which will soon discover a rich and compelling tale by a master of dialog, characterization, and plotting.

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    10 Aug 2022

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    OMG SOMEONE SAVED IT

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    "In the distance a cavehopper sings into the darkness, oblivious to all that transpired tonight, and she envies its freedom. She taps her fingers against her chest but every other inch of her is still, like a pond on a windless day. ‘What do you mean?’

    ‘I can’t seem to get people to love me.’”

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    “It hits her then, why she was confused and upset when he saved her from Azula’s wrath. She’s so used to everyone expecting something in return—a kiss, a declaration of love, her forgiveness, the assumption she’ll take care of them or go along with their plans—that she’s been waiting for him to disappoint her in ways she’s used to. Except he doesn’t.

    And Katara also realizes she was never upset at him, not really. She was just upset he showed her all the ways everyone’s taken her compassion and maturity for granted. He saw her drowning in the weight of expectations before she even realized it herself, and for that she’s forever grateful.”

    Katara learns to grow up through falling in love with Zuko. Set immediately after the final Agni Kai.

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    16 Jun 2021

  4. Public Bookmark 9

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    Chaos can only be conserved when the vessel is intact, and Yennefer has been papering up the cracks for a while.

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    05 Jan 2020

  5. Public Bookmark 64

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    “We, my little kitten, know little about love,” Jaskier said with a flourish of his hand - Ciri giggled, and Yennefer rolled her eyes. “Love is like a pear. It is sweet, alright, and has a distinct shape. But try to define to me the shape of a pear.”

    “You’re wrong,” Yennefer said, dryly. “Love is the ultimate desillusion about everything else. And few can afford to lose all of their illusions. There are those who volunteer for love, thinking that it will enrich their personal lives, but they are wrong. It is the opposite - love is poverty. Love is not having. In fact, love is the disappointment of what was once thought to be love.”

    “That’s really bleak,” Jaskier said.

    “And that’s really naive,” she replied, raising an eyebrow.

    “Are you two in a competition?” Ciri asked, confused. “Because it sounds a lot like a very weird competition for someone’s love. Geralt, do you know who they’re competing for?”

    Geralt, struck by a sudden bout of level-headedness, merely grunted in reply.

    (Or: There are many ways to love as there are ways to die. Geralt of Rivia, by chance or choice, knows them all.)

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    03 Jan 2020

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