Re: FF: Two Steps Back (1/1)

[Zephyr <winter_herald@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:33 AM 2/20/02 -0800, you wrote:
> Ah, Zephyr, this was good stuff.

I'm glad you liked it! I'm still trying to decide whether there should be 
a sequel. There's something in me that's drawn to a bittersweet ending, 
but I might manage to persuade it to let Willow and Buffy be 
happy. Eventually. After lots of time-travely angst. And a few people dying.

<snip>

> Nice to see someone else who's pissed off about that craptacular present
> Greenberg had Willow give Buffy.

BUFFY
Will, it's okay. You're the best present you could give me.

WILLOW
Aww, Buffy. But I still feel kinda bad. I mean, an electric back 
massager? What was I thinking?

BUFFY
(Murmuring in her ear.)
I dunno, but I'm thinking you could show me the old-fashioned way...

They KISS. The camera zooms out as they move into a more passionate 
embrace, then...

CUT TO:

INT. BEDROOM - MORNING

ZEPHYR
Wow, they must have gotten Fury to do that ep after all.

He looks down and sees that he's in bed, then looks at the CLOCK, which 
reads 7:03 in red glowing digits.

ZEPHYR
Damn.

> Not to mention that Willow does the Wish demon bit properly, having
> Buffy wear the pendant and granting the Wish instantly.

To give credit where it is due, my being careful about the wishing was 
partly inspired by your reviews of Older and Far Away over at JAABAW and 
elsewhere (or at least one place that was else--ScoopMe, I think.) I 
haven't gotten around to setting up a posting account at JAABAW yet, 
procrastinator that I am, but I'm a dedicated lurker. I was also a little 
put off by the handling of the new vengeance--excuse me, justice--demon, 
half-wreck. So: giving of the talisman, check; instant change in reality, 
check; service for a wronged woman (Buffy) against the one who wronged her 
(Willow, at least in her mind,) check. Her little bleach-to-dust act 
wasn't an "official" act of demony vengeance; she just really didn't like 
Spike.

> Of course, I have to wonder about the time paradox--Buffy's non-return
> will keep Willow from chanting up D'Hoffryn and she won't have the
> impetus to use the power that created the reality to begin with--but
> that's standard scifi stuff.

Quite true, and The Wish did it as well. A Cordelia who lived in a reality 
where there was no Buffy in Sunnydale would never have cause to meet Anya 
and wish that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale.

Of course, in this case it is an action performed by Willow herself that is 
being undone, so it's not quite the same. Anya apparently still remembers 
both the '"real" world and the Wishverse. In essence, she was outside of 
the situation, so I guess the paradox didn't apply.

Ah, well; magic works in mysterious ways. But if I do a sequel, I'll be 
sure to at least try to explain the matter :)

> And a beautiful echo of "Becoming, Part 2" and Buffy taking two steps
> back as she sends Angel to hell, with Willow doing the same to send
> Buffy to heaven. Just wonderful stuff.
>
> Delighted,
>
> Dan


Zephyr

"No one's going to go see the story of Othello going to get a peaceful 
divorce."
-Joss Whedon


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