Re: Fic: A Walk in the Clouds

[danspector@xxxxxxxxx]

Tori,

Great to see you back at this one again. Loved the sex, the teasing
among the four girls, Jenny (how does Faith's reformation fit with her
aliveness?), and of course, Vaya ogling Nekkid!Buffy :) (Loved her
trying to blame it on the PTB.)

Oh, and I almost forgot: "I'm a big dyke." LOL!

I do have a question or two, though. Okay, so Tara's a powerful mage
who's vital to that reality. What does that have to do with whether
Buffy will choose to stay with Faith? Does Buffy's presence somehow
negate Tara's existence? Color me confused.

Are we going to see a B/A or B/R reality? Yes, we're all quite willing
to be convinced that Buffy's gay, but I don't think that Tower-jumpin'
Buffy was that out with herself. She might feel right at home with
Willow or Faith, but I'd think she at that time still thought she
belongs with Angel. (A Spuffy future, however, is one that she'd have
totally rejected even seeing then, and I'm with her on that, so I vote
skip it.) And in the other direction, how about B/C? (I think she'd be
surprised that there *was* one, but not put off by it.)

Lastly, as a W/T anti-'shipper, I have to say something (which is why I
made sure to reply on this list) about the "soulmates" bit at the end. I
know Jenny only knows the couples of her reality, but I disagree about
the "meant for each other" thing. While Tara might be good for Willow,
anything she's doing is something Buffy either has or should have done
long ago. (Except for the "getting deeper into magic" thing, which
didn't really turn out so well, after all.) Yeah, Buffy has Faith here
and W/T seem happy, and God knows I love Jenny with the power of the
thousand flamethrowers I enjoy roasting Spike on, but I can't see Buffy
ditching her wife and her child and her sister for this reality. (Okay,
I grant you that there are other choices yet to come, but so far, this
is a cinch in my book.)

Of course the above assumes that Buffy still loves Dawn. Be interesting
to see her attitude towards Dawnie if the monks' mindfucked memories
don't work in a non-Dawn world...

More! Sooner! Loving this! (As long as Buffy ends up with
Will...sorry, but I'm protective of my girl :) )

Dan