Kudos on the dreams all go to the hubby. They're his labor of love. Oh, do you have a dreamer husband too? Congratulations. They're really something, aren't they?
Xander is splendid -- not just the surface details but the heart. Very, very nice. I'm enjoying the hell out of this.
Something I forgot to say about Kennedy: when she sees a problem, she tries to fix it, even if she's not sure how. An angry Willow may see this as arrogance, thinking herself good enough to do what Tara couldn't. But what the hell else can Kennedy do? She just has to hope, not that she's as wonderful as Tara, but that she'll turn out to be capable of this particular thing Tara couldn't do. For some things you need a soulmate, you bet, but for some things you need a guy with a can opener, and Kennedy is just rummaging through her pockets and hoping she has one. The fact that she doesn't entirely understand the danger she's in, or what Tara was up against, or how unlikely it is that she can succeed? That makes her arrogant only if every other Slayer is arrogant. She's flawed, like all of them, but she's trying to deal with what's in front of her, and she's putting herself on the line.
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Date: 2004-04-24 11:15 pm (UTC)Oh, do you have a dreamer husband too? Congratulations. They're really something, aren't they?
Xander is splendid -- not just the surface details but the heart. Very, very nice. I'm enjoying the hell out of this.
Something I forgot to say about Kennedy: when she sees a problem, she tries to fix it, even if she's not sure how. An angry Willow may see this as arrogance, thinking herself good enough to do what Tara couldn't. But what the hell else can Kennedy do? She just has to hope, not that she's as wonderful as Tara, but that she'll turn out to be capable of this particular thing Tara couldn't do. For some things you need a soulmate, you bet, but for some things you need a guy with a can opener, and Kennedy is just rummaging through her pockets and hoping she has one. The fact that she doesn't entirely understand the danger she's in, or what Tara was up against, or how unlikely it is that she can succeed? That makes her arrogant only if every other Slayer is arrogant. She's flawed, like all of them, but she's trying to deal with what's in front of her, and she's putting herself on the line.