( At Your Funeral... )

1. "I'm sorry it took me so long to realize that it was you, Xander ( Read more... )

"The true magic of this broken world lay in the ability of the things it contained to vanish, to become so thoroughly lost, that they might never have existed in the first place."--The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael ChabonIt's been a few years since she stood at what felt like the edge of the world. Arms across her ribs, wind ( Read more... )

When you become a Slayer, you get some lovely consolation prizes for the fact that your life is about to become completely wrecked. Like prophetic dreams for instance. They're not exactly cohesive, as dreams go. In fact, the first time I had one, I wasn't sure what had happened. It seemed like some really strangely fragmented nightmare. An acid ( Read more... )

So I was writing my little list of triumphs, 'cause I mean, obviously, there's plenty of both in my life. Victories and mistakes. But, seeing as I like to focus on the positive lately, I decided to go with the former. Then, as I was actually compiling it, I realized a lot of these were both equally triumph and failure. And I figured, why not ( Read more... )

I'm supposed to be alone. That's kinda the whole point of being the Chosen One. We get called when the previous one of us dies, usually not much older than we are then. And we're trained, and we fight, and then we die young so the next one gets called to carry on. We're supposed to stand alone, to walk alone really. I guess those old guys weren't ( Read more... )

These are in no particular order. It'd be kinda hard to put some of them in any kind of order, because some of them are pretty much all equal as far as level of influence.

1. My mom.
2. Giles
3. Dawn
4. Angel
5. Faith
6. Willow
7. Spike
8. Dorothy Hamill
9. Kennedy
10. Xander (guess I lied about having no order. I accidentally saved the best for

For the longest time, I'd have picked revenge. Especially in my earlier years as a Slayer. They train you to fight, and to kill, and to even the balance. They show you that all this time, they've been taking some of ours. So what do we do? We stop them. We pre-emptively take as many of theirs as we can. We destroy their armies, and wipe out their ( Read more... )

"Cause when push comes to shove ( Read more... )

1.) I've only truly ever been in love with one person. It's not to say I haven't loved other people, 'cause I have. But there has only been one love of my life that has left this unfulfillable kind of void that still haunts me. And probably always will. Part of me is just... always hollow ( Read more... )