Payback
Glad to see Faith is doing good! excited for the next chapter
ah just love this fic! please update quicker ;-)
Author's Response:Another update, just for you! Might be a bit for the next one, though.
~OW
I like how you started this out. Faith's not getting obsessed with revenge or anything. She's trying to better herself instead and that's a great change of pace.
One interesting thing I noticed is that the only person she slept with more than once was someone who kind of looked like Buffy.
Can't wait to read what the new and improved Faith does next! :)
Author's Response:I made this story based on two major ideas:
First, that Richard loved Faith, and experiencing love would cause Faith to grow and mature (in small, bite-size steps). Faith's relationship with Buffy (and Joyce, and to a lesser extent with everyone else) grows as she learns to love herself.
Second, that Slayers on the TV series experienced Superman syndrome - that is, they were only as powerful as dramatically appropriate. Thus we get Faith sidelined in a coma that (imo) should not have happened, but was convenient for the writers at the time.
The plotline sort of spiralled out from those two ideas, and Cleveland sort of grew itself as I started cataloguing what I wanted to have happen. Hopefully, it all comes across as planned!
~OW
I am enjoying this story so much! It is refreshing to see Faith come to redemption without having to go down the body-swap revenge spiral. Can't wait for more. :)
Author's Response:Yeah. I think that the body-swap plotline was the biggest reason for the Buffy's hatred towards Faith. I'm taking this from the idea that Richard actually did love Faith (for an evil guy), which would change Faith's outlook a little bit.
I like the idea that Faith isn't really in a coma and she's going to set up somewhere else plus the mayor leaving her all the money. I wish there was more dialogue. I know you have to set up the scene but it was really long to go without talking. Faith doesn't feel totall like Faith to me, not sure why. Abyway Good idea. Wanna see where it goes
Author's Response:Thanks for reading! I tried to run the first chapter with dialogue, but none of the conversations felt meaningful. If it makes you feel any better, I'm pretty conversation heavy for most of the story. I guess I have a different view of Faith's character than some. I hope you grow to enjoy it! ~OW
This was brilliant in that it was refreshing and satisfying how you had faith basically tell Xander et al to fuck off. Their treatment of Faith always irked me and made me annoyed at how inconsistent the writting for that show was. Xander is dating an unrepentant ex-demon- but thats fine; angel changes to angelus, adds a few more kills to his historic mass murdering record- but thats fine, willow gets forgiven for her violence after her girl friend dies, but faith gets a punch to the face when she comes back to sunnydale to help kill the first. God i hated that show. Hated the scobby click soo much.
Author's Response:Yeah, Faith's far more interested in Buffy and Joyce than anyone else. I also agree with you, though I think they did pretty well for a character that wasn't supposed to make it more than five episodes in total. That's what happens in TV series - an actor or actress nails the part so well that the fans go nuts, and they have to pencil that character into stories they were never intended to be in. The sad fact is that Faith is a more interesting character than Buffy (imo), with more potential for growth as a person. I have always argued that the best thing they could have done with the characters was to make the body switch permanent and kill Buffy off (in Faith's body), leaving Faith as Buffy having to uphold her legacy. Sarah Michelle Gellar nailed Faith's character during the body-switch, so we'd have had an amazing couple seasons where the truth slowly leaked out and character relationships changed. ~OW
So far so good, its nice to see faith making something of herself rather than being the muscle of the scoobies, pretty funny too when she only just realized she may like women. Looking forward to the next chapter!
Author's Response:Yeah, I definitely want Faith to be independent, though obviously Sunnydale will feature quite a lot. The B/F pairing will be pretty slow-burn. Not only is sexuality an issue, but I just threw long distance in there, too. ~OW
very interesting! wolf hybred for faith.
Author's Response:Thanks! I don't know about wolf hybrids, but I promise to throw a couple extra werewolves in there, just for you! ~OW