Chutes & Ladders
Oh fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuckkkkk
Lol damn Faith's got some smooth words. I love that she didn't pressure Buffy and how understanding she was about Buffys fears. Thank you!!
I hate that travers and the council get their way. But at least Faith won't be killed. Also I love the Faith/cordelia brotp. Thank you!!
Author's Response:I love that too! Makes me want to write something else in Season 3 so I can use Cordy again.
Oh fuck
I'm so nervous for the cruciwhatever shit I hope they get to get back at the council for putting faith through this
Oi miscommunication is the bane of everyone's existence poor girls. Hopefully they'll be able to clear the air soon
Author's Response:So much miscommunication in this story.
Yikes! Freaking hate the watchers' council. They're fucking idiots killing off their slayers with the cruciwhatever. But damn does it make for a good plot lol I'm excited to see how this plays out. Thank you!
Author's Response:Thank you for making the rounds through this very old story!
[Review blast! Are you having fun? Cause I am!]
I hadn’t read a high school Fuffy story in quite a while, so this was really fun!
(As you can tell I'm all about the fun)
I also really enjoyed the fact that a good chunk of the story was spent with them being a couple, since a lot of stories tend to focus on the getting together part, which means we don’t get to enjoy the relationship part for very long.
You also managed to have a good amount of relationship drama rooted in believable insecurities and misunderstandings, without it being a constant hot and cold that gets tiring very quickly.
And you righted a lot of the show’s wrongs, like any good alt season 3 fic should, which is always very much appreciated!
I read in the comments that this was your first story (or one of the first) and that you weren’t completely happy with it. I did find it not as well constructed as your other stories that I’ve read so far. Some plot points didn’t fully pay off or get utilized as much as they could have been. But it was still well written and full of good ideas, so kudos to the young Fuffy writer you were!
Author's Response:I'm loving the review blast! I do not have a spreadsheet so I am honestly unsure now if you have reviewed everything, or if there's anything left to go, haha.
This was my absolute first (not counting a few short things I wrote when I was in high school that hopefully are gone from the internet forever) fanfic, certainly the first fuffy story I wrote. There are still a lot of things I like about it (Wesley's and Cordelia's roles, the dialogue, the sex scenes, haha), but of course, parts that didn't fully pan out, and it could use some editing (that I've been too lazy to do for 10 years now...). If I had it to do over again, I would tell myself that you don't need to stick EVERY plot idea you have into one story. Save something for later! I would say I do feel like there's a lot of the hot and cold dynamic that you mentioned. I think that was the tone of a lot of fic back when I was writing this, and so to me, that was what a fuffy story WAS. Fortunately, I moved into different ways of writing them. :)
All that said, I still appreciate when someone comes across this ancient beast of a story, reads it, and finds things to like about it. So thank you! That's a good point about them being in a relationship for a good chunk of time. I will add that to my 'things to like about Chutes' mental tally. :D
Okay, this will have a short review since I crave a sequel in which Allan Finch is the bad guy. You can't leave me hanging like that, girl! C'mon!!
Author's Response:I was surprised you read this one! I don't know why, since it's still out there in the world haha. It's just so old now that it surprised me. I've always wanted to go back and edit the shit out of this story, but it's not made it to the top of my priority list yet haha. I'm glad you enjoyed it! Once upon a time I had some thoughts on a sequel, but that was when I had more self discipline. 😂😂 Unfortunately I'm super likely to leave you hanging on this one. I'm sorry! Don't hate me! 😂
Wow, this story left me grinning from ear to ear. This was one of the best Buffy and Faith fan fics that I have ever read. I loved it! You are very talented and the story had me hooked the whole time. I honestly wish this is how the third season would of turned out. I really enjoyed this story so much and I will definitely be reading it again. Fuffy forever 💜
Good job hun!!
One of your biggest fans
Much love,
Roxie
Author's Response:Roxie, thank you! I'm sorry it's taken me so long to respond to you! I didn't realize this review was here. Total fail. I really appreciate your kind words about Chutes! I have mixed feelings about it as it was my first fic and I've always thought I would go back and edit it/make corrections to things. I still like the bones of it, I just think it could use some clean up. So I appreciate you loving it! Thank you so much. <3 Also so good to see people still around in this fandom.
Hey there
I seem to be making my way through your stories...again. I do this like once a year. I think part of me is missing my youth...another part is just plain horny and love reading B/F romance; sometimes smut. However, again, love this story of yours. Gonna start on Omega verse now.
About me not being abke to write plotty stories...I am not a writer, I LOOOOOOVE to read though, but writing not my forte. You are welcome to the smut piece I did try though. Lol. I still have to finish it, but you know how it goes. Started on a second story with more plot, less smut...lost it when I had to re-set my tablet. Will have to try my hand at it again.
Chat soon. Keeping my eyes peeled for The Other Woman update.
Ciao
Author's Response:Elana! I'm sorry I didn't notice your review and respond so much sooner. Thank you for re-reading this! I have somewhat mixed feelings on this story as it was my first, so it's nice to see it getting some love. :) I have always thought that someday I'll go back and edit it, make corrections, etc, but that hasn't happened yet. I should probably focus on (poor, neglected) The Other Woman. I promise to get back to that someday. Thanks again!
yayyy kisssss
oh no my poor baby faith thinks she got rejected!! buffy, go kiss and make up with her already!!
oh, you did, yet that screwed it up even more lol
on to the next chapter
Author's Response:Lol. Would she be Buffy if she didn't somehow screw it up more??
loved the first chapter
i think it's cute how flirty yet vulnerablr faith is; i like your characterization of her!
nice buffy is nice
Author's Response:Haha, I hope you make it through this one! It was the first one I ever wrote and I find it kind of cringeworthy now, but I still like some of the plot stuff.
This is such a great story! I can't remember if I reviewed it years ago when I first read it, but either way it deserves a second review! So. Freaking. Good.
Author's Response:I have a love/hate with this one because it's the first Fuffy I ever wrote and some of it makes me cringe now lol. But thank you! I'm happy to see it getting some love. :)
Hi this story is amazing! I run a tumblr that recommends fuffy fanfiction. It is fuffy-fics-forever.tumblr.com and would love to get your permission to post this story on there! I only post a link, a brief summary and give you total credit for your work. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you very much!
Author's Response:Gaydri, I don't think you really need anyone's permission to link a story. You can link anything of mine that you'd like.
Thanks for reading.
Back to being 'friends' again after sort of mostly making up after the big Christmas fight. Man, it's good because can't have the realtionship thing resolved this early in the story really. But its always just that big frustrating when it seems like they take one step forward and two steps back. Oh well I'm sure it will work out in the end. This was a very good chapter. The whole thing at the bronze and the girls grinding on guys trying to make each other jealouse was a fun scene. :)
Author's Response:Haha, yeah, I see how's frustrating. Don't worry, they won't be doing that for too much longer. ;)
Eliminate the Rouge Slayers... eeeevvvviiilll council! BAD!
Author's Response:Bastards!
F-ing council. Barbarian dinosaurs. Grrrr. Glad everyone made it out alive (well of course Faith wasnt gonna die) but its a frustrating situation. If Buffy wasn't getting all loved up with Faith and wasnt firmly in her corner this would be an automatic Faith Goes To The Dark Side scenario I imagine. Very good chapter, that one vampire was a tough coustumer. =)
Author's Response:Boo council, yay slayers. I definitely think Buffy is the only thing that keeps Faith on track here. Not just because of their changing relationship, but the way she reacts to them learning about the cruciamentum. It's very much them against the council, and I think Faith needs to see that.
The thing with the christmas lights and topless Faith.. that was a great scene. The lighting effects gave me some amazing visuals in my head. So far this story has scored high marks on all chapters for me. I'm loving it. Please consider writing something like this in the next story you write... that is to say something that is obviously filled with Fuffy goodness but definatelly has that Adventure/Slaying aspect to it as well. I think those are the very best stories IMHO. And you know what? You do it great if this story is anything to go by. Will keep reading :)
Author's Response:Thank you, Six! Let's make a deal, bring your fic over here, and I will write Chutes 2. Okay. I'm lying. But I can promise you that my next fic is about half done and pretty fuffy-filled, although not super heavy on plot. How about you just post your fic anyway? :)
I do love this fic a lot. Mid way through I stopped, and couldn't get started again for a long time. I think my writing style changed on me, if that makes any sense. I don't know if I can write something quite like this again, but I'm sure I have some cute fluffy stuff up my sleeve somewhere *looks in sleeve, books fall out and hit in face.* So what I'm saying in this rambling is, thank you, and I'll keep in mind the suggestion for future.
Such a good chapter. So much happened. The scene where Faith is crying in Buffy's bed was especially powerful. Plus the whole misunderstanding with that first kiss and then.. the making out on the bed that ended awkwardly. Great great chapter. Love the pacing and the tone of this story so far. Truly enjoyable overall =)
Author's Response:Woohoo, I'm excited to see you reading this moldy oldy. :) Thanks very much, hope you enjoy it all the way through. This was my first fuffy (not first fanfic, but we shan't speak of the unspeakably awful attempts of 15 year old me :p).
I'm back from the dead. Had to reread the previous chapter to jog my memory. Bonus that there's a hot fuffy scene... drool. Anyway, I owe you the reviews for 18 and 19. Those I won't forget. The least I owe you for finishing this story. *Hugs* On to the review!
I like it that even though there was a pending apocalypse, the conversation over dinner prep was so 'normal and domestic'. Nice touch. Too bad they didn't get to eat that lasagna. Must have tasted nice.
Grrrr... Poor Wesley getting stabbed. Thank goodness I already know the ending to this story. And that you're not that cruel to do that to Faith. Does the Mayor have super strength? I would have loved to put him in a metal coffin, then bury him in cement. Let him live forever under dirt or in a dark vault. I'm happy that Faith has learned to love Wesley. You did make it better for her. I wish it was the real thing.
“Did you think I would take it badly?” Joyce asked. “Is that why you were afraid to tell me?”
It felt nice to see Joyce very supportive of Buffy's relationship with Faith. I knew you won't make her the antagonist in the story. But I liked how well she took the news. I for one didn't get to have as good a reception, so it makes me happy to see that our slayers don't have to deal with the angst related to rejection.
This story always makes me feel like I'm reading the fairytale that Faith and Buffy never had. I like it when these two are given breaks in life.
Do I need to do extra groveling cause I'm seriously late in my reviews? But you already knew my initial reaction to these chapters *puppy sad eyes*. Fine, obviously my attempt at being forgivable is ineffective. I might as well do the review thing. Hahaha.
Sometimes I feel like these characters are so real. For a moment I was thinking, how young Buffy and Faith were and how I couldn't and wouldn't be able to deal with their problems. Then I realized that this is a story. Hahaha! I'm a dork. Or you make me forget reality. Either way, I'm weird. I got so caught up at the idea of Buffy worrying about her gf, and Faith worrying about everything else that's not her girlfriend. And I was like, *That's too much paranoia at 17!!!*
So yeah, I get so caught up I dread 'finding out' what will happen in the chapter. Cause you always, always have a way of twisting my guts. You already knew about my thoughts about angst. I guess my resistance to read is related to how much I hated seeing Faith act so fearful, insecure, and unwittingly vulnerable. The psychosis is making me anxious. I cannot take the suspense (as if i haven't read this yet!), lol.
Maybe I have partially cleared this from my brain cells. But I totally forgot that scene where Faith launches herself and kisses Buffy smack on the lips. Hahaha... I really lacked sleep then, huh. Oh boy... instant coming out to Mom.
“I would never do anything to hurt you,” she promised fiercely. “I love you.” ~ HA! I caught it this time!!! *my hyperacidity is on overdrive cause I'm so anxious at this point!!!*
It's 1:13 AM and this butted needs to sleep. Wait for my review tomorrow? :D
Author's Response:You're sick, Topak! :pYou want to bury the Mayor alive? I believe canon was that he was only invincible until the ascension, so he would have died in the vault you put him in. I love Wesley too. :)
You've updated!?!? Sorry if it took me a while to review. I'm as slow as a turtle with the reading. I had to start 4 chapters back to get a sense of the plot. It didn't hurt that two of the chapters have pretty hot fuffy, lol. Kidding aside, I really love the way Buffy and Faith's relationship develop. It's so 'teenage' romance.
Anyway, I'm glad I've got a weekly dose of your fiction again. Cause your love stories always make me feel happy, and that goes for those moments when I want to pull my hair out.
And I still love the Cordy/Faith friendship. Haha. Who can stand up to a butthead? A nice bitch. You should have an idea.
I wasn't too happy when I read about the Mayor. I really don't like when evil comes disrupting the fairytale fuffy.
I'm loving how you write the interactions between Buffy and Faith. I enjoyed reading Faith's reaction to the idea of Joyce finding out. It's sweet how Faith softens like a kitten when Buffy starts to cuddle her. Total softy. Reading this always reminds me of the feeling of being young and in love. It's not a bad feeling :)
Hahaha. Thank you for the shoutout :) Back then, I didnt even want to read this cause it was unfinished. I was pretty hopeless after chap 14, thinking you gave up on this fic. You are a pretty tough person to harass, nag, bully, plead with, and all. I thought our efforts were fruitless. Thank you for working on this again. Now start on that new fic! :P
Author's Response:I like that you found a way to slyly call me a bitch in your review, butthead. :D What a little jerk.
Thanks for saying it reminds you of being young and in love, and they're such a 'teen' romance. Makes me feel like I'm doing it right. :)
It wouldn't be fuffy without a little evil though, so you'll have to grin and bear it. :p
Way to go from hot sex to 'action and suspense'. Wow! You are really awesome with the transition of events. I enjoyed the chapter very much. It's really like watching tv, except I have to read. But you already get what I'm saying, cause I've been saying the same thing, like in every chapter. You write so descriptively that it feels like I'm watching everything happen *now give me chocolates like you've promised* :P
Whaaaat!?! That thing about Faith being transported to the past, and her being the one to resuscitate (well, work on resuscitating) Buffy, that was just amazing. Wherever are you getting your ideas? You're totally taking advantage of all these holes in series. I'm not gonna complain. NOPE. I like how you manipulate the storyline in series to fit your needs.
I do have a question. Got all confused with the Vamp Wesley. Is this the past or an alternate world. Cause well, if it's the past... then the present Wesley should be gone, right? Blame my exhaustion for the slow comprehension. But help?
And the Mayor appears... ummm... where is Chapter 15?
Author's Response:Haha, I think I was confusing a lot of people with that Wesley thing. The demon, the vamps introduced to that scene (Wesley and whoever else) are all from the future. So sometime in the future, Wes will vamp. Faith now has to worry about how to stop that from happening.
Chapter 15 is... uh, coming. :) At some point. :p