'Terra Firma' tied up
so many loose ends that were left to flutter abandoned by the writers, and in better and more beautiful ways than I thought possible when I began reading your story. Thank you so much for writing this, Tulipp. It was the healing so many of us needed, after the horror of... well, you know. Your words made every character come alive in my mind, as if I were watching them right in front of me as episodes. You are amazingly talented. I agree with the person, much earlier in this thread, who said that this is a story for someone who loves words. Your writing is so rich, and vibrant, and
alive.
Thank you for making it so very obvious that the Scoobies really are a family, and not just a group of friends. Xander giving Tara the money for tuition and clothes and everything that her 'blood kin' took away with them- that just killed me. The angsty parts in chapters before made me hurt for, well, pretty much everyone. Especially Willow. But that scene with Tara and Xander is what made me tear up (and sort of forgive Xander for being such an enormous ass in show as well as your story). Goddess. This is the conclusion/closure we should have had all along (because there sure as hell wasn't anything near sufficient closure in canon >_<). What I wouldn't give for this to have been season 7.