Re: The Truth of Deception

[quarian]

Robin, wow! An entirely riveting scene, the elements, the emotions, simply powerful! *still looking dazed*

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Reality continues to ruin my life. - Calvin

[jixer]

Hello Kittens-



Wow. Get through the classes/exams, take your time. Recovery is needed.



I found myself nodding at the scene where Tara realizes her protection is destroying what she loved and was protecting at such a cost. That was the most desperate love/sex scene I've seen with so much riding on breaking through the pain built up BY love.



But they should be in raincoats, or at least sweaters! A Hellmouth cold is the worst kind of cold.



Thank you Blameburner,



Jixer

[TromDeGrey]

Just joining in the 'WOW' brigade here. Unfortunately, that's also about as articulate as I can be right now. Totally. Blown. Away.

"The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it."

Chinese Proverb.

[Grimaldi]

that was wow!! really loved this update

Dude, we're surrounded by perverts!
No! Well, okay. No. Pez!
I don't know, it's like my brain keeps... jacking off

[samiamiguess]

Asborbed, I'm utterly absorbed by this. I haven't been able to post before as I've catching up, and I must admit I've been waiting until chapter 26 was posted before I completely finished the so emotional previous chapters.



You have written the characters with such aplomb that you can't help but nod your head and say 'yes, that's them exactly'. And I must say written a damn sight better, with more respect and insight than ME ever did.



Wonderful, thank you,

Sonya

[cinderlust]

Wow! I can't say that enough really. Wow! Wow! Wow!



I've never felt so tormented for Willow and Tara only to

find myself extremely elated a few lines away.



This is fantastic Blame. Simply amazing.

[Puff]

I'll see everyone else's wow and raise you all a bloody hell that was great. Thank you BB 26 was so worth it and from the title of 27 it will be as well. Painful, passionate and powerful...not too mention just damn wonderful too read.

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I could crap a better existence than this.
My view on season severed.

[lipkandy]

Quote:

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the storm seeming to recognize Willow as its master. The wind flew from Willow's lips, the rain fed by Willow's unshed tears, and it all screamed at Tara that this was just not right. Willow wielded pain like a warlock wielded black magic, and it made Tara shudder with the wrongness of it all. The pain was transforming Willow into something else, something not-Willow

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beautifully done. I love the idea of Willow's magic having its source in pain rather than the predictable ME cliche of black magic. because god knows she's had enough of it (pain).



Thanks for a beautiful piece of fic (or two or three -- Into the Woods and The Guardian)

[Murasaki S]

Just wonderful stuff. The way you show how Willow's mind works is really amazing. All logical and such. And the fact that Tara realized that denying her love for Willow was going to destroy Willow as surely as Walsh would, feels like such a logical conclusion.

I could really picture all this rain falling in the woods. Nice job with that. I wasn't expecting take-charge Tara to make such an early appearance, but it did feel like one of these moments of such heightened emotions that I can see the two of them acting a little outside of the usual. So it's all good.



Good luck for finals week!

[Marilda]

I'm not the biggest fan of Season 4 and the Initiative in particular so when I read the first part of this story a couple of hours ago I wanted to roll my eyes. But I stopped the impending eye-roll and read on. And I must now humbly apologize for even thinking of moving my eyes anywhere in the vicinity of away from the computer screen. This story is fantastic.



And the last chapter? I'm um, well, I can't think of a word to describe everything that I'm feeling but if there was a word to even begin to describe the excitement, sadness, joy and, smiles sheepishly, arousal, I felt while reading this last part, then that's it.

[Tulipp]

Well, you already know that I love this chapter, but I have to say again that when I re-read it just now, I saw again this thread of almost-military imagery that weaves its way through this chapter and reminds me in very subtle ways that this Tara is part of the Initiative; this Tara is part of an organization that uses weapons and ambush and stragegies and tactics, and I love that you have infused her thought patterns with that language just enough to make it part of her character.



Tara begins by feeling pain like shrapnel, like a bullet; she tries to protect Willow by being steely and sharp; she realizes she can't be a fortress around Willow; they both surrender.



There's a lot more to it than that, but there is a story-within-the-story here, a story at the level of image, that plays out, and that, my friend, is really just brilliant.

"And I'm eating this banana. Lunchtime be damned!" -- Willow in "Doppelgangland

[barnabasvamp]

BB;

My dear you have totally out done yourself this time.



So powerful the reunion between the two. Willow hurt so bad, and Tara felt it. The way she chose to make Willow realize how she felt Absolutely awesome. I was speachless (you know me, doesn't happen often )

Lovely my dear!

BV

"In front of total strangers won't you kiss me, Flowers for no reason but you miss me - OOH, I wanna be in love"

Melissa Etheridge-Skin

[darkmagicwillow]

Wow, that was amazing. The desperate intensity of their love fills the chapter even as the storm outside them fills the air. You maintain that level of feeling even as their emotions change so much, Willow going from determined pursuing love to fiery and destructive anger, and finally to incredulous and amazed revelation as she accepts that Tara does love her.

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"Omnia mutantur, nihil interit." -- "Everything changes, but nothing is truly lost."

[mollyig]

Amazing chapter. Willow's resolve tested by firstly the weather, then by Tara's words. The images you used to describe her pain were so very powerful. I thought it interesting that you used natural images for this: storm, wind, rain, while Tara was trying to school herself to be stone-like. Wonderful picture that - the driving rain weathering the stone.

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I happen to think mine is the level head,
and yours is the one things would roll off of.

[molsongrrrl]

I love this fic! and i cannot wait for the next part -- our girls alone at willow's parents house!

"Who do you have to blow to get some pussy around here, you know? Enough is enough!" from "Kissing Jessica Stein"

[AntigoneUnbound]

Ye gods and goddesses...That was one of the hottest and most emotionally wrenching (AND emotionally satisfying) chapters I've ever read!



I know you've received a lot of great feedback, all of which I second. I wanna congratulate you specifically, though, on pulling off something that's hard to do: keeping the emotional tension in play just long enough to make us ache but not so long that we start to feel like we're being played with OR that it's just contrived. I love that Willow went a-fightin' for her woman; in particular, I love that her mind didn't shut down. (You made a great reference to the scientist part of her that dueled w/ her emotional insecurity aspect.) She knew at some level that something was amiss; in fact, your "bullets not fitting in the gun" image was fantastic. And when she challenged Tara to say she didn't love her--you broke our hearts (and up-ended our expectations) by having Tara actually say so; and then, w/in a few paragraphs (of great emotional description, by the way), you write Tara speaking what words can't convey. And then, of course, you just send us all into various states of desire, delirium, and drool with the following paragraphs...That was an incredibly well-written sexual scene--explicit, but also well-cadenced and understated.



All that by way of saying WOW.



Great job!

Mary

[SlayerSydney]

Ummm...



I just caught up with this whole fic. Unfortunately, I have nothing new to say. I have to agree with a lot of the feedback already posted. Mainly that it's a great story. I wasn't sure if I'd like the direction you went with Tara and the Intitiative, but, I can safely say now, I love it.

Rain. Storm. Intense. Release. again.

I loved the imagery provided by the rain for this moment.



I am definitely enjoying your fic!!

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Introspection must be Hell for you. A bank loan officer's comment to me a few years ago.

[lucidusgirl]

You're burning me Blamey!!!!!!



I've just read all parts in two days, not because I'm a slow reader but because I have to read most parts more than once



Oh Blamey...hmm, where to begin...you know the feeling when you are in one hell of a roller coaster ride? Multiply that 100 X that's what I felt while reading ToD!!! Sometimes I don't even realize that I'm holding my breath, I'll just discover it when I'm a little dizzy!!!



Oh Blamey...you made me laugh, you gave me goose bumps, you made my stomach churn, you made me cry, what the heck I think you almost gave me a heart attack...but on top of these all you made me happy!!!



I'm thanking my lucky stars that part 26 was already posted before I discovered ToD, but the previous parts are as riveting and as well written not to mention well paced, that it made me appreciate the beauty of Part 26 even more!!!



Suffice to say I LOVE this fic VERY, VERY MUCH!!!!







Thanks a lot Blamey for sharing your gift!!!



Take care....

Edited by: lucidusgirl at: 12/10/02 3:02:46 am

[Ange]

OMG!!!! That was so goooood.

What's gonna happen next???

I want to know, i want to know!!!

I hope that the next update will be soon.



Ange.

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"Things are not always what they seem to be...." Shakespeare

Willow & Tara Stuff (Videos and caps of new episodes)

[tiredsoul]

Now I consider myself a smart kitten here yet also a bad one. I fell soooo far behind yet "The big honking angst warning" was avoided. Eight updates, no waiting.



I just have to say how much I'm enjoying this. You have hooked me to no end. This is incredible. Now I sit in line behind everyone else and wait ... patiently



--celia

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"That was just rude. Now I forget what I was saying."

[blameburner]

Wow! Such amazing feedback everyone. Thanks! I'm glad you all seem to have liked 26 so much. I hope it was worth all the torture I put y'all through.



Sorry about the long delays between posts. Exams are going well (thanks for all the well-wishes), but they're not over yet, so... I'm under revised orders to not do any writing until next week (thanks again, Mel, for making sure I stay on the not-straight and narrow). So... once exams are over, I will hurry back to the writing.



Thanks for being so patient, and I'll try to get to replies soon (I don't think that violates Mel's orders, lol).



-BB

"Maybe I'll change my look, or cut class. You don't know! And I'm eating this banana, lunch-time be damned!" - Willow, Dopplegangland

[Taras Shadow]

ROBIN!



WOW...OK. I am late giving feedback...sorry. *hands you a rose*



This has got be one of the very best fics that are keeping on edge. I can't wait!







BTW...Rai gave me my sweater back And uh...you still have the other..clothing.



I also wanted to wish you good luck on the exams and studies. *gives you cookies to help satisfy your energy *



~Holly~



Show me where to touch you-Tara-It Ain't Fickle

Mommy, how come monkey's can't talk?-Odette

[DarkWiccan]

Hey BB, don't rush yourself. Exams and passing them in order to get a degree are way more important than fan fiction. We kittens wouldn't like to think so.. but sadly... it is true.



Take your time with part 27 and we'll look forward to reading it once you've gotten past exam week stress.



Cheers

DW

"Promise me you'll never be linear." "On my trout."

[WillowPowered]

Wow, I love this fic. Your writing is just incredible.



The last update would have to be about the best thing I have read, simply amazing. The impact was gutt wrenching yet in so many ways unbelievably subtle.



Hanging out for the next bit.



Jill

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Willow - Say, you all didn't happen to do a bunch of drugs did ya?

Willow - I'm a blood sucking fiend, look at my outfit . . . .

[MissQuirky]

I had like 3 or 4 updates to catch up with and all was action packed, they were just amazing!



The last one... whoa that was just incredible, awesome writing BB, i'm pretty much at a loss for words! I can say i didn't really have a hard time picturing any of it, and with the rainstorm and everything... that just made it all better in my opinion. I'm definitely looking forward to the next part...



~Ashley~

Edited by: MissQuirky  at: 12/15/02 11:17:38 am

[SilverWingedNemesis]

Update soon?



*dances around the room*



I love this fic. I can't wait for some Willow and Tara goodness..okay, some more..and some major ass-kicken that definatly needs to be given!!



Keep up the great work!! This is awesome!





~NICKOLE~

[yana]

Blameburner,



This fic is awesome (just caught up with it)! Lots of original ideas, emotional roller coasters, and plenty of action. Thanks for sharing your talent with us Kittens.



Yana

[blameburner]

Hey all. I just wanted to drop by and let you know there will be no update until next week. I've got my last exam Wednesday, and then I'm in transit on my way home for the holidays. But I'm hoping to do some writing this weekend, and have the next bit up by Christmas.



In any event, have a great holiday everyone! See y'all next week! And thanks for being patient.



-BB

"Maybe I'll change my look, or cut class. You don't know! And I'm eating this banana, lunch-time be damned!" - Willow, Dopplegangland

[the vamp nurd]

F---ing good

[Always E]

This story came highly recommended so I thought I would check it out...Really...Really...glad I did!



Of course after reading the last chapter I have to add yet another "WOW!" to the rapidly growing plie at your feet. I mean what else can you say about Willow...Tara...Rain...Tree...see I too fall prey to the lack of speech this image caused.



Thanks so much for writing this wonderful tale and I look forward to the next installment...of course I'm more than willing to wait until RL calms down.



Good luck with your last final today...hope all goes well!



-E