FIC: Answering Darkness

[Kel]

liked this part and there's no need to rush with the angst, more like this would be fine!!
are we gonna see the dinner at chez Rosenberg, cause i'm thinking it would be funny in the awkward, slightly uncomfortable sence. Just what would Ira say?

roll on the next update!

[Web Warlock]

Yeah I can just see Ira going "She's a lovely girl Willow, but couldn't you have found a jewish lesbian? You know Tara we expect you to convert."

Sounds exactly like the conversation my cousin heard!

Great stuff. So are we going to get to see Willow kick some Hell God ass?

Warlock.

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[Bobo's Mom]

My smitten redhead helmet sits happily on my head as I read the latest update. Can't wait to read more.

And a little story to share..When my mom met my first girlfriend I was frightened out of my mind (she was dealing with my sexuality on a some levels, but not on others). Her reaction? "At least she's Catholic."
Have a great day -
BM

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TARA: Willow and I always know how to find each other!
ANYA: With yoga?
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BUFFYBOT: That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, bingo!

[Owl]

Thanks for the non-cliffhangery goodness, Sass! Funny, funny, funny...

Speaking from experience, dinner with Ira and Sheila should be more than a little interesting. Put my vote in the box marked yea. I've been toted home as the gay goy girlfriend enough times to know... it's a lot of fun. The squirmy nervous kind of fun, but still... I would love to see the look on Tara's face when they do the dinner prayer. "oh no. should i know this one? should i be singing? I must learn hebrew!"
Happily for her, it seems to work out better when they've gotten over the gay thing first.
Can't wait to see what's next...
shabbat shalom for when the sun goes down...

[Pixie]

Shabbat dinner at the Rosenbergs' - adorable! I can totally see Willow automatically going through prayers she knows by heart but doesn't say herself anymore. I wish that Willow's Jewish upbringing was a little more present in the show - hell, Buffy was the one to say "mazal tov" to Riley when he said he was married. Sass, if you don't think it would be too much of a detour to include this in the fic, I'm putting my vote in as well.

Owl, you are too cute! Shabbat shalom to you too (and any other Jewish smittens).

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[TL983]

"That I had to be me. And being me means loving you."

Awwww is that not the best line!!! So cute.

~*~Tamara~*~

[Sassette]

**jomarch: Yes, you all look spiffy and scary in your accesories *G* And I'm glad I could be of service

**W.I.: Y'know, I just kinda' ... didn't feel like getting up to a cliffhanger on that one. Can't imagine why.

**Pixie: Be sure to keep the pillows around ... because head injuries are not the only dangers involved in spontaneous thudding. Like, you could smack your funny bone or something. That's never pleasant. Unless someone else does it, and you get to laugh at them - or maybe that's just me. And you may be repetitive or stalkery as much as you darn well please - as long as people keep telling me it's better than cats, I am a happy little camper.

**ForeverPiper: There are no words to express how much sentiments like that mean to me. Seriously.

**Kel: Ahhh ... but the Angst Train is on its way into the station ... if I don't hop on board soon, I won't make it to Happy Ending Town. And I guess that's FOUR votes for dinner.

**Web Warlock: We'll just have to see exactly how far the Rosenberg's tolerance extends, won't we? *G* Glad you liked it - and do YOU think Willow is going to get to kick a Hell God's ass?

**Bobo's Mom: I have so far managed to avoid introducing anyone I've dated to my mother. Of course, I haven't dated anyone really seriously yet, so *shrug* But thanks for the story ... I like all the comments people have made about this development - gives me stuff to think about that doesn't involve Hell Gods, death, and the 'Bloody Cliffhanger' (which is on its way, eventually ... it's a little more towards the end of the fic).

**Owl: I'm glad you liked it - I just needed a break from all the pain and crying. I was, in fact, trying to write a tear-free update, because I kinda' needed that. But yeah - the more I'm thinking about it ... the more I think that this could be a fun scene to write.

**Pixie: I think we now have enough of a vote in that I can say with certainty that I >will< be working in dinner at the Rosenberg's.

**TL983: I have to admit, I wrote the entire update around working that line in.

AND - I have a request of you lovely Smittens. When I get to it (because the dinner won't be the next part, or even maybe the one after that), I would really appreciate a volunteer Jewish Smitten to read it over before I post it, because I'd really like to avoid any glaring errors on something so important as a person's faith. I've got a few resources to look some things up, but ... still, I'd rather a real live person check things for me.

ALSO - If any of you really dedicated Buffy Trivia Types care to send me everything you can remember about Ira and Sheila Rosenberg, I'd appreciate it ... my memory is a little fuzzy on those details, and I'm coming up with big blanks on the internet. Of course, if they're ACTUALLY blanks in the canon, that means I get to make stuff up - I love that *G*

Anyway, if anyone can help me with either of those two things, please email me privately pink_overalls@yahoo.com

-Sass

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[YuriPup]

Just my 2 cents. I would like to see Dinner at the Rosenbergs too...but if it does not fit the tempo of this story (as Bad Things Are Going To Happen) if it does not happen in this story...remember there are always epilogs and stand alone vinettes (sp??).

[Web Warlock]

Looking forward to reading the dinner!
Maybe you can do it as an epiloge or as a last chapter.

Can't help you with the dinner scene, sorry, unless of course the Rosenbergs became a bunch of drunken, smart-assed Celts, then I have plenty of life experiences for that!

Trivia, I'm your guy. Feel free to email me! Bascially that is what I do now.

Warlock.

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[willow_thebadasswitch]

Me = delinquent Smitten *waves shyly*

Sass, the talk between Willow and Sheila is very touching. Especially since it addressed some of the issues I had growing up. I'm gonna put in my vote for the dinner too.

Owl - can I put in my order for the spiffy robe and accessories and everything??

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[WiccansIllusion]

Sass-
I'd be honored to help with the Dinner scene. Let me know how I can service y- er..be of service * innocent grin*

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[Pixie]

Woo hoo! Dinner scene! I sent you an e-mail, btw.

[Sassette]

So ... I've been thinking. And that's a very BAD thing. Or maybe not. Depends on your point of view. Anyway, from some things on this board today, and because it's Friday and that put me in a silly mood, I kinda' feel like ... well, Part 38 "Being Willow Rosenberg" really isn't DONE. So I'll be added a section 'b' to that when I can ... I'm going to a play tonight, and I have a lot of rehearsing to do tomorrow, so I don't know when I'll get to it.

**Yuri: Ahh, yes ... the vignettes ... wonderful things. However, given the "I could be dead in two weeks" thing Willow has going on right now, I see her as wanting to have that dinner as soon as possible.

**Web Warlock: Heh ... I have a bit of experience with the drunken smart-assed Celts myself. And thanks for dropping me an email - you rocketh muchly.

**willow_thebadasswitch: There are no delinquent Smittens ... only Smittens who are busy doing it on horizontal surfaces to read the most recent updates. I'm really ... well, flattered at how much people have said that the Mothers and Daughters section reminded them of their own lives ... it just kind of ... makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. So, thank you.

**W.I.: Are you propositioning me? *G* Because I swear, that's the best offer I've had all week! But thank you - and when I get to that part, I'll be sure to send you an email. You also rocketh muchly.

**Pixie: Excellent! And once again, I have found someone who does much with the rockingness. *G* I'm a lucky, lucky little fic writer.

-Sass

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[Owl]

I know I'm not the only one who is delighted to hear that you will be adding some bits to the fic. If we put the pressure on with all that voting, it's only because we love your writing. Right, fellow Smittens?
if you need any help with tara's perspective on dinner....i'm your smitten.

And... Not so fast, Badass! No one-stop-shopping here! I'm just helmet gal. I do have new stickers to add to the helmets for when you swoon on other threads, though. That's because i saw Pixie taking a header over at Julia's today. [yours]
- Anyway, robes and t-shirts can be had over at Lisa's Mitten Emporium, the robes handed out by lisarificus herself. [unexpected consequences] that's what started the whole accessorizing craze, i think.
- Harnesses seem to have started over at wiccachica's very strange place [the late shift] (Don't look at me. It's all Pixie's fault, if you ask me). but they seem to be popular all over. ah, but the chica does hand them out sometimes.
- Helmets- my fault. *cough*(pixie)*cough* you came to the right place.
- Carabeener mugs- wiccansillusion's Clever Idea. also to be had here.
Whew! now you can be completely accessorized just like the rest of us. Oy! What would Cordelia say? did i miss anything?
p.s. from now on using []'s when i reference stuff....which i do, perhaps too often.

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[Pixie]

Oookay, I don't know if I should be all "woo hoo" or feel guilty that my name came up so many times in reference to the accessories. Well, here are a few things I can say in my defense:

1)I'm much more fashionably aware than I thought I was - yup, a trendsetter, that's me!
2)Goofy and strange things happen at my keyboard after midnight.
3)I'm clumsy and reading fic causes me to lose my balance - hence the need for a helmet.
4)I'm motivated by tender feelings of concern for my fellow mittens/smittens - I swear the whole harness thing came up because people in wiccachica's thread were jumping off cliffs!
5)I don't know when to let a joke die a quiet, whimpering death.
6)I'm much more naughty than my friends realize and the thought of all you kittens in robes, helmets, and harnesses, makes me feel all tingly.
7)The writers seem to appreciate it, and (as I tell my students) if they're happy, then I'm happy!

Anyway, this was supposed to be a thread about Sass's fic, so...uh...woo hoo! Go Sass! I'll put on any accessory you want if it'll amuse or inspire you to greater heights of creativity and angst. (or would that be lows of angst?) Still smitten

[Owl]

aw, geez. i just felt like picking on you, Pixie. this is because:
a)i just singlehandedly ate an entire box of thin mints. (only slight hyperbole here). Which makes me giddy and impairs my judgement. it's kinda like beer, only minty, and crunchy, and.... not at all like beer.
b) you always seem to be around whenever accessories happen. which is a good thing. it makes me happy.
better now? *sheepish grin*

*dons cheerleading costume for Sass*
gimme a S! gimme an A! ..... okay. who says weird things in the wee hours?

[willow_thebadasswitch]

Gah!! I feel like a complete dumbass. Of course I've been wearing my (tattered) robe and the harness (also tattered) for months now. *sheepish* But I do need the helmet... having just taken another header courtesy of Nika. Not the special one, though. I'm not a redhead.

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Originally posted by Owl:
And... Not so fast, Badass! No one-stop-shopping here! I'm just helmet gal. I do have new stickers to add to the helmets for when you swoon on other threads, though. That's because i saw Pixie taking a header over at Julia's today. [yours]
- Anyway, robes and t-shirts can be had over at Lisa's Mitten Emporium, the robes handed out by lisarificus herself. [unexpected consequences] that's what started the whole accessorizing craze, i think.
- Harnesses seem to have started over at wiccachica's very strange place [the late shift] (Don't look at me. It's all Pixie's fault, if you ask me). but they seem to be popular all over. ah, but the chica does hand them out sometimes.
- Helmets- my fault. *cough*(pixie)*cough* you came to the right place.
- Carabeener mugs- wiccansillusion's Clever Idea. also to be had here.
Whew! now you can be completely accessorized just like the rest of us. Oy! What would Cordelia say? did i miss anything?

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[nika]

badasswitch I think it's important to point out that 2 kinds fof helmets are available one has a special logo and the other is the kind that holds beer. I'm quite the drinker so mine is always loaded with 2 cold ones.

Sassete: That last part was beautiful 'CHEERS!' put my vote in for the dinner. I'm gonna go call my mommie *sniff!*

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[WiccansIllusion]

As a Smitten who lives with her jewish mother, and is very mutch a lesbian witch, I have to say its not all its cracked up to be.
Sass, as to the lessons I've learned:
10) Never EVER bring home a smudge stick.
9) Same goes for all sorts of herbs in labeled plastic baggies.
8) Hide all things with pentacles on them when 11 yr old cousins come into your room.
7) Never bring up the topic of getting married, it only insues that your mother wants you to marry a guy, a nice JEWISH guy.
6) Watch Buffy ALONE
5) Even though its the basement, they can still tell when you have had company over.
4) Drink much at Shabbat dinner and talk little.
3) If I ever did end up with a date, go to their place!
2) Don't burn candles at night when moms asleep.
and for number one?
Check the kitty board often, it is a great stress reliever, but make sure to close the window when an away message is put up!

Anyways Sass, keep it up!

[Pixie]

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Originally posted by Owl:
aw, geez. i just felt like picking on you, Pixie. this is because:
a)i just singlehandedly ate an entire box of thin mints. (only slight hyperbole here). Which makes me giddy and impairs my judgement. it's kinda like beer, only minty, and crunchy, and.... not at all like beer.
b) you always seem to be around whenever accessories happen. which is a good thing. it makes me happy.
better now? *sheepish grin*

*dons cheerleading costume for Sass*
gimme a S! gimme an A! ..... okay. who says weird things in the wee hours?

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No problem, Owl! I'm feeling much better - although I did want to throw my computer out the window last night. And you look adorable in your cheerleading costume.

As I seem to be the liaison to the Kitten Accessories Emporium home office, I wanted to let you know that there has been a request (on Bobo's Mom's fic "The Goddess Calls") for custom-made tissues with logo. It sounds like a good idea to me. (thanks Nika!)

Hey, pass over some of those thin mints.

BTW, fellow smittens, I just need to get off my chest how annoying it is that I choke on my tea with mirth over all of our accessories, and yet I can't explain to my friends what is so funny!!

Still smitten, Sass.quote:

[Owl]

Thin Mints for All! (with this warning: girl scouts are not as innocent as they look. something is not quite right with these cookies... i think they laced them with something, or that they are genetically engineered to be supercookies....("i've got a theory" reprise))

+ pixie-you wanted to throw your computer out the window? agh. if i am to blame for that, please accept my apologies, if not, take my sympathy. (btw, you can delete by clicking the little box in the upper left hand corner of the edit page thingie. i have had to do this quite often.)

+ I am Really not the kind of person who should be dressed in a cheerleading outfit. way too clumsy. just goes to show how much i love this, Sass. *waves pom poms about furiously, and trips over self* *thud*

[jomarch]

quote:

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Originally posted by Owl:
Thin Mints for All! (with this warning: girl scouts are not as innocent as they look. something is not quite right with these cookies... i think they laced them with something, or that they are genetically engineered to be supercookies....("i've got a theory" reprise))

+ I am Really not the kind of person who should be dressed in a cheerleading outfit. way too clumsy. just goes to show how much i love this, Sass. *waves pom poms about furiously, and trips over self* *thud*

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Geez, going to play golf and not checking the pens board for one day and look what I find - More accesories and cookies.

Owl, thanks for the cookies. I LOVE thin mints. And I second (or I think my husband does) the cheerleading outfits.

Sassette - We could form a cheer squad for you. I mean Owl can get the outfits and Pixie can get the pom poms and some other stuff and I can write the cheers. Would that get us an update?quote:

[willow-phile]

Wow...that's really all I can say...Wow...
I've always been a big fan of the fics...of the fanfics...but this one has blown my mind...forcing me to stay up until ungodly hours of the morning...reduced to incoherent ramblings...wow...keep 'em coming, please...

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"I'll always find you..."

[YuriPup]

Bah! Sass is a tease! She was up until 6 AM my time (or at least her computer was connected) and I was sure I would find an update.

*waits MOSTLY patiently*

[Sela]

Sass-

Now, more than ever, I need LOVE!!! You're fic has been the one bright side through everything. Ups, downs, highs, lows--you've managed to make everything bearable. Please give me an ending I can be proud of. At leats then I'll know someone gives a damn about us!!! I love you! I love you! I love you!

--Sela

[nika]

I go away for a couple of days and what do I find? Girls in cheerleading outfits waving pom-poms. This board is def the place to be.

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"The word 'GULP!'comes to mind." Tara

[wiccachica]

And I leave for a couple of days...and the entire world has been wonktified....

But I still have my Sassette....fic....ten new chapters.....uhm....right...?

* looks under computer for missing chapters... *

okay...was ten too much? I'll happily settle for a part B of Being Willow Rosenberg....

*primps hair and replaces helmet on head*

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"You're *NOT* the source of me." - Buffy

" I mock you with my monkey pants!" -Oz

[Sassette]

I just want to point out that it is NOT my fault that things are all wonktified. I'm crazy-busy right now and running and screeching like a monkey on fire.

However - I wanted to stop, drop and roll for just long enough to give my sincere appreciation to any and all readers who are dressed up as cheerleaders ... 'cuz y'know, I frickin' LOVE that *g*

I'll comment more specifically on things when I get home, as well as working on an update. Because, yeah, Part B of 'Being Willow Rosenberg' will be fun, in that kind of "Dear Lord, just kill me now" kind of way where I'm half-afraid half-hopeful that my head will just spontaneously explode.

Umm ... I read that back over, and realized it sounds ... ominous. Uhhh ... I'm sure Yuri, Shaniezak, Shadow or TX could probably explain exactly WHAT kind of thing I have the most trouble writing ... and it's, umm ... something y'all will wanna' read.

And now I really have to get back to the running ... my hair is on fire.

*screeches and runs off*

-Sass

[YuriPup]

Number one on Sass's hard to write list is words, followed closely by sequals ().

[Pixie]

quote:

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Originally posted by Sassette:
However - I wanted to stop, drop and roll for just long enough to give my sincere appreciation to any and all readers who are dressed up as cheerleaders ... 'cuz y'know, I frickin' LOVE that *g*

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Hey Owl! Helloooo! This sounds like a call to add cheerleader uniforms, or at least pom poms, to the list of accessories available at the Kitten Emporium. Or should we have interchangeable pom poms in different colors for different fics? Maybe we should ask the glorious writers? (And you know that this one is YOUR fault! )

Hey Sass, slow down! *whips out fire extinguisher and sends foam splooshing out on Sassette's hair* Is that better? Don't worry, I think our smitten helmets will keep our heads from exploding. Bring on the next update! Hope things calm down for you. Still smitten. quote: