New Fic: Time Quake

[Pixie gishmock]

This was a great ride! I only caught up to this 2 days ago - but then I got to read almost all of it at once! I enjoyed the Quantum-Leap-y-ness of the premise and the suspense, and the end was very sweet. Thank you!

Life is full of changes...The better you are at letting go of things, the freer your hands will be to catch something new. ~from Off The Map by Joan Ackerman
"It's good to be a chicken casserole," Tara murmured before passing out. ~from "Answering Darkness" by Sassette

[DarkWiccan]

Guess I’ve got some splainin’ to do.



I’m gonna try and make this as clear as possible without charts and diagrams… and multicolored pens…



You have to imagine that before the story began it is 25 years later in a world where the events of “Seeing Red” never happened and were never supposed to happen.



At the start of the story a time/space anomaly has occurred in the past setting the events of “Seeing Red” into motion.



Brighid, Willow and Tara’s daughter, travels back through time to stop her mother’s death.



This is the premise of the story… of course, you knew that… I’m overhelping aren’t I…



Anyhoo…



As Bridge explains… she can’t stop the anomaly from happening, but she can prevent the after effects of it.



When she took the bullet for Tara, ensuring her mother’s life, her mission was complete and she zapped or “faded” back to the future.



This is the tricky part about writing strictly from someone’s POV… I couldn’t describe to you lovely readers what happened while Bridge was unconscious after getting shot.



So now here Brighid is back where she started from but the actions she took while on her mission still hold permanence in the timeline… so Tara and Willow will have remembered everything that happened all those years ago.



So for 25 years they have had to live with not knowing whether or not their daughter survived.



It makes it interesting to note that given their knowledge (or rather lack thereof) of Brighid’s fate, W/T still decided to take the steps to conceive her and raise her and ultimately allow her to follow the path that would lead her to saving her own mother’s life.



This means that they had to have realized that because of Bridge’s affect on the timeline should they have decided NOT to have her… it would have negated everything that she had done and we would have been right back at “Seeing Red” again.



Wild, huh?



I love playing with stuff like this.



If you have anymore questions, queries or posings… I will be glad to answer.



Cheers

DarkWiccan

[Wolflord]

Very cool story.

Sometimes I think of them doing spells and I have a spell by myself.

[ExtraFlameyWT]

Hey, DarkWiccan..wonderful fic. I really really loved it. The ending was beautiful. I liked the whole "Quantum-Leap-y-ness" of it, too. I didn't understand the whole 25 year thing..but now I do. It's a very interesting concept..it has always fascinated me.. Excellent work..



-Aimee

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"Pope John Paul today confirmed his opposition to gay marriages, said they're unnatural. Gay marriage is unnatural. Then he put on a pointy hat, his dress, and returned to never having sex at all." -Bill Maher

[wiccanmagic]

Excellent, excellent, excellent Darkwiccan!!!! I loved it!!!!!

[capricornmist]

Beautiful, extremely well written and just perfect.



Thanks for sharing this, I really enjoyed it!



Rachelle

[WonderAnt]

that was sooo amazingly good! i loved the whole story concept and you are such a good writer...hehe, now i am just giddy with the happiness of that ending...thank you!

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These endless days are finally ending in a blaze --------------

[Tiggrscorpio]

DarkWiccan, this was a thrilling story. I was holding my breath, right up until the last second, praying she got there in time. Oooh, and I got the ending without the explanation, which is unusual for me cause I don't always follow things too clearly. Thanks for sharing this!

*****

She's my everything!

[Shinnen]

Ultimately cool fic.!



Very very cool! My vocab is a little limited recently but COOL!!!



cool cool cool. Like it much!



Shinnen

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When I Am Standing On My Head, The Sky Is So Deep And The Sea Is So High.

[The Rose24]

Go Bridge. Go!!!!!!!!



Excellent story.

Tara: My heart doesn't stutter.

Tara: Willow, I got so lost.
Willow: I found you. I will always find you.

Willow: Hi, um Tara. I was wondering maybe you want to go out some time for coffee? food? Kisses and gay love?

[KJchicago]

DarkWiccan - loved this story!



What a great ending! Bridge saves her mom without having to harm Warren.



Loved how you brought us 25 years into the future for the ending.



Now, I am excited because I just found your thread for your previous FIC "No Matter Where You Go"



Thanks for setting things right!

[pikescoob]

Wonderful story!! I got a little tense with the counting down of the seconds thing....great action sequence there. Time travel stuff can be a very tricky thing to write about...I thought you did a great job.



--Michelle

[Thanatopsis]

Great story. I love the ending, especially with the uncertainly of not knowing that Willow and Tara had to go through. Plus all the implications that you explained make it even better.

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You say midgets like it's so absurd.

[DarkWiccan]

I am so glad you all enjoyed this little story.



I started coming up with the idea almost immediately after the credits rolled on "Seeing Red". I just couldn't let things lay like that... Something had to be done.



***Rane018 - I hope my little post story explanation helped. I was concerned about folks being confused



***PixieGishmock and ExtraFlameyWT -- Yep, Quantum Leap was an influence... but then so was Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure



***Wolflord, WiccanMagic, Capricornmist, WonderAnt, Shinnien, Rose24 -- Thank you so much for your kind, kind words



***Tiggerscorpio -- Yay! You got the ending! Go me



***KJChicago -- Oh! You're reading the fic that I am most proud of? Cool! I really hope you like it! You'll have to let me know. It took me ages to write because I spent sooo much time paying attention to the tiniest minutae and detail.



***Pikescoob -- Excellent, the counting down of seconds had the desired effect. Right On.



Again... thank you thank you thank you for sticking with me to the end. I know it wasn't a very long story... particularly compared to some of my others, but I am just so very glad you all enjoyed it.



Cheers

DarkWiccan

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

Edited by: DarkWiccan at: 5/31/02 9:52:06 pm

[Willowfan]

I loved this story....she used the Tinkerbell Light...did you all see...she used the Tinkerbell Light!!

YEA!!

I loved this....

It's so...cool.

I mean, really...it was great....

Willowfan

“Love’s bitch?” Spike asked softly...
“Woman enough to admit it,” Willow agreed with a nod and a sad half-smile.

“Cheers, luv,” Spike whispered... -Answering Darkness by Sassette

[mollyig]

So happy that Bridge knew how to make a tiny tinkerbell light!



DarkWiccan This was a truly great story, most entertaining, and with a happy ending. Love it!

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[xita]

Great story, yes a bit confusing but you are right it is very interesting that they chose to save Tara's life over say possibly losing their daughter's life. I guess cause one was a certainty and the other a possibility.



It's kind of a weird paradox though... ok brain hurts..



Good fic, thank you!

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Willow and Tara Love

Truly and Forever

[KathleenWolf]

wow... finally was able to catch up with the ending... and holy wow!



love the timing... which yes I guess that is what paradoxes are all about... and I love that we got a real glimpse of 25 year older Willow and Tara...



so well done... bravo

thank you for sharing it with us all

kathleen

"I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine."

[DarkWiccan]

Hello again! Just keeping up with the responses!



***Willowfan and Mollyig -- Yes, the tinkerbell light... I was sitting here at my computer trying to figure out what I would do if I had no memory of how to get from point A to point B and POOF! there it was... the tinkerbell light.

It had to be done



***Mollyig -- Hey, i promised a happy ending, and I keep my promises. The sapphic duo must live on! (this is my mantra... well, that and Do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man )



***Xita -- Ms. Fantastico, your praise means so much to me. Esp. considering the bumpy start I first had here at the board (by my own ignorance I might add) So thank you so much. Also, LOVE the avatar... I just can't stop watching it over and over and over and over...



***KathleenWolf -- Another person from whom praise is akin to an A+ review in the NY Times... priceless. I have long admired your work, and the fact that you are just reading mine, let alone enjoying it, means so much. Thank you.



I am now starting work on my sequel to "No Matter Where You Go..." It's tentatively titled, "There You Are"



I know... obvious...but... whatcha gonna do?



Cheers

DarkWiccan

[Rocktoddy]

Sorry if my post is a little late (got network problems) but this fic was incredible! Really good! Time traveling rockz!

I clapped my hands and jumped up and down like a little kid the entire time while I was reading this.

I always tend to get cheery when things turn out right...! *sigh*

Now I'm just a little sad the story's finished... Or am I???



Rocktoddy



"There you are"??? CHIBBY!!!

*clap* *clap*

Ooh, you got me in 'little-kiddie-'mode!!!

*jump* *jump*

Not so sad anymore! Yay! Can't wait!

[chronic]

I don't have access to the net all the time, so I spent the last 2 days biting my fingernails and hoping there'd be an update when i logged on again. And what an update! i really enjoyed this, very well written and an interesting way of looking at w/t. And of course you put things back the way they should be

Hope you write something new soon

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"Kiss rocks? Why would anyone want to kiss... Oh, wait, I get it" - Willow, Band Candy

Edited by: chronic at: 5/31/02 7:55:03 pm

[Kalita]

Well, I'm a few days late to the congrats party, but GREAT FIC anyway.



I'm such a sucker for time-travel paradoxes. This one really took the cake.



Thanks again for such a great story and great characterizations.

"Why, you’re just new all over, aren’t you?" - Lilah on Wes, "Tomorrow"

[thebardgirl]

Gah! That's it, you're my favorite writer now...i mean..first i think "wow, this dude's got it going on with everything i've read so far...and HEY! look! a musician/songwriter as well" but now...jaysus! that was FRIGGIN BRILLIANT!



-elizabeth...late as always...but meh..i loved this, so very, very, very much...why? i love time travel. Heh. the one thing i love and can't do...save Grandpre jumping..

Last night in sweet slumber I dreamed I did see my own precious jewel sat smiling by me.

And when I awakened I found it not so; my eyes like some fountain with tears overflowed.

[behindhereyes]

DarkWiccan



This story, as with your others I've read.... make my heart happy. You have this beautiful ability to make them really come alive.

Thank you for that



behindhereyes

"To the world, you may be one person; but to one person, you may be the world"

[FireFlyofDust]

wicked..

your one of my favs..



Trish

Don’t forget, we are the people that can have dreams for which we don’t yet have words. Maybe my accomplishment has been to find some of those words.- Harry Hay