Author Feedback: Aww come on, young love is some of the hardest kind to deal with and Satsu is having a seriously hard time with it all of the sudden. She had to react in an honest way. As for changing Buffy's mind about Faith, well... you'll find out things in the next chapter so I'll just leave it there. Thanks.

Author Feedback: Heh, I'm glad you thought it was a good way to do it. I thought so too, but a few people objected to the idea. It was courageous of her though. She's gotta be completely honest or it'll only lead to bad things happening. Of course, that's no guarantee, as you already know from the final chapter. Thanks a bunch.

Author Feedback: Hmm, now this the kind of feedback I never thought I'd get. An actual critique of my overall writing style. I like it. I write it in the present emphatic tense (yes I actually know what that means, heh) because I see the story in that context. Writing it involves seeing it in my head as it happens, which happens in the present tense, so it comes out that way when I write it down. I'm not opposed to evolving as a writer though, so I may just take you up on that offer. Thank you for saying you enjoyed the premise and plot, those are key for me above everything else most of the time.

Author Feedback: Well that's not the end. But I'm glad you liked it anyway. I was expecting mostly negative responses because of how it wasn't a happy shippy ending to the chapter the way some were expecting. But at least someone out there appreciates where I went with it, and I hope you'll appreciate the final chapter just as much. It probably won't be entirely what you were expecting either. Thanks a lot for your opinion, it means a lot.

Author Feedback: Wow, now if that isn't the most direct anti-Buffy sentiment I've ever read I don't know what is. Thanks, I actually appreciate your opinion. But I'm curious, was I the only one of the two of us who actually understood Buffy's conversation with Angel in Chosen? Getting into a relationship of any kind in Buffy's frame of mind is exactly the wrong thing for her to do.

She's always defined herself by the person she's with, and that doesn't make sense. If she were to get into a relationship with Faith or Satsu, she'd be doing the same thing she'd done before with her previous relationships. All of which ended badly I might point out. It takes incredible courage and guts to be able to resist that which she might want most and stand on her own two feet. That's what she did.

Where's the cowardess in being honest with people you care about even though it might hurt them? Honesty sucks and it doesn't always make for a happy ending, but there's a reason why they say it's always the best policy. Because it is.

Anyway, despite my little rant there that went on longer than it probably should have, I appreciate your feedback and your comments about the story. I'd rather have an honest opinion then positive reinforcement for the sake of sparing my feelings. Thank you again and I hope you keep reading my stuff.

Author Feedback: You know, that's the first piece of feedback I've gotten that actually seems to get what the whole point of the scene is. Thanks a bunch, it's appreciated. As for Buffy's decision, she made the one that made the most sense for herself and everyone involved, no matter how much it might suck. YOu'll have to wait and see if "Faith shows her the error of her ways" or not. Thanks again for the feedback.

Author Feedback: Uh... okay... not clear on why Buffy's still a bitch. I mean, okay yeah, she had that one line with the knife word in it, but Faith was sort've a bitch by saying what she said about Satsu. Or at least that how I look at it, I'm just the author though. What do I know? Glad you like the update though, it's appreciated that you left some feedback.

Author Feedback: Lol, actually I think it was the absolutely most fair thing Buffy could have done. But I'm always open to opposing opinions. Buffy's had some experience with relationships in the past, maybe all she's feeling for Faith right now is the physical attraction. If that's true, which I sorta know to be true, it's probably reasonable for her to assume that's as far as it goes, given her lack of experience with the females of the species. It could be otherwise, it could be just that. she's not willing to take that chance in finding out, especially with Satsu around. Thanks for leaving feedback though, I appreciate it.

Author Feedback: The number two sounds about right. Though I'm curious, is it because Buffy shot Faith down that you hope Buffy doesn't get a happy ending? Because that seems like a terrible thing to wish on a person who only wanted to be honest with her and do what makes sense for her own sake. But I guess I sorta understand where that comes from. And what if Buffy's unhappy ending comes at the expense of Faith? How would you feel about the ending then? Cause you never know, that might happen (it won't, but it might). I'm glad you thought the story has been good so far, I've tried to make it as interesting and worthwhile to read as possible and you seem to be telling me that it is. Thanks.

Author Feedback: I've always been of the mind that control and understanding go out the window when emotions get involved. Satsu's feelings for Buffy are very real and she just got shot down by someone who wants to be "just friends". It always seems like the right thing to do from the perspective of the one saying it, but it cuts deep. Which is sort've an ironic statement if you're me and you know what I know.

My fics in general tend to have a rather depressing overtone to them, but I always try and look for the good in the bad, the light in the dark, the happiness in the pain. The thing that makes the badness a little less bad. Hopefully this fic will be no different at the end of it all, which is what's coming next so we'll know for sure soon. Thanks for saying you liked it.

Author Feedback: That would've been terribly inapproriate and outright mean to do in front of Satsu wouldn't it? And that's assuming that's even what she really wants. I was kinda attempting to give the opposite impression. Did I fail somewhere? Thanks for enjoying it though, I don't think I have the right internal organs to have PMS, but I'll do my best to post more soon.

Author Feedback: Everything about the ending seems okay to me. But then I might be slightly biased since I did sorta write it. Maybe I'll go back over it and think about what you said regarding the ending. Of course, that would take me away from my eventual writing of the ending. And I'm a little more inclined towards moving on to the conclusion, because it's gonna be fun. Thanks for enjoying it though, it's appreciated.

Author Feedback: Seems like she already made up her mind to me. Why? Does it not seem that way to you? She's letting them both down easy because in the long run it'll be better for everyone. Won't it? I mean, unless there was some sort of last minute plot twist that coming that I don't know about. Could that be it? Maybe we should both find out when I finally get around to finishing the last chapter.

Author Feedback: Well, at least Buffy's being fair and honest with everyone right? That's an improvement isn't it? No more going around in circles trying to act like things aren't happening because they are. There's credit to Buffy for that isn't there? As for anything else that might happen later... all things in time.

Oh, and I'm glad you liked Xander, he's one of those characters that's hard to do because his humour is sometimes very nuanced without being in your face like Faith can be. I appreciate the comments on him, it helps.