I Resist the Muses

Who are you?

Who am I? I'm a Vampire Slayer, and no that's not me cheating with a what instead of a who. Since I was sixteen and found out that I was the Chosen One that's how I've been defined. I finally had my chance to be normal, to just be Buffy Summers, California Girl when my best friend Willow activated the Slayer line in our battle against the First Evil. Did I? That would be a no. I had a chance to be anything or anyone I wanted, but I didn't take it. Turns out, deep inside, that's what I am. I'm a Vampire Slayer and I finally am okay with it. I'm also Buffy Summers the California girl, a daughter, sister, and best friend.

I grew up in Sunnydale, California. Or as I like to call it, the crater that was formerly known as Sunnydale with my sister, Dawnie Dawn. I also had my watcher, Giles and my two best friends, Willow and Xander to help me get through the Apocalypses, demons and vampires. When I first became a Slayer, it was supposed to be this solo gig. The Chosen One and her Watcher against the forces of darkness. If it had stayed that way, you probably wouldn't be reading this. The Master would have killed me and the Slayer line would have gone on to the next in line. Instead, Willow and Xander helped with the fight. Instead of the Chosen One, we were the Slayer and the Scoobies. We still are.

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We could have been anything we wanted, done anything we wanted, but we're still fighting the forces of darkness. I guess I'll always be Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They even put that on my tombstone; only they said I saved the world a lot.


Muse: Buffy Summers
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Word Count: 360


Comments/RP Welcome

Whaaaaaat's love got to do, got to do with it? Whaaaaat's love, but a second hand emooootion?

...okay, yeah, earworm. Thanks a lot, prompter. Oh, there's another fourth wall to fix. I gotta stop doing that.

But seriously, love? Okay, yeah, I got myself really tied to Outlaw, and not just in a kinky way. But I... you gotta be careful, in my business. You get too attached and blammo, you gotta pick up the pieces of your broken heart along with pieces of their splattered skull. That's no fun at all.

Course, Outlaw is one tough momma, and she knows how to handle herself. So really, guess all it took was finding the right woman. And if she's the wrong woman? Boy, I never want to be right.

What are my thoughts on love? It has been said that the Kindred cannot, by our very natures, love. I do not fully agree with this assessment. I have all of eternity to debate this. Do you?

( For love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. )

OOC: NC-17 mature themes revolving around taboo sibling relationships

* The Song of Solomon 8:4-7

Comments/RP welcome here.

Family

Family? Wow, that's a complicated subject in the Summers home. I have my mother and my father though not many people know I have a dad. Okay yeah, hello not a test tube baby, obviously I have a father. It's just that he's not around much since we moved to Sunnydale. I get that, I do, I mean when you're a weekend dad and your daughter comes up with excuses why she can't see you because she has to patrol, it gets kinda old.

Then there's my sister Dawn who I can honestly say didn't become a sister to me until we moved to Sunnydale.

[Locked from those that don't know the truth about Dawn]

Dawn is my sister in every way that matters, even by blood. Sure mom didn't give birth to her and she started life as an energy blob that can open portals, but she's a Summers. Dawn has Summers blood no matter how she got that blood.

It was just her and I after mom died. I think the monks forgot I had a dad since he didn't even fight for custody of her. The courts didn't automatically send her to my dad even though she was a minor. For that I will always be grateful to the monks for not knowing and my dad for not being in my life more. I honestly don't think I would have got through those few weeks after mom's death without her. I had Giles, Willow, Xander, Tara and Spike. Yeah, you read that right, I leaned on Spike after mom's death. Dawn leaned on him more, but that also helped me deal. It was Dawn though, needing to be there for her, not letting myself break apart like I wanted to, that helped me the most.
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Last, but not least, we come to the Giles portion of the Summers family saga. Unlike my biological father, or any male in my life, Giles has always been there for me. There was this one time he went back to England, but that had been my fault. I didn't stop him or tell him how much I needed him. Even when he was far away in England, he was still there for me. He's the father I wish I'd had.

See? What did I tell you? Family is complicated in the Summers household.


Muse: Buffy Summers
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Word Count: 383


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What are your thoughts on love?

My thoughts on love? Better you than me.

Oh, I guess you want more than that. Okay, I know love exists, I have seen other people experience it. I just haven't been one, nor do I want to be one. I'm a friends with benefits kind of girl. Everyone knows going in exactly what to expect. No one gets hurt and everyone benefits. It's a win-win situation.

[Locked Private]

I've lived most of my life behind a wall, protecting me from getting hurt emotionally. It started when I was six and my parents looked at me differently. I saw the erosion of their love for me and I protected myself the best way I knew how. By hiding behind a wall and wearing a mask.

When you can't have human contact without killing, you realize you won't have a partner. Once you know your limitations, you don't look beyond them. Now that I have LISA, that hasn't changed. Sure I can touch, and trust me I've made up for it since I can. I'm also very aware that it is made by the government. Odds are, it will stop working, and soon.

I can't risk getting involved with anyone, knowing that I can revert back to a lethal touch. It's just easier to wear the mask and stay behind my wall. No one gets hurt, least of all me.

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Love is for other people, I'll stick with my benefits and enjoy the ride... literally.


Muse: Gwen Raiden
Fandom: Angel the Series
Word Count: 242



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Who am I?

Character: Annie Cartwright
Fandom: Life on Mars

Who am I? Well, I suppose that depends on who you ask.

If you ask the majority of the citizens of Oz, I'm the Wicked Witch of the West. But there are precious few people who would have a different answer.

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And who would I say am? Well, I believe that I'm someone who did what I had to do and stood up for what I believe in. Whether or not that has any positive outcome remains to be seen.