Character Question: AU-Faith, Water Hold Me Down

[liz_marcs]

I'm gonna try to do one of these a day. I'm attacking them in no particular order. *wheeeeee*

All previous 'Ask the Character Questions' are listed here.

Question 1 from faith_chaos:

To AU-Faith in Water Hold Me Down (WiP): Do you think you might be happy? And if you don't, why?



Define happy.

{pause}

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Just shitting ya there. Kinda an in-joke from my prison shrink days, y'know?

In all seriousness, though, I got me three squares, roof over my head, clothes, car, all that kind of crap free of charge and I get health, dental, and a paycheck.

Plus, no bars on the doors or the windows. No screws, neither. Not to mention all the shivs around here are made of wood and we only use 'em on vampires.

Forget that whole "Happiness is a warm puppy" bullshit. Real happiness is not worrying about money and bein' able to do what you want, when you want, without anyone givin' you any shit about it. Really, what more d'you need, hunh?

Is it perfect? Oh heeeeeeellllll, no.

'Course, the way I see it, ain't nothing that's perfect. Seems to me that no matter how much of a good thing you got, there's always some shit that's going to drive you nuts.

Like...okay.

Take that other me in that other dimension that Junior's from. She may act like she scored the winning Mass Millions ticket, but I guaran-fucking-tee you that she's got her own shit to deal with. She's living under the same roof as B. I mean, it's bad enough dealing with B's ghost. But flesh-and-blood B?

I don't care what Junior says. I'm thinkin' it's gonna blow to shit in a classic case of mutual murder, know what I'm saying?

And between you and me, I ain't buying that Junior's all fuckin' hands off other me's sweet ass. When he was with me, he dove in no questions asked. I mean, I'm just sayin', right? Actions speak and bullshit walks, and all that crap.

Not saying it's a chore or nothin' to screw Junior until the eyes go tilt, but I can see how it might get old if Junior gets to thinking they should be exclusive. Betchya 10-to-1 there's already been a few rounds on that right there. When that little "arrangement" blows up — and you know it will — then let's see how happy she is with her "Watcher"-turned-fuck-buddy, hunh?

Anyway, whatever crap other me has to deal with, I'm pretty sure it's bigger than the crap I gotta deal with, 'cause, y'know, B. With the addition of the good version of the Wickedest Bitch of the West, Rosenberg.

Like, take Rupert, right? And I'm talkin' about my Rupert, not Junior's Rupert.

He. Never. Fucking. Listens.

Ever.

I tell him that the recruiters for the Council are using high-pressure sales tactics, he palms me off on someone who kisses his ass. I tell him that we need more firepower in Cleveland, he sends me to someone in personnel so I can participate in some bullshit man-power study.

I live on top of a fucking Hellmouth. You would think that Rupes, of all people, would at least know what that meant, right? You'd think he'd take me at my word or something that the Council House in Cleveland could stand to have more permanent residents instead of this whole "people passing through and sticking around for 6 months" crap that I'm stuck with.

Shit. I can't even remember the last time I took a vacay.

The only reason why Rupert's taking this shit with Junior seriously is because some nothin' witch in England kicked his ass, and because the Wicked Whacko Witch started getting crazier than usual. Think he'd be takin' it all seriously if I told him we had a situation? Fuck, no.

In any case, I've gone from being happy he's bothered getting off his ass and actually going into the field to bein' sorry he's here. Christ, I'm >>this close<< to kicking Rupes back to Merry Ol' England, because it's all gotta be his way or the highway all around. That shit is not helping. Way to remind me why I didn't follow his sorry ass back to London. Asshole.

So, anyways, where was I?

Happiness. That's right.

Sure, I'm happy. I got nothin' to worry about, aside from the usual Slay stuff that comes with the Cleveland Hellmouth. And I don't gotta worry about no Watcher dogging my steps every time I turn around.

I just gotta worry about me, myself, and I. Some old, same old, y'know? Only now, I got an actual bank account with some cash.

All I need is a little time off, and I can start spending some of it.

What? Ain't like I'm gonna save it for retirement, right?

I should live that long.

Comments

I adore your Faith

[rswknight.livejournal.com]

No matter what the incarnation, you have an amazing ability to absolutely get Faith to her true essence. Honestly, I think you write a better Faith than Joss could even dream. Your Faith is a 3-dimensional being. Great job, as per usual

[othercat.livejournal.com]

I love your Faith so, so very much.

[artistshipper.livejournal.com]

What the other two people said. Rock on

[h4nselel.livejournal.com]

Your Faith is the best =D

[tessarin.livejournal.com]

I bow at the feet of the master.:-) Your Faith as always is great.

Just that bit harder and more cynical than Junior Faith but still you get the feeling that AU Faith is happy than all the other AU scoobies.
And do I catch an undercurrent of regret there , like she is a little envious of Junior Faith?

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

Faith rattles off a better, more secure life than she has experienced up to this point and decides that must equate with being happy. Her comparison with her other self is very enlightening. The things she derides in her other self are teh very things she completely lacks, personal connections. This Faith sees them as traps and joy kills and she's so very cold. It's amazing how you have shown the same characters in such different lights in this story.

[faith-chaos.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

I've missed your Faith and yeah she's happy but she always seems so lonely, and I think you did a kick ass job in showing it without being in-your-face about it.

Thanks!

[locutus42002.livejournal.com]

Don't pressure Liz on the story. I made that mistake months ago when I was ticked off by the fact that she had two or three stories going at the same time and WHMD was apparently on the back burner. And I was stupid enough to bitch about it in a reply to a post about the music she was listening to. The sad fact is, it'll get written when she has both the time and the inspiration, and there's no guarantee on either. Take it from someone who's been to write a Buffybot virtual series of his own for more than two years and hasn't posted the first episode yet because there's a huge part in the middle that won't come together right. You might laugh at the idea, but a guy named the Visitor showed that it can be done pretty well. I'm still hoping he'll get the inspiration he needs to finish it someday.

[faith-chaos.livejournal.com]

huh?

I was just curious, cause I kinda wanna know if it will get finished. If not, okay, I still enjoyed it a great deal and if it does get picked up again, well, yay. I really don't think a simple question to be annoying or bitchy. And maybe this will be it, yeah? Cause I don't think us having this conversation here will amuse liz_marcs very much.

[brandil.livejournal.com]

Phenomenal.