I actually hate to do this because you are one of the best authors here on TTH but... this was terrible. :(

I hate implied rape! Having Buffy being victim of such a hideous crime humiliates her greatly and completely defeats the purpose of this character - entire point of Buffy's character is that she looks like typical victim but he isn't one, quite the contrary - she is a hero and protector. So impaling that she was raped is just awful! Also impaling that both Luke and Leia are results of this rape is equally disgusting! Let's be honest - only good thing that Anakin ever did, was the fact that he sired Luke and Leia. And this was result of his love to Padme - that was one and only pure and good thing in his life. Now it's gone... And yes, Anakin was an ashole, but it's not in character for him to rape woman he loves! He betrayed Jedi, he killed kids, he essentially sold his soul to the devil just to save woman he leved - so he wouldn't rape her, no metter if this was Padme or Buffy...

You essentially said that Anakin is just so evil that he can't even respect people he loves. It's really hard to belive now in this fallen angel metaphor, it's hard to belive that Luke would ever say that he believes that there is good in his father, now when he knows that his father was never good, that he raped his mother... And imagine how Luke and Leia would fell with that knowledge they are results of rape. Holy s@#$!

And Force only work on the weak-minded so it woudn't work on Buffy in the first place...

I give you 3/10 points and that only because of your excellent descriptions. But he rest of this story is just god damn awful, sorry. :(

Again, no idea what is going on here. It's like 'Meant' and 'Quiet' are two superb scenes from a story that remains tantalizingly unrevealed. Despite the 'what is the story here' wondering, the fabulous writing brings the scenes and characterizations to life as vividly as always. Thanks for writing this fic.

oh wow



love the subtleties
and implications of
absolute power

would love to read more

I like the short, except why is Buffy there? Is she their Mom? What was she supposed to tell them?

Okay both this fic and the one called Meant are excellent fics however they are sorta confusing. Some Back story would be good or some sort of explanation in the Author's notes before the fic starts would be good. Please continue to write.

some back story please...pretty please

Oh I like it. Once again I am intrigued and want the full story but I like your style. The LotR series you have going is one of my favorites.

That was really good, though I am a bit confused. Is Buffy actually Luke & Leia's mother? And if so, does that mean that Anakin is already on the Dark Side, or did he die or something? Cos I got the impression he died. Though I could be wrong. And how is Qui-Gon still alive?!?

Awesome, as always.

I like this even though I didn't quite follow everything. I do love Buffy Quigon stories. a lot changed in this and I think I got that Anikin went evil, but Padme was their mom right? who what was the flash back with the crying and clinging to Buffy?

"Buffy felt the memory rise up in her mind like a wave hurling toward the shore, a memory that was broken and jagged, a memory of the power, the peace that was the Force, his Force, welling up within her, crawling into every corner and piece of her body and mind until there was nothing left of her and everything was what he wanted it to be.

—"Stop. Anakin, stop. Stop."—

"Yeah," said Buffy.

The Force. It always came back to the Force.

And Anakin."

---It sounds like rape. Like he was forcing her to be exactly the person he idealized in his mind. Not who she is/was, but what he saw her as.



I'm a little confused. The presence in her mind, was that Qui-Gon, or Anakin/Darth Vadar?

So... I'm a lazy reviewer of late. Time hasn't been on my side and all that.

But I had to speak up about this story. Between this and 'Meant', yeesh. It seems that the future has changed, maybe for the better and maybe for the worst. But the end is what really got to me. The way she just accepted that they were happy and that was what matters, not the truth...

I hope you continue to dabble in this new, darker world you've created. I sort of like the darkness in Anakin's character.

I really wish that Lucas would have gone to this kind of a dark place. I can see Anakin raping his lover like that, raping her mind and making it so she can never leave, never die. That was amazing, as usual.

Very confused and curious descibes what I'm feeling at the end of this chapter. I liked it, but I didn't get what was going on at all.