This was really interesting story and it has also introduced to very interesting comics. I would like to thank you for that.

Cheers ND

Great story and your OC's made it very interesting, especially Natasha. I figure she somehow got her leg back since she went back to trapping which would be hard to do hopping around on one leg. It'll be interesting to see how Buffy deals with her scars and missing eye ... and how her friends will deal with it ... hopefully that will be in the sequel.
I like the way you explained things as they went along since I have never heard of this crossover.
Good story, looking forward to reading the sequel.

Agree with the others about the ending. Clearly rushed and left loose ends that should have been tied off.

A side story would be good showing Buffy returning with Natasha and the Scoobies reactions.

Agree with the others. Very good story with a totally less than decent ending. Hence the 8 rather than a 9.

You spent a LOT of time taking us through so many well thought out and enjoyable details and action within the story (examples would be Buffy and Natasha's friendship development, Natasha's imprisonment/escape, and the Sky Furnace scenes) except you then chopped off the story's "legs" along with Natasha's leg. NOT expected.

While I did actually predict the Kommisar would do that to Natasha, I assumed SOMEONE would provide a protocol-y replacement leg or similar. I like to think it was replaced to some degree but your ending doesn't cover it.

Regardless, thank you very much for the story...even though it did leave me unsatisfied.

I definitely like the last chapter's symmetry with the first chapter, but I think it would have been so much more appealing if the last chapter had BOTH "wounded veterans" Natasha and Buffy sharing a cabin and living their lives peacefully in the forest...perhaps with Baba Yaga sending them on the occasional adventure to spice up their lives from time to time.


By the way...did anyone else immediately think of Boo-boo and Yogi Bear when Baba Yaga was introduced? Even though I also knew Baba Yaga was a folktale witch of some sort, I just couldn't help the association that popped into my brain.

Good story, bad ending. The bad guy fight was actually anti-climatic, and Natasha, a character who we came to love in your story, once again becomes a hermit, only change being the universe she is in?

And after Buffy returns, what happens? Does she even return like she did in cannon, with Willow reviveing her?

Guess you'll have to wait for the next story for the answers.

That ending was a bit of a bummer, after everything Natasha did for the Baba Yaga, she got dumped somewhere away from Buffy (and apparently sometime long in the past, since it is pretty much impossible to be an anonymous trapper in the Yukon these days. You need a permit, and getting one requires that you file income taxes as a resident of the Yukon, and it only allows you to trap in a specific area, and you get regular visits from conservation officers to make sure that you're following all the rules about the sorts of traps you're using, not straying out of your permitted area, only catching animals in season...)

I'm calling artistic license on this one tiny part okay!

Haven't read Red Star, but your voice and descriptions were great. OCs were quite good, and Tasha was great. I didn't care for ditzy-Buffy in this one; her language was beyond season one lows. However, she did complement your protagonist perfectly so I'm giving mad props overall.

Excellent story, sad to see it end.

Please tell me you fixed Natasha's leg (it was not very clear in the story). If Baba Yaga has the power to send both Buffy and Tasha from one dimension to another, she can probably reattach the leg... or a really good prosthetic, if Tasha is running around in the Canadian winter snow.

Look forward to more of your stories (especially the Buffy in the Army series).

Natasha's leg? Hmmm...

There will be more.

Hey,

I hope you know that I really like your story, since I dropped quite a lot reviews. But I have to confess that I am a little disappointed about the ending, it feels rushed and forced to me, as if you had grown tired of your own fic and brought it to a close no matter what.

Let me list a few aspects to illustrate my point:

(1) The plot of Baba Yaga and the Goddess to get rid of the Kommissar was very well planned, but it lacked background, especially compared to the wast amount of details you usually provide.
(2) What about Ganesh and Al? What happened to them? Especially since you hinted at some kind of romantic interest between Al and Tasha ... Why not follow up on that?
(3) I really like the idea of Tasha following Buffy to her dimension, but why put her into exactly the same situation she was in when everything started? Why not let them stay together? They're such a good team!
(4) When she sent Buffy and Tasha on their quest, Baba Yaga spoke of an interesting meeting that awaited Tasha at the end of her journey ... Did I miss that somehow?

Don't get me wrong, you wrote a great, complex and interesting story, and I really liked reading it ... but in my personal opinion, the end is not as good as it could (should) have been.

Yours, RandomSelection

P.S.: How about a sequel? Along those lines: Buffy remembers everything and goes looking for Tasha - with the resources of the New Council, it shouldn't be too hard to find her. Those two together in Buffy's home-dimension ... the possibilities are endless! :-)

(1) Baba Yaga didn't say...I wonder why?

(2) They were sent home as was Diane.

(3) You really think that was permanent?

(4) Her journey isn't over yet.

Well of course there will be a sequel...Natasha is too good a character to use only once. And I do tend towards series.

A very nice story, and always fun to be presented a background that is new (well at least to me). Ending seemed a bit rushed, especially as it seemed Natasha seemed to be reconnecting with people as the story progressed. To go back to hermit ways seemed almost a regression. The need for secrecy in a world where only one other person knew who she was seemed excessive too; earlier she had great reasons for it but now I'm not seeing it.
Still, this was a great ride, especially the evil-Buffy character. Her coming over for a visit would surely be fun as well :)

There will be more.

That was a great story ended too soon for my expectations. The resolution was a quick wrap up, a awesome payback from beyond the weird and amazing. The Buffy Natasha interaction missing in Buffy's return to her 'verse seems to be permanent. Will the magic eyeball work in Buffy's magical universe? I would like to see that pairing continue. Diane and Buffy didn't do the spa crawl? Darn it.
There is too much comedy possibility to not go forward with a new adventure.

There will be more.

Great Story. One little quibble.
The Yukon is a territory not a province. Its like calling Puerto Rico a state instead of territory. It`s a small thing, but irritating to those involved - in both cases I imagine.

I could be snide and ask 'There's a difference? How quaint...' but I won't and I'll fix it.

Excellent, excellent story!!

Nice reward for Natasha and, since she only LOOKS at the Vodka, she seems more at peace with herself.

Hmmm, pirates of the Buffyverse??

and i am extremely sad for this to be over as i sincerely bounced in my chair every time i got a notice that there was another chapter. thank you so much for this!

Good work! Sad that Natasha is still sad, hopefully a bit of satisfaction mixed in that she was able to do something positive for her country. Going back to Buffyland was a great idea too, it neatly removes her from anyone who would want to use her from within the Red Star or the WTA and restores her anonymity. I hope she gets occasional visits from Buffy to reminisce.
I expect Buffy's tales of Magic in far away lands would have quite an impact on Willow. If she is able to codify magic a bit more to start producing protocol level effects and reproducibility that could be very big.
Congratulations again on your posting speed too, it is so much more than we deserve or have any right to expect.