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Post by CrystalCheyenne on Mar 14, 2005 12:40:16 GMT -5
So, this is my Inspirational Challenge #67. I won't give much more than this pic, so work with it.
What comes into your mind when you look at this pic and read the text? What do you think?
Why Buffy was adopted?
How did she found out about it?
Does Helen know about Buffy?
Buffy falls for Barry, but what are his feelings for her?
TIPS: This is a BTVS / I Know What You Did Last Summer crossover
This is possibly post-Graduation fic. Helen and the others haven't killed anyone yet.
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Post by Aly on Mar 16, 2005 1:58:37 GMT -5
The first thought I had was that Helen was a bit like Faith in the sense that she has almost no remorse for what actually happened in the story... then again, Barry had none.
However, I would spin it about. Helen, upon her graduation, learns something from her dead grandparents that suggest she had a twin sister. What if it were Helen who first contacted Buffy and not the other way around? That way, Buffy could decide to spend the summer with her new identical twin and then the world will come crashing down!
I would suggest Buffy was adopted through a sale of some sorts. I would not suggest the Summers' as they do seem like nice people most of the time, but perhaps the Council knew that both girls had Potential powers and decided to take one for themselves. Maybe Helen's mother never knew she had twins. Of course, it would explain why Buffy suddenly has a kick to be popular and win prom queen and all of this gunk. Helen obviously was popular and won all sorts of titles. It would be a clash of airhead versus the Slayer, which in itself is an interesting combination.
As for Helen finding out about it (or Buffy), I would suggest a photograph or an old journal entry from their grandparents suggesting that one girl had to be separated to maintain the status quo.
Barry, now... it is ironic you chose the one film that has SMG's real-life husband in it, and you did not even choose a pairing with him! Nope, it has to be the gorgeous, gutted Barry. He likes Helen for who knows what reasons (I have actually seen this film, but not for a long while). Maybe he finds Buffy more of a mystery or an enigma, so much like his girlfriend, but made of stronger materials. Of course Buffy, after being dumped mercilessly by Angel, would be open to a hot new summer romance.
Add in the events of the actual story and... yeesh. Disasters, chaos, mayhem and young teenage love.
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Post by CrystalCheyenne on Mar 16, 2005 8:55:59 GMT -5
Barry, now... it is ironic you chose the one film that has SMG's real-life husband in it, and you did not even choose a pairing with him! Nope, it has to be the gorgeous, gutted Barry. ;D You know, I actually waited for this one! I was almost certain of that someone will ask me why I chose this way. First, I like Ryan Phillippe. Second, because Barry and Helen are together, so I wanna break them (and because I'm soooo evil!). And because I thought Julie and Ray are so perfect together I didn't want to break that couple. And I guess I wanted to see how Barry reacts when he finds out that Helen has a twin sister. I wanted to see how Barry would choose from two so look-a-like girls that are totally from different galaxies. And I would also like to know what Buffy thinks about Helen. She was so like Helen before her slayerdom, and after few years of vampire slaying she has totally different priorities. So how will Buffy manage to befriend with her beauty queen sister?
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Post by Aly on Mar 16, 2005 18:56:36 GMT -5
I figured I would ask, anyway. It just seemed funny, but in a way, I am glad you did it the way you did!
I would guess that Buffy could see the way she could have turned out and appreciate the person she is more... but that alone is my opinion.
As for Barry, well... he has an interesting time ahead for certain.
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Post by Goddessa39 on Mar 17, 2005 2:59:06 GMT -5
If you wanna have Buffy not really ready for a relationship, maybe you could latch the twin and Barry together. Maybe you could get her sister to recieve a reality chack, and Barry to join in. That way she is open for anyone and still trying to heal over Angel's leaving. And if you wanna include the murder and bring Angel back, you could have him realise that Buffy will never get 'normal' whatever that is. And i wouldn't personally include her in the murder, but if she gets close with the group maybe they will go to her for support possibly. I can see the sisters clashing with the current characteristics, adn then getting smacked in the head with the bad guy showing up and bonding. But that's just all hopeful thinking. Maybe (just as a though for humor) Spike kills tha bad guy at the end. (if you want suspense) maybe Spike turns him.
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Post by Caity on Mar 18, 2005 19:48:09 GMT -5
Ok... I never saw the movie, but I actually read the book and I have to say this: I can't see Buffy falling for such a jerk. Because that what Barry is, a complete and total jerk.
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Post by CrystalCheyenne on Mar 18, 2005 22:32:46 GMT -5
Ok... I never saw the movie, but I actually read the book and I have to say this: I can't see Buffy falling for such a jerk. Because that what Barry is, a complete and total jerk. Think about what kind of person Helen IS, and then think about what kind of person Buffy WAS. Buffy has grown so much in few years - people can change. I agree with you that Barry is quite jerk sometimes, but maybe he isn't totally that person. He is rich, popular and good looking - someway he reminds me about Cordelia. Maybe he shows sometimes his true self (very rarely) - maybe he is funny, sweet and caring - and Buffy catches that moment. Maybe she even thought that he is jerk, but then she saw something else behind the mask, and she changes her opinion.
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Post by Aly on Mar 20, 2005 15:37:55 GMT -5
Oh, I think he would lose the "jerk" edge if he met someone who could kick his ass as good as his girlfriend's twin could.
As for the murder, both Barry and Helen could come to Buffy for protection... Helen could think that Buffy belongs to a girl gang or whatever (sort of like what Cordy thought back in Season 1) and Barry could just really want to be with Buffy to get away from it all. Which one will she save if she can only save one?
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Post by Goddessa39 on Mar 20, 2005 21:45:20 GMT -5
I don't. I think he would be totally confident, but even after getting his ass kicked, he is now all cocky, trying to get her to fess up or something. DOn't know why. And because of this, he finds out he loves the twin he is dating just bacause. And then his girlfriend let's her vulnerable side out to the sister she just found. He finds hes actually falling for the girl he has been dating forever, and he has to try and get her to see him that way or fall for him... but that's just an idea.
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Post by CrystalCheyenne on Mar 20, 2005 23:15:42 GMT -5
As for the murder, both Barry and Helen could come to Buffy for protection... Helen could think that Buffy belongs to a girl gang or whatever (sort of like what Cordy thought back in Season 1) and Barry could just really want to be with Buffy to get away from it all. Which one will she save if she can only save one? Oooh, very tricky question. This is really hard one. Helen is her sister after all, but could she just let Barry get killed? This would be like 'killing Angel all over again' -situation.
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Post by Goddessa39 on Mar 23, 2005 0:10:54 GMT -5
Barry is in love with Buffy. Buffy just wants to protect Helen, and Helen want to be protected. Maybe Helen just wants to get to know her sister kinda like Buffy's own curiosity in the early seasons while making it out of her ignorance and innocence.
Maybe Buffy could show Barry how in love with Helen he is, and Buffy get to know her sister and find herself. Oh, and by the way, 'Normal' is a relative term.
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Post by Aly on Mar 24, 2005 1:39:31 GMT -5
I would think that in the end, Buffy's love (and probable huge sacrifice) would force Barry to realize how truly much he cares for Helen, even if Buffy loves him. I realize this makes Buffy a "sore loser" because she believes she is no longer loveable once Angel left, but if the jerk of Barry is her rebound guy, perhaps it still speaks of the fact that she is still in love with the one guy she cannot have.
As for this sacrifice, perhaps Buffy does something to protect her sister and her friends at the expense of her life - maybe she is sent to Hell or something. I do not know.
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Post by Goddessa39 on Mar 26, 2005 20:37:52 GMT -5
Sent to hell? I don't really get how that would work.
I have an idea. Maybe something happened, and Buffy and Helen were pretending to be the same. All of a sudden the demons gang up on Buffy, but Barry is to far away to tell that it is not Helen, and is heartbroken. He has found that he loves who Helen is becoming. 'Cuz the way I see it, Buffy would give her sister a 'talking too' with the attitude. Maybe she gave her a dose of 'ditsy-btich Buffy.
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Post by Aly on Mar 27, 2005 1:20:55 GMT -5
I did not mean literally "in Hell"... at least, I do not think I meant it that way. I just meant that Buffy would literally go to Hell (or die) for someone as close as a twin sister but not as close as a potential love interest.
And I love that idea... to see Helen grow up out of her spoiled brat routine.
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Post by Goddessa39 on Mar 27, 2005 21:45:24 GMT -5
Maybe something like at the end of 'The Gift' happened or something, like she sacrificed herself for her sister. Maybe if the bad guy that is after them came back with magic, a portal to destroy the world or innocents or something until one of his killers sacrifice themselves in it. Buffy would take her sister's place because she is technically the same, and it is her duty as the slayer.
Whether she dies or not is optional, and maybe that could convince Barry that he is in love with Helen truly after she changed for the better now.
Maybe, as the eopilogue or something, Angel feels her pain or death or osmething, and Helen and Barry convince him to go back to her or give him teh news.
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