my girl, Dawn Summers

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One of the things I most appreciate about Dawn is that she wants the truth, regardless of how hard a truth it is or how much it costs her to get it. She wants no comfortable illusions. She goes to where the truth is, and she gets it: by breaking into the Magic Box, by snookering intel from a hell god.

And once she has it, she acts on it. She doesn't smooth it over for other people and she's not afraid to follow the facts to their logical conclusion. If the emperor's looking a bit undressed, she'll say so; if there's an elephant knocking its head against the ceiling fixtures, she is by gosh going to mention it (and then either whack it with a broom or feed it treats, depending).

Partly I appreciate this because I am so very much not this way. I'm conflict-avoidant to a fault, and I also get pretty attached to my comfortable illusions. When they're inevitably shattered, my response is much more Oz-like than Dawn-like: I go into hiding and think about things until I think I've got them sorted. (I've been a bit disturbed recently to realize how much like Oz I am. Except for the cool factor.)

It occurs to me that Dawn would make a fabulous investigative journalist.

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[ghostyouknow27.livejournal.com]

It occurs to me that Dawn would make a fabulous investigative journalist.

For some odd reason, I always think Dawn should be keeping a notebook detailing the sinister trail of events that (no doubt) lead to the vampire in the purple socks.

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I think this must be a very witty allusion to something I'm not familiar with. Purple socks?

[elisi]

It occurs to me that Dawn would make a fabulous investigative journalist.
Like Harriet the Spy? ;)

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Heh. Something like that, I suppose. Was it canon that she liked Harriet the Spy, or was that only in that fic I kept running across a year or two ago?

[ghostyouknow27.livejournal.com]

I don't know about witty, but elisi mentioned the same thing ... :-)

[ghostyouknow27.livejournal.com]

MT played Harriet in the Harriet the Spy movie.

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I have now followed the link and know what people are talking about. Gotcha. Yes, like that! *g*

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Okay, I followed the link and now this makes much more sense. As does the fic I read! *g*

[elisi]

Heeee! I bought it for my girls a few years back. Really ought to watch it myself...

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

I'll bet she would! Hmmmm - I sense a career path for her in any future fics...

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

*points to default Dawn icon and nods*

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

*is in love with this post* Why is there not more Dawn meta? There should be. She's my girl, despite, like you, hating conflict.

I would totally read investigative!journalist!Dawn fic.

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Now that I think about it, I think green_maia had her studying journalism in college. But I'm also pretty stuck on the idea of her as a geeky Watcher type.

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*loves your totally appropriate icon*

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She's my girl, too. *loves*

She could be, like, the investigator of temporary concerns for the new Watcher's Council. I mean, someone had to be recording all those prophecies and collecting the data. I have just now thought of this. (In fact, I might have to fiddle with that for the long-dormant Dawn/Dollhouse crossover thingy.)

[angearia.livejournal.com]

For some odd reason, I always think Dawn should be keeping a notebook detailing the sinister trail of events that (no doubt) lead to the vampire in the purple socks.

Probably 'cause she's Harriet the Spy and her journaling carries over to BtVS.

[deird1]

*loves Dawn*

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*loves her with you*

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

It's kind of cute. I love the book as a kid, and rented the movie for my niece a couple years ago. She was a little too young for it, but I liked it! And MT is adorable.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Decisions, decisions...

[ladyofthelog.livejournal.com]

*also loves Dawn!*

You recommended THE BEST DAWN FIC EVER to me, ahhhh, so I can't recommend that one to you, but have you read Antiquities by wisteria_? WIP, sadly unfinished, but a premise I love. It's not anywhere online anymore except wisteria_'s journal - I hunted down all of the chapters and added them to my memories a while ago.

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Ooh! I haven't! I'll definitely check it out. I'm okay with WIP's as long as I know in advance. Thank you! And I'm still tickled that you enjoyed Kindred Spirits so much. :)