Love the style you have this in! This was such a great exploration of Dawn's character and future and general issues...as one of the few people in this world who genuinely loves Dawn as a character, I say well done! XD Loved the little Xander/Dawn at the end; it felt just right.

Amazing. It's poetic and wonderful and incredibly in character, and it made me appreciate Dawn a little bit more. Great job, and keep writing!

Okay, you just made me like Dawn. Like, feel bad for, enjoy and understand Dawn. You also made me approve of Dawn/Xander which, untill this point, always had me feeling just a bit squicky inside. This story is brilliant and right and laid out pefectly and so well written. Plus, a little spuffy fluff on the side makes eveything better! I would continue reading everything you ever wrote, but the screen is starting to look a little blurry.

Good Story

I like this. I like it on its own but I'd also like to read more, which is different for me b/c Dawn is not my favorite character but I'm interested in this Dawn and what happens to her. You're just the best...

Holy crap! This was just...I don't have words, not any that would measure up to how wonderful this is.

First off I don't like Dawn, I spent most of S6 wishing something nasty would eat her so I didn't have to listen to her whine anymore, probably because I could never understand what it really means to have a whole life that is fabricated. So the best compliment I can give to you is that you not only made me like Dawn a little bit, but you made me understand her, as more than Buffys' little sister or the Key or Xanders' love interest. As a person in her own right...great job.

Secondly, I love how you really get inside the head of the characters and give their deepest feelings and fears a voice without making them EVER seem out of character. It is the quality of a great writer and I am just blown away...

Thirdly, I cried. When she locked herself in her room for two days I just cried. Perfect, lovely, thank you for writing this.

Oh Dawnie... she did seem to get over the whole "not-real for fourteen years" thing pretty quickly in canon. I guess it was being bottled up.

Your Dawn comes out less angsty than your Spike or Buffy. And I think it's pretty romantic. There's Dawn/Xander and hey look! Spuffy!

(And hello, funnies, 'cause only Spike could get in trouble with MONKS.)

I loved the relationship she had with Spike and Xander. There wasn't much with her and Giles, but she and the boys... they had stuff.

And I love the last sentence. :)