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> Additional comments on S6D1: I'm still a little bothered by the
> ****trayal of the Scoobies in "Bargaining." On the one hand, their
> persistence is admirable in a way, refusing to give up on their
> friend. But the show doesn't seem to want to play it that way.
> Getting Buffy back becomes all about their needs rather than her,
> especially after we learn the rest of the story. My mild irritation
> comes less from that than from the implication that their needs are so
> tied to her. People aren't just having trouble moving on, they're at
> a standstill, even living with a robotic version of Buffy. . Full-
> fledged characters grieve, and the losses they experience color the
> rest of their lives; sidekicks don't have lives that can get colored,
> because they have no identity or character development in the absence
> of their leader.
Partly is is Willow driving it on for her own ends, but it is the
***ulative effect of smaller things that gives her the opening.
They have all been sucked into the duty thing - still defending
Sunnydale because, if not them...who?
And to Xander it is home, while while Willow and Tara are still at
school (plus, hey - free house!);
They don't trust the Watcher's Council, so the Buffybot ruse is
expedient;
The feel obliged to care for Dawn, 'cos Pop's gone AWOL and Buffy is,
well, dead;
So there they are, in the grind, realising how damned hard it is without
a Slayer. Going though the motions.
Then Willow says "Hey guys. Check this Osiris dude out. Can we get one
of those urns?". She keeps quiet about Bambi, obviously.
So it is about their needs, rather well manipulated by Willow. Which, I
must admit, I thought was rather the point (of the episode and the
season).
Meanwhile, Spike has nowhere else to go and likes a good fight, while
Giles is drifting.
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