Re: A Second Look: BTVS S6D3

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> "Michael Ikeda" <mmikeda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Note that in the parallel Willow/Buffy scene near the end,
>> Buffy is clearly not dealing with the real problem.  Perhaps a
>> hint that Willow isn't either?
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> It's funny that you say that.  I was thinking of saying
> something similar, but left it out for space.  But I was coming
> from the opposite direction.  I was thinking that since Willow
> isn't dealing with her real problem, maybe that's a hint that
> Buffy isn't either.  Evidently you think it's clear she's not -
> and I suppose it's clear to me that her "addiction" to Spike
> isn't her real problem.  But what exactly is?

Mostly, I think, the serious depression that started late in S5.

Added on to that are all the issues related to growing up and trying 
to figure out where she wants her life to go from here.

To a large extent, Spike is a convenient way of avoiding dealing with 
all of this.

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Michael Ikeda    mmikeda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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