Re: A Second Look: BTVS S6D4

"Rowan Hawthorn" <rowan_hawthorn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> One Bit Shy wrote:
>> I'm also realizing that the Tara/Buffy connection is a major trigger to
>> Tara/Willow reconciliation.  Tara never stopped caring for Willow, but 
>> just
>> last episode she still exhibited the expectation that Willow would
screw 
>> up.
>> What drove them apart hadn't been rectified.  She needed to see Willow
up
>> close, which Buffy's invite provided, to thaw her trust issues some and
>> introduce hope.  It's a nicely organic construct that may be subtly
more
>> important than the particular fireworks about magic this episode.  (And

>> I'm
>> still wondering why Spike seemed to be on Willow's side in the
argument.)
>
> Maybe because it's Spike - oddly enough - who has seen Willow's issues 
> more clearly than any of them, all the way back at least to "Something 
> Blue."  He's known for some time that she's potentially dangerous, even
if 
> she doesn't intend it; it's been pretty obvious since the Glory arc that

> he's wary of Willow and doesn't trust her with the power, and her 
> resurrection spell was the clincher for him.  I seriously doubt that he 
> would ask her to whip up a love spell for him these days.

I'd thought about how Spike used to like Willow, but that hadn't been in 
evidence lately.  I'd forgotten about his more recent anti-magic feelings 
centered on Willow.  That's a good point.

OBS