Arbitrar Of Quality wrote:
> On Feb 15, 6:44 am, Rowan Hawthorn <rowan_hawth...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Arbitrar Of Quality wrote:
>
>>> On the decision to hold off on Dark Willow until the very end of the
>>> year, I'm very much in favor. The Willow-centric parts of "Villains"
>>> through "Grave" are tightly, tightly plotted. Each episode leaves one
>>> little time for unnatural breaks in the action, because the writers
>>> seem to have correctly deduced that three hours (with commercials) is
>>> exactly the right length to spend on this particular story. In other
>>> Darth Rosenberg related controversies, I don't hesitate in the
>>> slightest to say that Dark Willow is leaps and bounds beyond the one-
>>> note vampire Willow of S3 (to whom she's often compared).
>> Dramatically, I'd have to agree with that. I still like VW a smidgen
>> better, though, for one reason: the simple gleeful fun that Vamp Willow
>> takes in her evil compared to Dark Willow's bitter
>> get-even-with-the-world rampage.
>
> Brunettes have fun too. By the end of TTG, she's definitely enjoying
> being the center of the show, finally going toe-to-toe with Buffy and
> gleeful at the chance to make Giles look like the amateur.
Oh, sure, but it's coming from a very different place. It's the
difference between, "Way cool! I can make a big boom!" and, "Way cool!
I can blow up a bunch of people to get even for the world making my
life hell!"
> Making it
> part of the mix is a very different ****trayal than the "simple" fun
> (purity, if you will) that we get from Vamp!Willow; obviously some
> people like that in a woman-ish evil thing.
It's the bitterness at the bottom of it all that takes points off for
me. Willow has always been my favorite character, and, even though her
issues have been clear right from the beginning if one was paying
attention, it's a little disturbing to finally see the depths of how
emotionally damaged she really is. I can relate to that, which is why I
hate to see a character I like going through it, especially one who is
basically a good person despite their issues, even if it does make for
good drama.
--
Rowan Hawthorn
"Occasionally, I'm callous and strange." - Willow Rosenberg, "Buffy the
Vampire Slayer"
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