Re: A Second Look: BTVS S7D2

> The First as an archvillain is still full of, er, potential. It has
> the chance to be truly worse and more dangerous than Glory, or any of
> the other apocalyptic monsters because it comes from within the main
> characters themselves and is quite literally generated by them. Alas,
> as the season progressed, this idea proved too hard to sustain, and
> The First became a Big Baddy in the Basement, with the usual army of
> orcs and a taste for cross-dressing.

the idea is the only real power the devil has
is the power you give it

Jareth: *Everything*! Everything that you wanted I have done. You asked
that the 
child be taken. I took him. You cowered before me, I was frightening. I
have 
reordered time. I have turned the world upside down, and I have done it
all for 
*you*! I am exhausted from living up to your expectations of me. Isn't
that 
generous? 

buffy cant destroy it
but once she rejects it and tells it get out of her face
it has no power over her

death evil fear etc are always going to be here
but whether they control you or not is your coice

> all the blood dripping on walls and whatnot, there isn't much doubt
> that this is Evil!Joyce. Her attempts to drive a wedge of distrust
> between Dawn and Buffy are lame, and never amount to much. (Would that
> they had: it might have provided more plausible motivation for Dawn
> later agreeing to evict Buffy from the house.)

i assumed this was part of dawns motivation
a splinter in her mood

arf meow arf  -  everything thing i know i learned
from the collective unconscience of odd bodkins
sacramento - political pigsty of the western world
or a babys arm holding an apple