Re: A Second Look: BTVS S7D5

In article <COidndvF8dzWG4fVnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "One Bit Shy" <OBS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>  the important comparison is Willow.  Her trigger is magic.

But in this season the only person she has been a danger two is herself 
and, briefly, Kennedy - and that was dealt with explicitly in-story. 

(something, incidentally, the First seemed quite happy to foster, 
because it wanted her out of the game.)

There is such a thing as a clear and present danger. And there was a 
simple, expedient measure that keeps everyone safe and Spike no grumpier 
than usual *while the problem is worked*. Even Spike understands that 
until his mummy issues get him in a snit.

> The story isn't so simple as failed leadership. 

Indeed. It is a story of hubris, flagged as early as the Conversation 
With Holden.
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