Re: A Second Look: BTVS S7D5

On May 7, 8:19 am, mariposas rand mair fheal <mair_fh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  Arbitrar Of Quality <tsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 6, 5:44 pm, Michael Ikeda <mmik...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > vague disclaimer <l64o-1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > In article <COidndvF8dzWG4fVnZ2dnUVZ_uOdn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > >  "One Bit Shy" <O...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > >>  the important comparison is Willow.  Her trigger is magic.
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> > > > 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.
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> > > Although if Xander hadn't reacted fairly quickly in "Bring On the
> > > Night" Willow could easily have been a danger to everyone in the
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> > > with her (Anya, Dawn, Buffy, and Xander) when she was temporarily
> > > possessed by the First when trying to cast a locator spell.
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> > Also if Xander hadn't reacted fairly quickly in "Get It Done."
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> i thought that in those cases willow chose to put herself at risk
> and that spike hadnt chosen to fill a basement with bodies
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> someone who chooses to hit you can choose not to
> a gun has no choice when its trigger is pulled

Willow was fine to stay (metaphorically) chained, but she has people
around her who refuse to accept that as an answer.

-AOQ