Re: A Second Look: BTVS S7D5

On May 8, 11:04 am, mariposas rand mair fheal <mair_fh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  Arbitrar Of Quality <tsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > Willow was fine to stay (metaphorically) chained, but she has
people
> > > > around her who refuse to accept that as an answer.
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> > > so they took away her free will?
> > > i dont recall what song buffy played to make willow all black eyed
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> > No, you've got the parallel wrong.  Her dark magic is the equivalent
> > of the song, the one whose damage-inducing powers she might be able to
> > avoid by staying chained, so to speak.  Buffy is the equivalent of
> > Buffy.
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> so are you saying willow had no free will when she did magic?
> thats something took away her free will and made her do it?

"Get It Done" (and other episodes, like the whole attempting to
destroy the world thing) indeed suggest that she's not fully able to
control of her own actions when diving into the darker magics.

-AOQ