Re: A Second Look: BTVS S7D4

"One Bit Shy" <OBS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> CWDP linked (reminded us) Tara to not using magic.  A central
> difference with Kennedy is that she encourages/pushes Willow to
> accept and use her full power.  Since they seem centered on
> Willow's resistance to using magic, that's how I take the intent
> of this episode. 
> 
> As for taking a couple episodes to manifest and not referring
> directly to Tara, this isn't an epiphany.  There's no conscious
> thought from Willow that, oh, it was the memory of Tara stopping
> me.  It's the removal of a subconcious, emotionally charged
> block.  She still has to get over the trauma of the day and get
> out of the habit of restraint.  Inertia and all. But when the
> issue is forced in Get it Done, I think she's more ready than 
> she was before this episode.
> 
> I'm not saying it's the only block.  She's scared of loosing
> control too. She still needs to be pushed.  I'm just suggesting
> that it was the hidden element making it all that much harder.
> 

I tend to have similar thoughts.  I suspect that Willow's guilt 
feelings related to Tara's death are tied up enough with her feelings 
about magic that she can't (or at least it's a lot harder for her) 
deal with the magic issues until she deals with the guilt issues.

There's also the point that Willow, like the other Scoobies has a 
tendency to place emotional issues in the "to deal with later" 
category.  So unless something forces the guilt issue to surface, 
Willow is likely to avoid dealing with it.  And it's something she 
needs to deal with.

-- 
Michael Ikeda    mmikeda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Telling a statistician not to use sampling is like telling an
astronomer they can't say there is a moon and stars"
Lynne Billard, past president American Statistical Association