So, the whole "what if Giles decided to retire & no one took it well because he was a total jerk with terrible timing . . . twice?" thing is probably one of the biggest reasons I loathe season six, and I've pretty much made peace with the fact that I'll never be able to express my disappointment any more eloquently than I just did - even if Willow had zero interest in learning anything about magic from him, he could have put her in touch with someone who knew someone who knew another witch who might teach her a thing or three - so I'll just leave that there.
But.
Oh my dear sweet goodness, yes, absolutely always yes to pretty much every single solitary tiny thing you have to say about Buffy being Willow's masterpiece. Even without the nifty "Drusilla was Angel's masterpiece" connection, that would be a remarkably apt observation, because here's the way I've always seen it:
In "Primeval," Buffy gave us a pretty big clue that she was a lot more powerful than pretty much any other Slayer throughout history . . . because she has friends everything is about Ponies.
In "The Gift," Buffy made sure that people - not just her friends - would be talking about how good she was at saving the world (a lot) for generations to come.
But in "Chosen," after a somewhat spotty season full of speeches, Buffy shattered all & any doubts and confirmed herself as the most powerful Slayer of all time by deciding to not only stop caring about the rules, but start changing them. Forever. As a direct result of her decision, nothing will ever be the same again.
And, the thing is:
She couldn't have done any of it without Willow.
And, the thing about that is:
Willow (probably) never would have become the most powerful witch in the world if she hadn't met Buffy. It wasn't obvious at first, but these two changed each other in ways they can never take back, and then they enabled each other to change the world. So, to my way of thinking, their BFF-ness is the most important relationship in the entire history of the show.
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Date: 2014-01-10 05:24 am (UTC)So, the whole "what if Giles decided to retire & no one took it well because he was a total jerk with terrible timing . . . twice?" thing is probably one of the biggest reasons I loathe season six, and I've pretty much made peace with the fact that I'll never be able to express my disappointment any more eloquently than I just did - even if Willow had zero interest in learning anything about magic from him, he could have put her in touch with someone who knew someone who knew another witch who might teach her a thing or three - so I'll just leave that there.
But.
Oh my dear sweet goodness, yes, absolutely always yes to pretty much every single solitary tiny thing you have to say about Buffy being Willow's masterpiece. Even without the nifty "Drusilla was Angel's masterpiece" connection, that would be a remarkably apt observation, because here's the way I've always seen it:
In "Primeval," Buffy gave us a pretty big clue that she was a lot more powerful than pretty much any other Slayer throughout history . . . because she has friends
everything is about Ponies.In "The Gift," Buffy made sure that people - not just her friends - would be talking about how good she was at saving the world (a lot) for generations to come.
But in "Chosen," after a somewhat spotty season full of speeches, Buffy shattered all & any doubts and confirmed herself as the most powerful Slayer of all time by deciding to not only stop caring about the rules, but start changing them. Forever. As a direct result of her decision, nothing will ever be the same again.
And, the thing is:
She couldn't have done any of it without Willow.
And, the thing about that is:
Willow (probably) never would have become the most powerful witch in the world if she hadn't met Buffy. It wasn't obvious at first, but these two changed each other in ways they can never take back, and then they enabled each other to change the world. So, to my way of thinking, their BFF-ness is the most important relationship in the entire history of the show.
So, yes - "masterpiece" indeed.