In Becoming II she again makes a choice but under circumstances where any other would be both unthinkable and probably futile.
That's true... and yet, there are counter examples throughout the series where characters don't make that choice. Or look for the way out. In that very episode, Spike does when he walks out leaving Buffy to die. (And presumably, the world to go to hell.) I think the point of showing that scene with Spike seeing Buffy at the mercy of Angelus is to point out that walking out on the world is still unthinkable to Buffy - the hero - whereas it is the option of choice for the Villain. Metaphorically speaking anyway - it comes back again, and it's not always unthinkable.
For example, the conflicting reactions to "The Gift". There's the question of what Buffy would have done had she lacked the option to jump off the tower. Would she have, in that moment, sacrfice Dawn for the good of the world (and all those other Dawns in it) as she once did Angel. Or would she refuse? How having to make that choice changes our ability to make it again. How it changes a loving person - because it's critical to note that Buffy makes her decision in S2 while full of love.
As obvious as the hard but correct choice is, there are still examples of characters that can't make it. Because it woul
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Date: 2005-07-19 10:55 pm (UTC)In Becoming II she again makes a choice but under circumstances where any other would be both unthinkable and probably futile.
That's true... and yet, there are counter examples throughout the series where characters don't make that choice. Or look for the way out. In that very episode, Spike does when he walks out leaving Buffy to die. (And presumably, the world to go to hell.) I think the point of showing that scene with Spike seeing Buffy at the mercy of Angelus is to point out that walking out on the world is still unthinkable to Buffy - the hero - whereas it is the option of choice for the Villain. Metaphorically speaking anyway - it comes back again, and it's not always unthinkable.
For example, the conflicting reactions to "The Gift". There's the question of what Buffy would have done had she lacked the option to jump off the tower. Would she have, in that moment, sacrfice Dawn for the good of the world (and all those other Dawns in it) as she once did Angel. Or would she refuse? How having to make that choice changes our ability to make it again. How it changes a loving person - because it's critical to note that Buffy makes her decision in S2 while full of love.
As obvious as the hard but correct choice is, there are still examples of characters that can't make it. Because it woul