I *loved* GID. Everything about it worked for me. Buffy's desperation, the growing resentment from everyone else, the shadow puppets, and the scene where she goes after Spike may seriously be one of my favorite Spuffy scenes ever. Which is odd, I know. But there's just so much anger and truth there, and it's like the dozen people watching them just cease to exist for Buffy and Spike. I understand that people found the message disheartening, but I guess, I always found the role of Slayer rather disheartening in and of itself. Kendra and Faith? There wasn't much uplifting about those examples of Slayerhood. What made Buffy amazing was her ability to take something so scary and brutal and make it something inspiring. Which is what she continued to do in Chosen by changing the Slayer rules.
Joyce’s warning to dawn isn’t a prophecy it’s a statement of Dawn’s fears.
Well, and Buffy actually does try to send her away in the end, which also works for me.
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Date: 2005-05-25 05:11 pm (UTC)Joyce’s warning to dawn isn’t a prophecy it’s a statement of Dawn’s fears.
Well, and Buffy actually does try to send her away in the end, which also works for me.