Describe a chance encounter that changed your life
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Hey, look, it's me, Buffy! Avoiding the "mother" question. I guess this bleedingly obvious to anyone who knows me, but Mother's Day is hard enough as it is and I feel like I already went there
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Open to everyone who knows about Slayers/the supernatural:
It was my first instinct to say that nothing ever happens by chance once you're a chosen one. I just happened to run into this strange guy in a black coat, only it turned out he'd been sent on a mission to find me by the powers that be. I just happen to have this cute psychology TA, and it turns out that he's in the same line of work as me. Okay, technically, that was a coincidence, probably, but Riley and I were bound to cross paths sooner or later. Even something as seemingly random as the sister who was born into my family -- well, it turns out, she wasn't born into my family at all.
But still. . .when I think about it, I realize I have had a few chance encounters. Suppose Willow hadn't been at the water fountain, and Cordelia hadn't been rude to her, and I hadn't felt somehow responsible just for being with Cordy when that happened. . .well, I probably wouldn't have stopped to talk to Willow at lunchtime. And if I hadn't talked to Willow, I might never have made such a great friend. And if I hadn't been friends with Willow, I might never have ended up talking to Xander that night at the Bronze. After that, for one thing, Willow might not have been rescued, and the fight with the Master may have gone differently. But there's a lot more to it than that. If I hadn't had the good dumb luck to make such an incredible pair of friends on my first day in Sunnydale, my whole life really would have been different. Part of me wonders if I would have given up on the whole Slayer gig altogether, if I hadn't needed to rescue Willow. But honestly, I see how these things go and outrunning destiny. . .not such a successful thing. But what might have happened is that I would have believed Giles that the whole Slayer-gig was just something between me and my Watcher, that it was this big secret I couldn't share with anyone. I might have locked myself up in this private little world where nobody could get to me. I guess some of you probably think I did that anyway. Sure, I had my moments -- I think it probably goes with the territory. But in the end, I've always had other people to connect me back to normal life. And that all started with seeing Willow at the water fountain.
Hey, look, it's me, Buffy! Avoiding the "mother" question. I guess this bleedingly obvious to anyone who knows me, but Mother's Day is hard enough as it is and I feel like I already went there
/*private*
Open to everyone who knows about Slayers/the supernatural:
It was my first instinct to say that nothing ever happens by chance once you're a chosen one. I just happened to run into this strange guy in a black coat, only it turned out he'd been sent on a mission to find me by the powers that be. I just happen to have this cute psychology TA, and it turns out that he's in the same line of work as me. Okay, technically, that was a coincidence, probably, but Riley and I were bound to cross paths sooner or later. Even something as seemingly random as the sister who was born into my family -- well, it turns out, she wasn't born into my family at all.
But still. . .when I think about it, I realize I have had a few chance encounters. Suppose Willow hadn't been at the water fountain, and Cordelia hadn't been rude to her, and I hadn't felt somehow responsible just for being with Cordy when that happened. . .well, I probably wouldn't have stopped to talk to Willow at lunchtime. And if I hadn't talked to Willow, I might never have made such a great friend. And if I hadn't been friends with Willow, I might never have ended up talking to Xander that night at the Bronze. After that, for one thing, Willow might not have been rescued, and the fight with the Master may have gone differently. But there's a lot more to it than that. If I hadn't had the good dumb luck to make such an incredible pair of friends on my first day in Sunnydale, my whole life really would have been different. Part of me wonders if I would have given up on the whole Slayer gig altogether, if I hadn't needed to rescue Willow. But honestly, I see how these things go and outrunning destiny. . .not such a successful thing. But what might have happened is that I would have believed Giles that the whole Slayer-gig was just something between me and my Watcher, that it was this big secret I couldn't share with anyone. I might have locked myself up in this private little world where nobody could get to me. I guess some of you probably think I did that anyway. Sure, I had my moments -- I think it probably goes with the territory. But in the end, I've always had other people to connect me back to normal life. And that all started with seeing Willow at the water fountain.