More Buffy thoughts:

[butterfly]

Three things:
1) Everyone on Buffy and Angel is searching, but all of them are searching for different things.

Buffy: She wants choice. To be who she wants to be without being hemmed down by the world. This is why she's our pure feminist, even if Buffy herself might not say that. She was 'destiny-free' and then suddenly was The One Girl in All the

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[imation23]

Word.

Connor was searching for... as Cordy put it, something real. He wanted something so true that nothing could tear it away.)

And the tragedy is, he had it, but it was the one thing in the world he couldn't accept - Angel's love. *sniffle*

[butterfly]

Oh, yes, so true. But (and this is the tragic part) Angel kept making decisions that, to Connor, made it look like Angel didn't love him. Connor says in the last episode, "You didn't hang on." and that, I think, is what he's basing his definition of love on. Love is when you hang on, no matter what. And because no one does that, Love is a lie.

Angel sent him away at the end of Deep Down, which, to Connor, contradicted what had been said. Angel said, "I love you, Connor. Now get out of my house." and Connor heard, "I say that I love you, Connor, but it's not enough to keep you here."

And by making what he does to Connor dependent to what Connor did to Cordy, he effectively told Connor that Cordy mattered more.

Now, we know that he was trying tough love, but tough love is all that Connor has ever had. It's not enough.

[theamyrlin]

I definitely want to see an essay about your second subject. I've been thinking that it was a bad idea for them to blur the Demon line. But, I guess they made a little bit truer to life with some demons being good, though. I can't wait to hear your thoughts!

[butterfly]

Thanks. I'm going to need to rewatch some stuff, first, though.

[dlgood]

And Buffy is an enabler, she helps people reach their potential. Always has.

Buffy slots nicely into the top spot on the Pantheon of Sports Cliches when deciding how to rank the Great Players. Buffy is the player whose greatness is defined, not solely by her ability and skill, but by her ability to make everybody around her into better players.

[butterfly]

Heh. Yeah, that sounds about right.