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Date Posted: 14:33:00 10/26/05 Wed
Author: Sunshine
Subject: Re: Two points make a line, but do they make a paradigm?
In reply to: Sophist 's message, "Two points make a line, but do they make a paradigm?" on 12:48:29 10/26/05 Wed

As far as the long history of abuse, I would cite "Something Blue" in season 4, in addition to the previous examples. I guess we could quibble about what constitutes a “long history” but I would just say that she abused magic in the past and it would be consistent with her character to do so again. Certainly early season 6 showed a Willow that was quick to resort to magic to solve her problems. You could say that this was just an early example of her addiction but I think it could also be explained by Willow being Willow. I think she had self image problems and used magic for validation. I think the spell to bring back Buffy could be seen as an abuse. The inadvisability of resurrection spells were certainly made clear in Forever, at least by Tara. In fact, Willows assistance to Dawn in that episode was an early sign of a rather lackadaisical appreciation of the possible dangers of magic and perhaps a willingness to act irresponsibly. I think there are additional instances of Willow using magic to, in effect, make her feel better about herself but I would have to go through all 108 episodes prior to Wrecked, when I think the addiction theme was really foregrounded, and make a list which I really do not currently have time for.
As far as magic having a price, why can I not use early season 6 (see above). Certainly both Spike and Giles had problems with the Buffy resurrection spell and I think Spike even said “There is always a price to pay”. I think there was a general belief in the Buffyverse that magic was powerful and one must be careful because there were often unintended consequences. I think the idea that “actions have consequences” was a central theme of both BtVS and Angel. This idea is not limited to magic but magic was certainly included. Again, I think this idea was explicitly stated several times but I would have to again go through the episodes. If I ever get around to that, I will post my results and perhaps either convince you or admit that I was mistaken and somehow just made the whole thing up.

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