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Date Posted: 15:45:08 10/27/05 Thu
Author: Sophist
Subject: Re: Flaws in your counter
In reply to: Sophist 's message, "Flaws in your counter" on 15:44:07 10/27/05 Thu

The bullet in Villains:

We know that Darth Rosenberg was in full effect and that the Dark Magic had all but taken over at that point.

This doesn't address the issue. The issue is whether the "repercussions" are limited to those spells which return things to their "natural order". This spell did NOT return Buffy to any "natural order", yet there were no repercussions from this spell (from the magic Willow absorbed, possibly, but not from this particular spell).

And as long as we're on this topic, what about when Tara released Xander, Willow and Dawn in NA? Same basic fact pattern, no repercussions.

Locater spells

Ever lost your car keys? The TV remote? A ballpoint? Pesky isn't it?

Yes, and that very fact shows that such losses are entirely part of the "natural order". By your logic, these spells should therefore cause repercussions, yet they don't. The same is true for the Tinkerbell spell in Barg. II and the fiat lux spell in Doomed.

I suspect we could go back and forth on this for quite a while. My basic point is that the show did NOT treat magic in a consistent way over the course of 7 seasons. That's not necessarily a flaw in itself, but it does undermine the "there's always consequences" doctrine.

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