From: bruwestro@hotmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 7:52:26 PM UTC-4, David wrote:   
   > The gang is ganging up on Buffy. Anya questions why Buffy should be    
   > their leader --   
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   >    
   >     ANYA --- But you didn't earn it. You didn't work for it. You've never    
   > had anybody come up to you and say you deserve these things more than anyone    
   > else. They were just handed to you. So that doesn't make you better than us.    
   > It makes you luckier than us.   
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   >    
   >             And as far as Buffy being luckier than they are-- I can think of    
   > nothing MORE unlucky than to be chosen to be a Slayer - constantly fighting    
   > for your life; constantly lying to your parents and friends; and almost    
   > assured of a early and violent death.   
   >    
   >    
   > David   
      
   That's the point, IMO. Having the 1100-year-old Anya who has, as far as we can   
   tell, thoroughly enjoyed most of her life, call Buffy “lucky” is to call   
   our attention to how UNfair and UNlucky it is to be The Slayer.    
      
   She has been described as 'special' and 'important' and 'needed' and 'lucky'   
   since the series began, but for Buffy Summers, the person at the center of the   
   story, her life has often sucked beyond belief.   
      
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