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   Wes to Madlove   
   Re: S7 E19 Empty Places   
   26 Mar 19 07:25:53   
   
   From: bruwestro@hotmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 2:19:27 AM UTC-4, Madlove wrote:   
   > On 03/25/2019 11:13 AM, Wes wrote:   
   > > 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.   
   >    
   >    
   > After the way they treated her she should've quit and let them fend for    
   > themselves,   
   > instead she leaves her *own* home. But then they're all friends again at    
   > the end???   
   >    
   > That... ep... made... zero... sense... whatsoever...   
   >    
   > How did Whedon approve the script?   
      
   That part didn't bother me much. I was used to it after "Dead Man's Party" and   
   I think the strength of their friendship (B,W & X) was a big part of the   
   story. "When She Was Bad", "Living Conditions", "Something Blue", etc. tested   
   their friendship but it    
   survived.   
      
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