See I should be having thoughts and stuff about the whole episode, but pretty much I'm thinking:
Giles! Eeeee! Giles Giles Giles! ;D ;D
"I'd like to test that theory"
*votes for best entrance ever*
You know if you google for that phrase in quote marks you get Giles?
And not, for instance, any kind of science stuff at all.
So, okay, y'all know what my favourite bit is.
Yes, that was one of the best entrances, ever! It's surely classic "top ten" moment for BtVS.
Hmmm - we should do "top ten" entrances and exits list for BtVS.
As you point out, Andrew's more in love with the idea of Warren, than Warren - so, Warren's death is going to hurt Andrew, but not as much as you may think.
Unlike real people, fantasy people are completely replaceable.
Interesting thought. Tara & Willow are kinda like Warren & Andrew - but turned on their head, since Willow was - outwardly - the dominating party, and Willow is more "Warren" than "Andrew."
Yet definitely, the desperate attachment and need, the feeling that "I'm no one without you." is something Willow and Andrew have in common.
Tara is only marginally an "Andrew." She put up with more than she should have, and right before she died, she seemed willing to take a chance on exposing herself to more of Willow's abuse. Yet unlike Andrew, Tara had real, inner strength, and would surely have walked out on Willow again
when (honestly, I don't think it would have been "if") Willow repeated the abuse.
Was Warren as hooked on Andrew's adoration, as Andrew was on Warren's presence and leadership? Did Warren only feel good about himself, when Andrew looked at him adoringly?
Certainly, both Willow and Warren were masses of insecurities, with super-sized needs for reassurance that they were powerful and significant.
Well, not sure where I'm going with all this, but Warren-Andrew, Willow-Tara parallels are very interesting territory to explore.
I'd really only thought about Warren-Katrina and Willow-Tara (also Buffy-Spike, Xander-Anya), not so much Warren-Andrew.
Willow is totally messed up!
She's given in to the big Evil - something, I think, she's been tempted to do for awhile. And now Tara's death has provided the excuse/reason.
It's the final straw, no more holding back for Willow.
I remember someone, back when this aired, arguing that Willow's motives for her destructorama were actually good - she wanted to stop everyone's pain, and besides, she was wild with grief.
But to me, these things - the motives, the grief - were insignificant. I mean - there are no excuses for what Willow does here. There are just possibilities - for recuperation, redemption, and forgiveness.
'Cause there's still some good Willow in there, and Xander will find it and access it.
) And Andrew at probably his second most objectionable... but with moments where Jonathan's the bastard and Andrew is just hurting: "Oh my god, Warren" "Oh my god, me!"
