I do think that the disruption in a the Slayer line was meant to foreshadow Buffy's choice in "Chosen", or rather to counterpoint it.
The problem is that the FE already appeared in "Amends"...because of Angel! The FE is a convenient plot device for several storylines, and it works as long as you don't expect it to be a mastermind villian with real strategy (how many plotholes in seaosn 7 otherwise!)but a simple metaphor.
So as I consider it a Vice character (you never came back btw!) I can't really subscribe to your theories.
I think it's all about the potential. There's potential for good and potential for evil. Buffy's resurrection caused a chain reaction of bad stuff in season 6, the potential for evil was high and Willow killing bambi was the first evil actions (because BAMBI damnit!)of many. Buffy was not responsible indeed but her coming back was the source of all that evil, so yes she caused it. And she was wrong. As I said once, Buffy in season 6 is metaphorically a vampire, she went to a similar awakening, and having been resurrected from her remains she's an animated corpse, so Spike's chip registered her as "like him" aka wrong. It's interesting because Spike then knew being like him meant "being wrong". He was so close to be ensouled!
In season 7 they have not all worked their issues out...yet. The potential for evil from Willow, Spike, Faith, Buffy herself was still high.
But with the Potentials of season 7 there was potential for good too, hence the counterpoint. The scene in which Buffy and Faith seem to bond, showed that now Buffy was ready to share her power. They could be two at last (until then Buffy has never really accepted the other Slayer)...so they could be many. It was no longer a split, a disruption of the line, but a diffusion.
Everything in her journey led her to season 7, and to this point. Even Dawn. With Dawn, Buffy learnt to not be the only child anymore,to share, and she learnt to take care of a younger girl...exactly what she did in season 7.
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The problem is that the FE already appeared in "Amends"...because of Angel! The FE is a convenient plot device for several storylines, and it works as long as you don't expect it to be a mastermind villian with real strategy (how many plotholes in seaosn 7 otherwise!)but a simple metaphor.
So as I consider it a Vice character (you never came back btw!) I can't really subscribe to your theories.
I think it's all about the potential. There's potential for good and potential for evil. Buffy's resurrection caused a chain reaction of bad stuff in season 6, the potential for evil was high and Willow killing bambi was the first evil actions (because BAMBI damnit!)of many. Buffy was not responsible indeed but her coming back was the source of all that evil, so yes she caused it. And she was wrong. As I said once, Buffy in season 6 is metaphorically a vampire, she went to a similar awakening, and having been resurrected from her remains she's an animated corpse, so Spike's chip registered her as "like him" aka wrong. It's interesting because Spike then knew being like him meant "being wrong". He was so close to be ensouled!
In season 7 they have not all worked their issues out...yet. The potential for evil from Willow, Spike, Faith, Buffy herself was still high.
But with the Potentials of season 7 there was potential for good too, hence the counterpoint. The scene in which Buffy and Faith seem to bond, showed that now Buffy was ready to share her power. They could be two at last (until then Buffy has never really accepted the other Slayer)...so they could be many. It was no longer a split, a disruption of the line, but a diffusion.
Everything in her journey led her to season 7, and to this point. Even Dawn. With Dawn, Buffy learnt to not be the only child anymore,to share, and she learnt to take care of a younger girl...exactly what she did in season 7.