I was thinking about ‘Chosen’ a while ago, and about Buffy’s smile and her friends’ banter at the end and how sharply it contrasted with everyone’s grief at the end of ‘The Gift’. Did this mean that no-one cared about Spike, Anya and all the dead Potentials? Personally I never thought so, but I began to wonder about the differences between Glory’s apocalypse and The Firsts’ apocalypse. And then I thought about all the other times the world nearly went to hell, and if there was some sort of pattern - and if so, did this apply to S7? Here is what I came up with:
First a list of all the apocalypses on the show and thoughts on why The First was different. Then a comparison between 'The Gift' and 'Chosen' re. the mindset before the battle and the deaths:
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First a list of all the apocalypses on the show and thoughts on why The First was different. Then a comparison between 'The Gift' and 'Chosen' re. the mindset before the battle and the deaths:
( Read more... )
