I agree. Willow/Spike and Willow/Faith are scenes I would really have loved.
A friend suggested that it might have been interesting had Willow intervened to save Spike from Robin -- for various reasons; Willow would be acting to save Robin from being consumed by vengeance, would be acting to stop Giles' overstep of authority, and her entry would correspond with when Spike "gets his memories back" about his mother -- which ties in with Willow's own attempts to erase the past in s6 with Tara / Buffy. It'd be a way to bring the two characters' stories together while also showing the progress both had made. I think it would be difficult to pull off, especially since LMPTM is already a jam-packed episode, and a very controversial one at that. But it's an idea that struck me as very interesting, at least.
I like season seven more than most, but I did miss a lot of important character interactions.
I didn't mention, but of course the thing with Spike and authority is that Spike has internalized all the expectations as well -- the way he deals with it is to go full-on rejecting any authority he can. Willow tries to play along with others' authority, but it stifles her. Neither strategy is sustainable in the long run by itself.
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Date: 2014-10-18 03:19 am (UTC)A friend suggested that it might have been interesting had Willow intervened to save Spike from Robin -- for various reasons; Willow would be acting to save Robin from being consumed by vengeance, would be acting to stop Giles' overstep of authority, and her entry would correspond with when Spike "gets his memories back" about his mother -- which ties in with Willow's own attempts to erase the past in s6 with Tara / Buffy. It'd be a way to bring the two characters' stories together while also showing the progress both had made. I think it would be difficult to pull off, especially since LMPTM is already a jam-packed episode, and a very controversial one at that. But it's an idea that struck me as very interesting, at least.
I like season seven more than most, but I did miss a lot of important character interactions.
I didn't mention, but of course the thing with Spike and authority is that Spike has internalized all the expectations as well -- the way he deals with it is to go full-on rejecting any authority he can. Willow tries to play along with others' authority, but it stifles her. Neither strategy is sustainable in the long run by itself.