the monks stating that we created Dawn from the slayer and sent her to the slayer,
Nope, the surviving monk simply said they sent Dawn to Buffy to take care of her and that memories were altered so that they would *believe* they were sisters. The rest of the monks were all murdered, so we don't have what they would have said. It was Buffy who said in the Gift (with no evidence) that they had *made* Dawn from her so they shared blood!
The episode Blood Ties is all about Buffy trying to keep Dawn from feeling abandoned, not about factually proving 'blood ties.' Buffy thought she was really Dawn's sister at the end of the first episode that year, and when she learned differently she did not want Dawn to learn the truth. With all those times in the hospital, they had all those chances to say, 'Hey Buffy and Dawn have such similar blood...,' but that never happened! Once Buffy knew Dawn was the Key, she could have asked someone to research how *someone* could be created from *something.* Willow could have said, "Oh, that's very difficult and you'd need someone's blood as a seed." That would have worked, but that never happened. By the Gift, Buffy knows at least that Dawn was not born, as Buffy remembers it and she knows next to nothing else about what the monks did. The season very clearly showed that Buffy should have been emotionally tied to Dawn, but there was nothing that showed they were physically tied. If they hadn't made the Gift about a *need* for the physical tie between the two, there would be no problem. But, that physical component was required by the story. The story of Buffy being the physical source of Dawn was purely made up at the last minute during The Gift and many people liked the idea of Buffy sacrificing for Dawn so much they filled in their own details, not realizing they (and apparently you) were actually retconning. I assure you, this is not a subjective matter.
I will agree with Suran Parker, that if Buffy had chosen to let Dawn go it would have been an interesting choice. They could have made a very interesting season six starting from that starting point. But that wasn't the story they wanted to tell and arguing they should have told a different one doesn't make a lot of sense. What I am saying is that Mutant Enemy did not tell the story they chose to tell at all well.
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Date: 2016-08-13 09:42 pm (UTC)Nope, the surviving monk simply said they sent Dawn to Buffy to take care of her and that memories were altered so that they would *believe* they were sisters. The rest of the monks were all murdered, so we don't have what they would have said. It was Buffy who said in the Gift (with no evidence) that they had *made* Dawn from her so they shared blood!
The episode Blood Ties is all about Buffy trying to keep Dawn from feeling abandoned, not about factually proving 'blood ties.' Buffy thought she was really Dawn's sister at the end of the first episode that year, and when she learned differently she did not want Dawn to learn the truth. With all those times in the hospital, they had all those chances to say, 'Hey Buffy and Dawn have such similar blood...,' but that never happened! Once Buffy knew Dawn was the Key, she could have asked someone to research how *someone* could be created from *something.* Willow could have said, "Oh, that's very difficult and you'd need someone's blood as a seed." That would have worked, but that never happened. By the Gift, Buffy knows at least that Dawn was not born, as Buffy remembers it and she knows next to nothing else about what the monks did. The season very clearly showed that Buffy should have been emotionally tied to Dawn, but there was nothing that showed they were physically tied. If they hadn't made the Gift about a *need* for the physical tie between the two, there would be no problem. But, that physical component was required by the story. The story of Buffy being the physical source of Dawn was purely made up at the last minute during The Gift and many people liked the idea of Buffy sacrificing for Dawn so much they filled in their own details, not realizing they (and apparently you) were actually retconning. I assure you, this is not a subjective matter.
I will agree with Suran Parker, that if Buffy had chosen to let Dawn go it would have been an interesting choice. They could have made a very interesting season six starting from that starting point. But that wasn't the story they wanted to tell and arguing they should have told a different one doesn't make a lot of sense. What I am saying is that Mutant Enemy did not tell the story they chose to tell at all well.