Agree - your post neatly sums up my reaction to masq's above, which is fascinating.
Sometimes we are the most powerful when we let go of it - give it to someone else. I've seen this happen numerous times this week in real life and on TV. Where someone becomes more powerful by sharing it. It's what the First did not understand and to a degree what Angel doesn't totally understand, but Buffy figures out in Chosen. By sharing her power with her friends, allowing them to connect to her, letting herself be vulnerable - letting Spike save the world while she escapes, she overthrows her demons. Saw it in the L Word as well - when each character gives up their power - things begin to work out for them. It's a balancing act - but you have to trust the other person enough to be able to do it.
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Date: 2005-11-13 05:45 pm (UTC)Sometimes we are the most powerful when we let go of it - give it to someone else. I've seen this happen numerous times this week in real life and on TV. Where someone becomes more powerful by sharing it.
It's what the First did not understand and to a degree what Angel doesn't totally understand, but Buffy figures out in Chosen. By sharing her power with her friends, allowing them to connect to her, letting herself be vulnerable - letting Spike save the world while she escapes, she overthrows her demons. Saw it in the L Word as well - when each character gives up their power - things begin to work out for them. It's a balancing act - but you have to trust the other person enough to be able to do it.