Oh, ouch. Dammit, in an otherwise light fic, this is a pointy stabby bit. On the one hand, if Buffy said to anyone that two months was enough time to grieve, she'd sound harsh. But on the other hand, there's been so much in her life that she's had to get over nearly that fast or even faster -- Merrick dying, herself dying, Angel turning to Angelus, sending Angel to hell, Jenny dying, Kendra dying, multiple of her classmates dying (including at graduation), her dad abandoning her, her mom dying, herself dying again and getting resurrected, Giles abandoning her, Tara dying... and on and on.
The only loss anyone even told her it was ok to take time grieving was her mom, and yet that one she had the least time, because she had to step into the parent role for Dawn. Otherwise the message she's gotten is, "Life is painful, now go save the world." So it's really no surprise she sees grief in such terms.
But... poor Buffy.
Quoting this entire section because TOTAL AGREEMENT. (Even after finding Tara's body they have a couple of minutes to reflect and grieve and then it's on to trying to figure out to stop DW. No time for more than that. Ouch, indeed.)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2014-10-29 12:57 pm (UTC)The only loss anyone even told her it was ok to take time grieving was her mom, and yet that one she had the least time, because she had to step into the parent role for Dawn. Otherwise the message she's gotten is, "Life is painful, now go save the world." So it's really no surprise she sees grief in such terms.
But... poor Buffy.
Quoting this entire section because TOTAL AGREEMENT. (Even after finding Tara's body they have a couple of minutes to reflect and grieve and then it's on to trying to figure out to stop DW. No time for more than that. Ouch, indeed.)