Is she really human any more? Spike's chip said not. Voll doesn't think so. Spike's chip said not post-resurrection. Before that she registered as perfectly human, Slayer powers or no. All the new Slayers are not deeply traumatised twice-dead angst ridden Buffies. They're S1/2 Buffy, but with a network to support them and not feeling like a freak.
Yes there is darkness in Buffy, but does that darkness come from her powers, or just from being human? We've seen more than enough human monsters to know that it's not a simple conundrum. Look at Dana. Look at Dark!Willow. Should they be killed? What do they deserve?
Yeah, it's simple to think of Warren now as just a kind of zombie that can be slain without moral qualms. He's red and ugly and Buffy's blonde and pretty, so it's obvious who's the good one and who's the evil one who deserves death... Of course it is. It wasn't back in S6, but *now* it is. Super!Warren was the perfect flipside/parallel/dark mirror to Buffy. Skinless!Warren is icky and pointless.
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Date: 2007-06-27 09:56 am (UTC)Spike's chip said not post-resurrection. Before that she registered as perfectly human, Slayer powers or no. All the new Slayers are not deeply traumatised twice-dead angst ridden Buffies. They're S1/2 Buffy, but with a network to support them and not feeling like a freak.
Yes there is darkness in Buffy, but does that darkness come from her powers, or just from being human? We've seen more than enough human monsters to know that it's not a simple conundrum. Look at Dana. Look at Dark!Willow. Should they be killed? What do they deserve?
Yeah, it's simple to think of Warren now as just a kind of zombie that can be slain without moral qualms. He's red and ugly and Buffy's blonde and pretty, so it's obvious who's the good one and who's the evil one who deserves death...
Of course it is. It wasn't back in S6, but *now* it is. Super!Warren was the perfect flipside/parallel/dark mirror to Buffy. Skinless!Warren is icky and pointless.