Yes, in this issue Buffy joins the illustrous crowd of Whedon heroes who have murdered humans
Purely technical point but FutureWillow hasn’t been human for some time. Fray sensed it and Willow confirmed the point in the previous issue.
It's to Fray's credit that she still refuses to even consider killing Buffy right up until the very end, and I do like the confrontation between them. When Fray tries to talk to her, Buffy simply says she doesn't care; when Fray more or less begs her to reconsider something that they both think will wipe out Fray's entire world, Buffy not only won't but even finds time to taunt Fray in the process.
I’m not getting this Fray=good Buffy=bad reading when they’re really doing exactly the same things just for different worlds. Melaka gets credit for not going slayercidal until the end but where does Buffy even consider killing Fray as a goal? She defeats her symbolically not literally by breaking the scythe while the force applied to the woman is non-lethal. Buffy is prepared to do whatever it takes to save her world even if it risks the existence of Fray’s particular future. Melaka is prepared to put Buffy’s world through any kind of agony provided it leads to her future and more specifically her family coming to be. I don’t see the conversation you quote as taunting more as laying out the options Slayer to Slayer so both understand where they’re each coming from.
Is there any particular reason Buffy doesn't just knock Willow out of the way? Or better yet, tackle her through the portal and ask questions in the safety of her own New York hotel? How come her first reaction is "stabbity"?
Buffy kills Willow because that’s what Willow tells her she has to do. How else do you interpret:
“You dragged me here and then told me exactly how to get out.”
and her last question:
“Why does it have to be me ?”
Buffy trusts Willow implicity both because she knows her and because she understands all that FDW has done to engineer this including her own ultimate sacrifice.
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Date: 2008-11-29 09:32 am (UTC)Purely technical point but FutureWillow hasn’t been human for some time. Fray sensed it and Willow confirmed the point in the previous issue.
It's to Fray's credit that she still refuses to even consider killing Buffy right up until the very end, and I do like the confrontation between them. When Fray tries to talk to her, Buffy simply says she doesn't care; when Fray more or less begs her to reconsider something that they both think will wipe out Fray's entire world, Buffy not only won't but even finds time to taunt Fray in the process.
I’m not getting this Fray=good Buffy=bad reading when they’re really doing exactly the same things just for different worlds. Melaka gets credit for not going slayercidal until the end but where does Buffy even consider killing Fray as a goal? She defeats her symbolically not literally by breaking the scythe while the force applied to the woman is non-lethal. Buffy is prepared to do whatever it takes to save her world even if it risks the existence of Fray’s particular future. Melaka is prepared to put Buffy’s world through any kind of agony provided it leads to her future and more specifically her family coming to be. I don’t see the conversation you quote as taunting more as laying out the options Slayer to Slayer so both understand where they’re each coming from.
Is there any particular reason Buffy doesn't just knock Willow out of the way? Or better yet, tackle her through the portal and ask questions in the safety of her own New York hotel? How come her first reaction is "stabbity"?
Buffy kills Willow because that’s what Willow tells her she has to do. How else do you interpret:
“You dragged me here and then told me exactly how to get out.”
and her last question:
“Why does it have to be me ?”
Buffy trusts Willow implicity both because she knows her and because she understands all that FDW has done to engineer this including her own ultimate sacrifice.