To me, that's almost the scariest part about Buffy here. Killing Fray, by way of wiping her entire world and everyone in it from existence, isn't a goal, true; it's just an acceptable consequence.
It’s a possible consequence depending on whether the Whedonverse tolerates multiple timelines. On a meta level the precedent of the Wishverse still exisiting in Doppelgangland and the Asylumverse not blinking out at the end of Normal Again suggests that it can. Within the story Buffy is no quantum physicist and can’t swear one way or the other. However, if there can only be one true timeline, then were Buffy’s actions on her return to wipe out the Fray future they would do so only in the sense of creating another equally valid alternate future. Fray’s world and everyone in it, by clinging to their own existence, wipe out that alternate future and all the people in that. Would Melaka spare any thought to them? Did Wishverse Giles give a damm about the people in the world Cordelia made?
Calling someone names, playground-style, while they're begging for their right to exist isn't taunting?
Huh? And begging?
As far as I can see, what Willow tells Buffy is essentially: 1. The portal is opening again. On the rooftop, at midnight. 2. You will have to "go through" me. 3. The 20th century yada yada. 4. No, I won't tell you what happened, we don't have time. 5. Urgh.
You missed out the part about death being the point of it all (To what end?) and who kills being more important than who dies. That’s why Buffy’s question is “Why does it have to be me?”
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It’s a possible consequence depending on whether the Whedonverse tolerates multiple timelines. On a meta level the precedent of the Wishverse still exisiting in Doppelgangland and the Asylumverse not blinking out at the end of Normal Again suggests that it can. Within the story Buffy is no quantum physicist and can’t swear one way or the other. However, if there can only be one true timeline, then were Buffy’s actions on her return to wipe out the Fray future they would do so only in the sense of creating another equally valid alternate future. Fray’s world and everyone in it, by clinging to their own existence, wipe out that alternate future and all the people in that. Would Melaka spare any thought to them? Did Wishverse Giles give a damm about the people in the world Cordelia made?
Calling someone names, playground-style, while they're begging for their right to exist isn't taunting?
Huh? And begging?
As far as I can see, what Willow tells Buffy is essentially: 1. The portal is opening again. On the rooftop, at midnight. 2. You will have to "go through" me. 3. The 20th century yada yada. 4. No, I won't tell you what happened, we don't have time. 5. Urgh.
You missed out the part about death being the point of it all (To what end?) and who kills being more important than who dies. That’s why Buffy’s question is “Why does it have to be me?”