Buffy ,'Chosen'
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I thought that when they discussed in S7 it was implied that Buffy knew about it all along, but was only now bringing it up.
Oh, I didn't get that impression at all. What makes you think that?
(edit) Because it seem that she was upset/angry with Willow for the whole 'kick his ass' thing, which she wouldn't have been had she known Xander had changed the message.
Oh, I didn't get that impression at all. What makes you think that?
(edit) Because it seem that she was upset/angry with Willow for the whole 'kick his ass' thing, which she wouldn't have been had she known Xander had changed the message.
You know, I may be remembering this all wrong, because I pretty much refuse to watch S7 again, but I thought when Buffy said the "kick his ass" thing, she knew that Willow had never said it and had just never wanted to open this big can of worms before. Buffy wasn't surprised when Willow said, "I never said that!" was she? Because now I'm thinking that I've just made all this up.
ETA: I just found the transcript and you're definitely right, she thought that Willow really had said that, which, when I think about it, makes no sense. Why would Buffy believe that at the same time Willow was trying to do a re-souling spell, she would also tell Xander to tell Buffy to "kick his ass"? I always thought that (and I guess now this is a fanwank) that after Buffy discovered that Willow did the spell, that she realized Xander had lied to her (I think she probably relived that day quite a bit in her mind) and chose never to bring it up until S7 because it was too painful to contemplate.
Buffy wasn't surprised when Willow said, "I never said that!" was she?
I'm not sure that Buffy heard/processed what Willow was saying, because she and Xander were arguing. They just argued right past the comment.
She may have assumed that Willow deecided to try one last time after giving Xander the message.
Maysa, I saw it the way you did the first time, but upon rewatch I don't think that Buffy heard what Willow said at all.
So, there really was absolutely no point in even bringing up the lie at all then? In the imaginary version in my head I thought that the fact of Buffy knowing all these years and never addressing it really showed how distanced and untrusting she was with her friends. Now, I just think that it makes Buffy look like an idiot and Xander incredibly callous, that he never, even when given the opportunity years later, set things straight. Or apparently felt any guilt about it.
Sorry for all my confusion.
Aw, Maysa, don't you hate it when the story you remember is better than the story you actually saw?
And, yes, no point at all to it being brought up.
What about the praying mantis eggs in the storage cupboard in teacher's pet?
Aw, Maysa, don't you hate it when the story you remember is better than the story you actually saw?
Yeah, I didn't think it was possible for S7 to fall lower in my estimation, and yet...
Oooh, that's a good one, helentm. They really should have hatched before they got blowed up with the rest of the school.