And SURELY Buffy of all people would leave anyone she had reason to believe was in heaven well enough alone.....

That too. I don't think Buffy would put Tara through what she went through just to give Willow a happy. It is an idea that I am glad did not work out, as throwing things at the screen would be a minimal appropriate response.

(So what do you guys think Buffy would spend her one wish on?)

Jenny was not a witch.

I was using the term loosely, but you are right.

That too. I don't think Buffy would put Tara through what she went through just to give Willow a happy.

Well, it would be a reality altering wish- I'd assume that the wish may not be that Tara would be brought to life, but that Tara had never died?

ETA: This would mess up mountains of other things, I know. Still not an endorsing it. Besides the huge Squee I'd have made at the time of execution, in the long run it wouldn't work.

(So what do you guys think Buffy would spend her one wish on?)

You know, I kind of like the shoe thing. She could wish for pumps that really are just as comfortable as sneakers!

I like the shoe thing, too. It fits in with what the series has put forth about how wishing really can frig up reality. You can't anticipate all the consequences of granting any wish, but the smaller, and more inconsequential the wish, the less likely it would seem to cause harm.

Although then, it would really be cool if the shoes she wished for triggered some kind of apocalypse, because the person who would have otherwise gotten that pair of shoes then fails to do something, and a big bad is somehow triggered.

Oh. Season 8!

You can't anticipate all the consequences of granting any wish, but the smaller, and more inconsequential the wish, the less likely it would seem to cause harm.

My first thought with the wishing for the comfortable shoe is: she wouldn't be able to bear living with one style of shoe forever! Also, would she have to qualify the wish with "shoes that won't wear out?"

My theory of how we get to Fray-verse.

There's this (metaphorical) kitchen sink with a leaky faucet and the drain plugged that is the resevior of Slayer power. Normally, tptb take a dipper and dispense power to the new Slayer when she is called. The Chosen spell pulled the plug from the drain, dispensing water to all the Potentials. This, however, more or less used up the resevior.

Eventually, they'll figure this out, and, in trying to come up with a fix, will do the Big Spell that Makes the Magic go away. One of the effects of this will be to re-stopper the sink, allowing the Slayer power to begin to replenish itself again. When whatever seal was keeping the magic out gets breached (sometime near-Fray), it will also allow the re-establishment of the Slayer line.

I think Buffy would wish for a steady income for the rest of her life, that did not involve dealing with dead things. Although, given her dealings with Vengence Demon wishes, the shoes are less risky.

didn't someone say, "From now on, every girl who can be a slayer, will be a slayer," or something like that? I think that's the bit that did the jossing of Fray

Damn. Buffy said that. So much for my wank. I like DebetEsse's much better.

(So what do you guys think Buffy would spend her one wish on?)

Sans shoes.

didn't someone say, "From now on, every girl who can be a slayer, will be a slayer," or something like that? I think that's the bit that did the jossing of Fray

Well, no one said she had to be right. This is the girl who still thinks that she killed Angel and that the Slayer line runs through her.

Also, that line is in the middle of an inspirational speech. By the end, neither we nor the potentials were paying much attention to those (and I'm skeptical about the writers...)

Also, that line is in the middle of an inspirational speech. By the end, neither we nor the potentials were paying much attention to those (and I'm skeptical about the writers...)

This conjures the image of the writers punching some buttons and pulling the lever on the Random Buffy Speech generator. The first two sentences would have a rhetorical flousish, and the last line would provide a cutaway to black, and the middle would be a mesmerizing stew of adjective hash.