WSWB - OMWF

[butterfly]

It's interesting how in WSWB, Buffy is hurting and decides that she has to go alone, while by OMWF, when she's hurting, Giles is the one who decides she should fight alone.

In Seasons 1-3, Buffy does try to push the gang out of the fight. After that, she pretty much stops, yeah (and transfers that to Dawn)? Hmm. I need to rewatch S4-6. I know that it's stopped in 6&7, but I'm trying to figure the exact turning point. Why did she figure out that she couldn't protect them when they wanted in the fight?

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[butterfly.livejournal.com]

But I often wonder if it is also because she can see what she is fighting for and protecting that has let her live longer than many of the other slayers (if we don't count the Council in all this mess...)

That makes a lot of sense. If you can see what you're fighting for, then you fight all the harder. You have to see the innocence and the bravery and the goodness of people in order to be willing to fight for them.