Your post is what got me thinking. And it's a brilliant thing, getting people to think.

I totally agree with you. The Gift was sad. I mean, the only way for Buffy to win is for her to die? Oh, that's a positive message.

Chosen kinda reminded me of the last words of the Children of Dune miniseries - "A chapter has ended, swept away by the whirlwind. [or destroyed by Spike's soul, as the case may be] One door has closed, but another has opened. And on the other side... our future..."