#btvs 6x22

[whatisyourchildhoodtrauma]

#this dynamic is really interesting actually despite the lack of interest people seem to have in it  #okay so in the early seasons we see that willows parents aren't really there emotionally for her  #which is horrible to see esp as i get older and think about it  #bc she's so young and going through so much that must be SO emotionally stunting  #anyway here willow is w/ a lack of parental influence running around in the supernatural world  #and then theres giles who is CLEARLY a father/parental figure to the kids  #the thing about it is that buffy is his main priority because she has to be  #and willow  #who is an only child and obviously has some need to please  #or the best or in control or all of them take your pick  #is slowly shown not to know how not to deal with it  #re: her issues w/ magic and control  #ANYWAY this rly comes to a head in season six  #where every single fault and insecurity shes felt since childhood is laid bare  #her identity crisis her abandonment issues her need for validation and attention and power  #her and giles get into a fight about her bringing back buffy  #which was done with good intentions but was DEVASTATING in the long run and giles calls her out on it  #and once again she is put behind buffy  #not only that he calls her a rank beginner (or smth)  #which must be AWFUL for her as someone who needs  #a) to be in control and good at what she does  #and b) making everyone happy  #so this interaction is so...  #fascinating  #bc she has been raking up issues w/ giles for years  (via aisakataiga)

[dailybuffysummers]

BUFFY SUMMERS | 6.22

[slayerdaily]

2.22 | 6.22

[tuiyla]

something something Cordy experiencing empathy at the ultimate heightened level and going "so much suffering... we have to help them"

something something Willow experiencing empathy at the ultimate heightened level and going "so much suffering... I have to end it all <3"

[justyncase]

giles reallyyyy didn’t expect to actually befriend these kids but he did and i love that for him

[theprotagonistisdead]

i find it so funny that nobody ever remembers Andrew's name. Even as Willow wants to kill him, it's just "Jonathan and that other guy."

[youn8ss-2]

i know that cordelia is meant to be a foil and a mirror image to buffy and what her life could’ve been without her calling (and cordelia showing envy at certain moments that buffy even have a calling and therefore a meaning for her life) but

I wish they explored the mirror image thing with other characters cus they all have history that predates buffy stepping foot in sunnydale.

One of my favorite is cordelia in angel 1x22 and willow in btvs 6x22, both find themselves in a situation where they have to feel the pain of the entire world and thats when you see the contrast in their reaction. The power hungry wallflower thinks its better to destroy the world and put an end to all’s suffering and the coming of age arrogant vapid mean girl makes her mission to help the people to lessen that pain. It might seem cavalier and just a way to make the plot move forward as the writer wanted but its also a great representation of their character. It feels almost natural atp that the science nerd who has had to rationalize her feelings to cope with them who finally accessed her full powers after breaking from a big loss that represented for her what she wanted to become as an adult would decide that finishing it all would be better and a more direct solution than the altruistic and unattainable idea to help everyone around the world that the overtly confident adult who just found her purpose takes on the matter.

Its both a representation of their selfish needs/wants but also a clear reflection of the personality they were during their formative years and how it still defines them after they have changed as characters.

I like that people who have known each other most of their life off screen but don’t have that much history still get to mirror each other in surprising ways from when we met them, it feels fated and right.

[best-buffy-lines]

Grave, 6.22

[spuffygifs]

it hasn’t been okay. but it’s gonna be now.

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER S6E2: Bargaining, Part II  → S6E22: Grave

[c-nan]

“No...It hasn’t been...it hasn't been okay”

[lozzybear91]

"So you'll give me what I want. Make me what I was. So Buffy can get what she deserves." "Very well, we will return your soul" Btvs//6x22 Grave

[tell-tale-hearts]

“Can we rest now, Buffy? Can we rest?”

Spike - BTVS; S6E22 / / S7E02

[dailybuffysummers]

BUFFY SUMMERS ✦ Grave

[slayerdaily]

“One of the essential features of the child motif is its futurity. The child is potential future. Hence the occurrence of the child motif in the psychology of the individual signifies as a rule an anticipation of future developments, even though at first it may seem like a retrospective configuration. … In the individuation process, it anticipates the figure that comes from the synthesis of conscious and unconscious elements in the personality. It is therefore a symbol which unites the opposites; a mediator, bringer of healing, that is, one who makes whole. ... The hero’s main feat is to overcome the monster of darkness: it is the long-hoped-for and expected triumph of consciousness over the unconscious. Day and light are synonyms for consciousness, night and dark for the unconscious. The coming of consciousness was probably the most tremendous experience of primeval times, for with it a world came into being whose existence no one had suspected before. ‘And God said: Let there be light!’ is the projection of that immemorial experience of the separation of the conscious from the unconscious. ... Hence the ‘child’ [archetype] distinguishes itself by deeds which point to the conquest of the dark.”

– C.G. Jung, Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious

[effulgent-spuffy]

Grave 6x22

[justyncase]

crying bc no one will ever love me as unconditionally as xander loves willow