Re: Normal Again Mini-Review

["debvii" <debvii@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In buffywantswillow@y..., "debvii" <debvii@y...> wrote:

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> And I'm pretty sure, as she often does, that SMG used Aly/Willow as
> her initial focal point for the scene (tho I'll concede there's the
> slight chance she was looking at MT at first).

Okay, the other night I watched Normal Again again {hee}, and 
something really struck me in the final scene. When Buffy apologises 
to the group, she NEVER looks at Dawn. EVER. In fact, she only looks 
at Willow (tho the shot was probably meant to include her looking at 
Will, Xander, and Tara, but the editing screwed it). Even more in 
fact, MT looks uncomfortable for a moment...like she's supposed to be 
included in the apology but isn't so she's at a loss as to what to do.

ANYWAY, what do you all make of that? Throughout this season I've 
periodically felt like Buffy shuts out Dawn, and in a way that goes 
beyond her general depressiveness. It's almost as if there's some 
underlying resentment there. And it's confusing because the 
resentment-tinged ignoring does NOT coincide with the *textual* gripes 
about Buffy's emotional and/or physical unavailability.

Does anyone understand what I just said? Comments?

DEM