Re: Request and Questions - Rewrite season 6

["lightn123" <lightn123@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In buffywantswillow@y..., Jason Rune <winter_herald@y...> wrote:
> --- carrkjar <carrkjar@y...> wrote:
> 
> > Rewrite Season 6. 
> 
> 4. I'm highly conflicted about Willow's Fall. One
> part of me is drawn to angsty and dark storylines; the
> other feels that Willow's innocence is a vital part of
> the show. If you could preserve both of those
> alongside each other, it would be fantastic. And I
> think that's possible.
> 
> The way I see Willow's problem with magic is not as
> evil or drug addiction. I look back to Something
> Blue, and she wants the pain to go away, wants
> something to take it away; but she refuses to believe
> that such a thing takes time. That's how I think her
> Fall storyline should have been done. Remember: the
> dark side is "easier," and that's part of why it's so
> seductive. In a way, Willow is almost child-like in
> reaching for whatever magics will bring her desires.
> 
> And since the whole season is about "growing up," this
> all would have fit perfectly.
> 
> But *no*, they had to make it all about Don't Do
> Drugs, Kiddies, with a small side helping of I Wanna
> Be Bad.
> 
> Oh well.
> 
> I remain,
> 
> Jason Rune
> 

You could have Tara teach Willow the Wicca religion and respect for
magic, so that she could actually use it responsibly.

Another angle I always liked was that magic was a way to make Willow
feel like she was really contributing something to the group and not
just the nerd anymore (as she said after overhearing Percy in Doomed).
It also tracks with Willow's experience in Restless, she is scared
people will find out who she really is. We've never seen that Tara
knows what Willow was like in high school. So you could use this
angle to have Willow grow up and accept who she is. It could easily
be used to have Willow and Tara grow closer together, although that
isn't the ship here. I'm trying to think of how to involve Buffy here...