"It had been brought to my attention," Giles answered dryly. "At least this one doesn't predict your imminent demise."
"No," Buffy answered, "but I'm still a little squicked by that whole 'three bound by love' thing. I don't want to screw up Willow and Tara. They had a good thing going, and hopefully they'll have it again. Besides, don't I have free will? Damn the prophecy, I won't come between them."
Giles examined Buffy's face, seeing her knitted brow and downcast eyes. After so many years of hiding behind masks of duty and sacrifice, Buffy's true emotions were finally starting to assert themselves. "Buffy," he spoke gently, not as a Watcher to his Slayer, but as a father to his daughter, "your own experience should remind you how mutable prophecies can be. If you, Willow and Tara are indeed bound by love, that bond does not necessitate a sexual relationship."
Buffy huffed cynically. "Anya seems to think so. Ever since you revealed that prophecy, she's been asking me if I've had sex with Tara yet."
Giles barked a sarcastic laugh. "Anya sees sexual subtext in Tom and Jerry cartoons. Buffy, sex and love are not synonymous. If I recall my Greek philosophy classes from university correctly, Socrates spoke of three levels of love, Eros, Philia and Agape."
"Who, who and wha?" Buffy looked blankly at Giles.
"I know, speak English," Giles regarded Buffy with a half-smile as he removed his glasses and wiped the lenses with a Kleenex; Buffy recognized this gesture as 'Giles Explains it All'. "According to Socrates, Eros is the lowest form of love. Eros, from which we get the word 'erotic', is romantic and sexual love, embodying desire and lust, as well as the need to create, either by propagating the species or by creating works of art. On a higher level is Philia, meaning friendship and familial love. Certainly something that you share with both Willow and Tara."
"As in Philadelphia," Buffy offered, "the City of Brotherly Love."
"Yes, very good," Giles agreed. "And finally, on the highest level, there is Agape. This is defined as a selfless love, sacrificing all for the greater good. And if anyone possesses the capability to love that strongly, Buffy, it's you. You have sacrificed so much for so long, for the sake of Dawn, Willow, all of us. So really, Buffy, the prophecy of the Three Who Are One hasn't said anything about you that we didn't already know."
Hi everyone, i need some help, I'm looking for a B/W fic i think it's
buffy's point of view but i could be wrong, in it she's trying to resist
sleeping with willow, and mentions the three forms of love,
eros, (Something i can't remember), and agape-i think
please e-mail me privately if you can point me in the right direction, thank
you to all who reply...
Carmina
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"When dogs no longer eat excrement, then human beings will no longer
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Metatron: Lonely. But funny. He's got a great sense of humor.
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