Re: Scooby Most Likely to Become Pregnant in a B/W fic?

[Andy Stoffel <see2go4me@xxxxxxxxx>]

On May 4, 2005, at 3:19 PM, Alexis Dagwood wrote:

> --- Andy Stoffel <see2go4me@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Random thought... why is Willow usually the Scooby
> > who ends up pregnant (if it happens) in a Buffy/Willow fic?

> I think there are a couple of reasons.

Okay. I was looking more for a "why do fic writers do this" than in a 
'Buffyverse context' reason.

> First is buffy is the slayer, and who needs an additional burden of
> pregnancy besides that?

Would being pregnant really be a burden for someone as physically fit 
as a slayer? Considering the kind of physical mistreatment her body 
goes thru already... pregnancy for a slayer should be a walk in the 
park.

Of course, I've been only an observer of how pregnancy affected my 
ex-wife. So my opinion is based on that.

> Not to mention it would cut down on your agility and stuff like that.

That would definitely be a concern but if she's pregnant, why is she 
out there fighting anyway?

> Plus, slayers and having kids don't mix.

Where do we see that? It certainly isn't canon. Other than one slayer, 
we have no evidence one way or the other.

> Look at prinicpal wood, he was screwed up by it...

Huh? You mean the whole "revenge kick" he had going? Why does that make 
him screwed up? Except for the conflict with Buffy of the fate of 
Spike... he seemed a lot saner than some characters when it came to 
vampires.

> not to mention she'd be hungrier than before after slaying.

Not sure what that has to do with this...

> Plus, willow is just more nurturing and stuff, I think.

I guess I don't actually see her that way. Tara gives off that 
earth-mother vibe. Willow is more of the "seeker of knowledge and 
power" A nurturing person wouldn't have imploded like Willow did in 
Season 6. A nurturing person wouldn't have worked well with Buffy as a 
partner. A nurturing person... well there are so many things that 
Willow did throughout the series that go against that idea.

>  Those are my thoughts...

Thanks for sharing them.

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