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I may just be incredibly dumb but I really dont unserstand whats goin on in Anywhere but Here. Any ideas that might enlighten me? Thanks
 
Buffy and Willow visit Tichajt, a contained demon to learn something about Twilight. The demon shows them events from their past they'd rather kept secret ( Buffy the bank robber/Willow and her demonic honey - read "Goddesses And Monsters" ) and a possible version of the future in which Willow betrays Buffy. Willow will not do that. She admits that Buffy is more important to her than Tara ( and obviously Oz and Kennedy ) and magic. We also learn that Will doesn't really love Kennedy ( Wow, what a shocking revelation... ) and boinks a snake-demon gal. And by the way it's awesome and true to the character.

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How did u figure that Willow doesnt love Kennesy? Because shes sleeping with the snake demon lady?
 
How did u figure that Willow doesnt love Kennesy? Because shes sleeping with the snake demon lady?
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Yeah, and also because

"Last Gleaming" Spoiler
Willow admits that and dumps Kennedy

I kinda feel sorry for Kennedy in season 8 because she loves Willow with all her heart and is a really good girlfriend, but honestly, Ken is Riley the inferior sequel. Every love interest of the the Scoobies ( Angel, Spike, Anya, Tara, Oz, Cordelia ) has a history, we get to know these people. Riley and Kennedy do not, hell, Kennedy is basically "I am a brat and I love Willow" and that's it, season 8 doesn't really change that.
 
There is an incredibly interesting backstory to the development of the character of Robin the Minder:
Dark Horse Comics held a contest for one reader to be given a cameo shot in Buffy.[1] The winner was Robin Balzer, who had an entry written on her behalf by her husband, Jerrod.[2] The essay was the couple watching Buffy and sharing it together at the beginning of the onset of Robin's schizophrenia.

Upon reading the winner's entry, Whedon decided to expand that character's role and feature her as a critical part of the story, as opposed to a simple cameo.[2] She appears in this issue as well as on the variant cover with Buffy and Willow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_but_Here_(Buffy_comic)
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Here's a great article about it: http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=12273
Jerrod Balzer is a member over at Whedonesque. Here is an older Whedonesque post about it: http://whedonesque.com/comments/15095#205557

And [MENTION=11394]Enemies[/MENTION], are you going to join our season 8 reread discussion group?
 
Yeah I'm going to join the reread group. Just having pc issues at the mo and can only access it on my iPod which is a bit difficult 🙂 thanks for the info I'll check it out
 
I was a little thrown about what was going on in this issue, too. I don't think it was ever mentioned that Willow and Buffy were going on this mission, so at first I was quite confused.

I would like to know why the conclusion is made that Willow is the one that betrays Buffy? Buffy asks her if she's the one just because she happens to be with her, not because of anything in the vision. Hmm...
 
PassionBecoming said:
I was a little thrown about what was going on in this issue, too. I don't think it was ever mentioned that Willow and Buffy were going on this mission, so at first I was quite confused.

I would like to know why the conclusion is made that Willow is the one that betrays Buffy? Buffy asks her if she's the one just because she happens to be with her, not because of anything in the vision. Hmm...
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I think that Willow indicates that she has already betrayed Buffy (by keeping Kennedy from her), and Robin says that there will be a betrayal, but I don't think this issue indicates who is the future betrayer. Those of us who have read the entire series have to remember to look at it through the eyes of those reading for the first time. Sometimes as we re-read we see things that connect with what happens in later issues, but sometimes we forget the exact timeframe when things happen (at least I do so I should speak for myself LOL!).
 
She says something like "No more than I have already betrayed you" but I thought that was in reference to bringing her back from the dead. I feel like she is saying that "Bargaining" was a betrayal of both Buffy and Tara, which I think is silly (wrote about it somewhere else.) I didn't feel like they indicated the betrayer, either, so I'm glad I'm not the only one!
 
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