Dark Willow and Redeemability

[AlphaFoxtrot]

The best understanding of this situation has always been from Andrew. This is Darth Rosenberg, Willow has chosen the path of the dark side, she is now a slave of her fear, anger and hate, she was seduced by the promise of power, only to have been lied to and received suffering. It's a terrible take on Dark Phoneix saga, it's an excellent take on Star Wars.

So yes, she is irredeemable, on her own merit, she deserves to end up like Catherine Madison, to have her magic backfire on her and to spend eternity as the slave of some elder thing, to be in the same state she saw Buffy in at the start of the season.

But it's not really about her, it's about Xander. His ability to love is what saves the day. The question must then be, does her Penance in S6 and S7 demonstrate sufficient remorse? Has she embraced the right handed path? Does she only use her talents for the greater good?

 

[NoShip]

I think if you can class Angel as redeemable and Spike & Faith then why not Willow? They all did unspeakable things due to darkness inside them forced onto them or by situations. Willow was in unspeakable pain and let the darkness swallow her whole. She drowned in the dark magic and needed saving as at the core I don't believe her to be an "Evil" person and it is the supernatural we are talking about.

If you ever hold each character morally accountable for what each did, the show falls apart. Moral accountability was never on the table.