The care & feeding of MagickWillow
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InsaneMystic
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Or, indeed, the vengeance spell all the way back in Wild At Heart, which she abandoned casting only at the last moment. It was a close enough brush with seriously dark magic to (justly) get D'hoffryn to take notice of her, after all!
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Willow My Love
Wasn't it the Something Blue spell that got D'Hoffryn interested?
Willow My Love
Scooby
I think that yes, she would have done better had she had better instruction. But the whole friends not noticing how into magic she really was bit was meant to be a metaphor for addiction. And I believe they did it aptly. It was right under their friend's noses, her relationship broke up over it, but she still did it pretending she had no problem. Then, she goes off the deep end, almost kills the people she loves most (as well as the world) and goes to a "rehab" of sorts. I really liked what they did with all that. I've got some personal experience with this kind of thing. Usually, it's not known at first, then their friends/family find out, they quit for a minute (or say they do) then they delve back in, go WAY overboard, and either stop or die. My person is going through that with a family member right at this moment.
I think Willow could have done better with Giles or Tara or Anya even instructing her. I think maybe they didn't bother because she was always so dependable. She could usually handle anything thrown at her. They probably didn't expect it. They got her help WAY after they found out she needed it. In a town like Sunnydale, where there's a booming magic shop, why didn't they think to maybe find someone to help Willow when they first realized she needed help?
It really wasn't "after school special" material. They did a really good job with it. And, um, drugs are bad. The whole Willow addiction arc started years before it's crescendo. It teaches you how it can get so out of control, even with innocent beginnings.
I think Willow could have done better with Giles or Tara or Anya even instructing her. I think maybe they didn't bother because she was always so dependable. She could usually handle anything thrown at her. They probably didn't expect it. They got her help WAY after they found out she needed it. In a town like Sunnydale, where there's a booming magic shop, why didn't they think to maybe find someone to help Willow when they first realized she needed help?
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InsaneMystic
while he indeed first *appears* in SB, unless I'm much mistaken, D'hoffryn mentions the WAH spell as the first thing that caught his notice.
VisionGirl
Newly Human
See, I think the addiction metaphor works better for a different kind of addiction, sex or food addiction for example. Magic isn't just something Willow does, it's a part of her. She shows an innate ability from early on. Yes she has to learn spells and so forth, but it's also who she is. Giles tells her that at the beginning of season 7. Food & sex addiction are more similar to that than drug addiction. You don't need drugs or alcohol to live, you do need food. And you don't need sex to live but it is a natural human function that for the sex addict has been corrupted.