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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
I love "A Hole in the World" too, and Fred was never one of my favorite characters (though I loved Illyria so it didn't have anything to do with Amy Acker). That's the thing with Whedon-- he knows the heartwrenching ends are the ones that really stay with you. An artistic truth. Would "Charlotte's Web" be what it is if the spider lived?  |
True but I don't think anybody has done tragic endings and death better than Joss...Tara's killing was so unexpected, Willow ripping the flesh off her killer's body (Warren), Joyce suddenly dying and how realistically that was done, Jenny being killed by Angelus, Buffy's death in "The Gift" and her resurrection at great cost, Anya being cut in two, Doyle sacrificing himself, Cordy's death and goodbye, Fred's painful demise, Wesley's acceptance of his passing, and...although he came back in Angel, Spike's heroic death that saved the world and united Buffy and him forever. Then, the death of Book and Wash in Serenity...just when you think they are safe! Yet characters such as Willow, Xander, Jayne, and River...always seemingly about to die, somehow survive! Joss is a genius...nothing short!