I review a lot and tend to get wordy. While doing a review the character of Lilah came up and I started to reply to the authors response but as it got longer and more off topic decided to post it here instead. I wonder if other saw the same things I did or if I've misread the subtext, missed something that others have caught
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This is exactly why I always had trouble with S7-- I could tell they were attempting to do an empowerment thing, and that the last spell was meant to be an empowerment metaphor, but it fell apart for me because it was only the pre-selected "elite" who were empowered by the spell. Not very egalitarian, so for me it fell flat. I think the thing that made the show great in the early years was that Buffy empowered normal people (i.e. S3 finale).
Sorry that became a bit of an S7 rant-- you make a lot of great points! I think it is a shame more wasn't done with the idea of normal women being heroic, but, there's always fanfic.
Thanks for the thoughtful post!
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