100+ Why Buffy‘s Willow Was Never My Witch | The Mary Sue

Why Buffy‘s Willow Was Never My Witch | The Mary Sue


This gif, right here. It’s so iconic, it looks so cool. But she ends it holding the stake wrong if she wants to stab with it or throw it. It looks cool and badass and impressive, but it’s actually non-functional and just for show, and I feel like a lot of the feminist elements of Buffy are a lot like that in hindsight now too. They looked neat but didn’t really do much.

This gif, right here. It’s so iconic, it looks so cool. But she ends it holding the stake wrong if she wants to stab with it or throw it. It looks cool and badass and impressive, but it’s actually non-functional and just for show, and I feel like a lot of the feminist elements of Buffy are a lot like that in hindsight now too. They looked neat but didn’t really do much.