Re: OT - I need help finding some articles about Willow

["dutchpizza" <dutchpizza@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks so much Mike!! I'm going to use that in the 3rd paper on this 
topic where I actually put my argument together. I appreciate that a 
lot.

And I'm perfectly happy with you focusing on those WIP fics. ( :

Dutch

--- In buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "mike" <wizathogwarts@y...> 
wrote:
> Dutch,
>
> I tried different combinations of search criteria focusing on 
grief, 
> addiction and then obsessive behavior/behaviour(Doctors tend to use 
> the older spelling).
> I tried obsessive behavior because it's often interchangeable with 
> addiction.
> With this particular combination on vivisimo (grief manifested in 
> obsessive behaviour) I found one interesting article.  It's short 
> but appears to be supportive of your theory.
>
> http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/npd/88487
>
> The article discusses pathological narcissism as the result of 
> trauma and a light went off in my head.  Many of Willow's activites 
> after the death of buffy do appear as a pathological narcissism, 
> specifically her not listening to Tara and not comprehending the 
the 
> results of her misuse of magic.  She was oblivious to anyone's 
> opinion but her own.  And her need to bring Buffy back was clearly 
> obsessive.  Once Buffy was back, she still never dealt with her 
> original grief and the obsessive behavior continued.
>
> I'm intrigued by this concept myself and actually gives me some 
> story ideas that I would pursue if I wasn't already trying to write 
> 4 fics at the same time.
>
> If I come across anything else that appears supportive I'll forward 
> the link.
>
> Hope this helps
> -mike
> --- In buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dutchpizza" 
> <dutchpizza@y...> wrote:
> > Hiya
> > 
> > I need some help finding articles, like news articles or journal 
> type 
> > artcles and/or essays about Willow's downward spiral into dark 
> magic 
> > because of her grief. I don't need stuff about the lesbian cliche 
> or 
> > anything written by random people with their own sites, because 
> that 
> > won't work in my paper. I'm doing a paper for my college English 
> > class and the topic is going to argue that Willow's grief was the 
> > prime factor in her being ensconsed in the magic, that it's not 
> > really herself because her rationale is gone. So, (while I 
> seriously 
> > seriously hope no out of hand debate comes out of this somehow) I 
> > would be soooo greatful for anything you can help me with.
> > 
> > Dutch



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