that's exactly it

"If you could be the plain old Willow or super Willow...who would you be?"
-Willow, "Wrecked"

I've seen this episode numerous times but this is the first time I really, really heard this scene...mostly because the first time I saw the episode I hated it with a fierce and angry hatred. Seeing it again in sequence with the rest of season five, and the seasons prior, helped, but only slightly. Basically hatred turned into tolerance; I'd watch it when it came up in the TNT Buffy repeat-a-thon but I'd usually be doing something else at the same time, not really paying attention.

I was doing something else at the same time today as well; my usual weekend activity of slogging through the endless pages of documentation I'll need to read in preparation for a grueling exam. Which made Willow's line, about plain and super Willow, stand out in sharp relief. If I had an option between trodding through all of the endlessly repeating tasks and chores, negotiations and diplomacy that seems to make up life at the moment, I'd opt for being super too.

Too bad that's not even an option at the moment.

Back to the books...