Anya tried to torture someone to death. Yeah, metaphorical, Anya was just complaining.
But within the context of the show she was trying to torture someone to death by using the same power that she had (very successfully!) used to torture untold numbers of people to death in the past. That's...not typical break-up behavior. Thankfully.
There's no real world equivalent to Anya's powers, but how about this: If a king orders an executioner to kill someone, that's not "just words". Not even if some reason the executioner doesn't carry out the order.
I don't want to control your emotional reaction to the show, but if someone makes a serious attempt on someone else's life, one that could have well succeeded, and no one takes it seriously...well, something's going on here.
And, in fact, while Anya does stop trying to kill Xander, she goes on to kill other people. I guess everyone should have taken her more seriously.
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Date: 2016-03-09 12:12 am (UTC)But within the context of the show she was trying to torture someone to death by using the same power that she had (very successfully!) used to torture untold numbers of people to death in the past. That's...not typical break-up behavior. Thankfully.
There's no real world equivalent to Anya's powers, but how about this: If a king orders an executioner to kill someone, that's not "just words". Not even if some reason the executioner doesn't carry out the order.
I don't want to control your emotional reaction to the show, but if someone makes a serious attempt on someone else's life, one that could have well succeeded, and no one takes it seriously...well, something's going on here.
And, in fact, while Anya does stop trying to kill Xander, she goes on to kill other people. I guess everyone should have taken her more seriously.