So the thing about Willow to me is that she so so so desperately wants a sacred magical destiny. She wants the burden, the purpose, the power. Buffy, Giles, and Jenny all have different flavors of an inescapable death sentence that has completely taken over their lives and autonomy. All she sees is this great big importance and specialness, despite all of them being vocal at the fact they want to be normal people. She takes Giles’s warnings and scolding of magic usage as him thinking she cant handle it when in reality it is him trying to save her from what ultimately was nearly his (and soon to nearly be her!) demise. But To her that burden is a blessing that she wants so badly to have and be recognized for. She tries so hard to force a magical destiny and importance that she nearly destroys all the relationships she has














