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A/N: And here is PRIDE.
Chapter 2: 'Nothing Can Go Wrong (Pride)'
Willow, post-OMWF, pre-Tabula Rasa (season 6)
Tara might be upset, but she doesn't need to be. I can control this! I know what I'm doing. I'm not addicted to magic. I can give it up if I want to; I just don't see why I need to.
She's completely overreacting. I have everything under control.
What's the harm in using magic? We both use it. It makes things easier; simpler. And I have to try to find a way to make up for what I did to Buffy.
Not that it was my fault. There was no way to know that she was in Heaven, and not Hell. She fell into a Hell-Portal-Thingy! Hell made more sense than Heaven.
But that's OK, I can fix it. I can make Buffy forget her pain, and I can make Tara forget she was mad.
Nothing can go wrong.
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Spike, School Hard (season 2)
The Slayer didn't seem that big a threat. Yeah, she killed what's-his-name, but honestly, it's not that hard. Any Slayer worth her stones should've been able to take that idiot out.
Saturday will be interesting. St. Vigeous, Slayer at my mercy. Bring the total count up to three.
Then Dru and I will rule this crap-town, and then she'll get better, and we'll move on to bigger and better things.
Might go back to Prague; see if they remember us. Might take some prompting. A few dozen maimings and murderings should do the trick.
Coming to Sunnydale was a brilliant idea. Kill the Slayer, heal Dru up good, and spill some blood.
Nothing can go wrong.
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Faith, Graduation Day part 1 (season 3)
She can suck it.
I just shot B.'s precious Angel. Let's see how well she does without him there, looming behind her all the time.
Only place to go from here is up, baby. The Mayor's gonna Ascend, and then B. and all her little pals are gonna die screaming. I hope he bites her head off first.
This was definitely the right choice. Why the hell should I have stayed with them? They'd only turn on me. They were Buffy's friends, not mine.
I've got my own damn friend now. And we're gonna rule the world.
Nothing can go wrong.
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Buffy, When She Was Bad (season 2)
Whatever happens, I can handle it. The Master wants to come back? I can kick his ass from here to next Tuesday. Again. Whatever he wants, I'll do. I'll kill any damn thing that comes near me, big or small, fanged or otherwise.
Xander and Willow and Giles are all saying I'm not exactly… myself lately. I'm not. I'm better than myself. I kick so much ass that it's not even funny. I took on the goddamn freakin' MASTER! I kicked his ass. I win, they lose. So goes life.
Any so-called Big Bads show up, I'll kill 'em. I'll kill 'em so fast nobody will believe it.
Cordelia can stuff it. I'm not being a bitch. I know exactly what I'm doing.
Nothing can go wrong.
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Buffy, Dirty Girls (season 7)
That vineyard is hiding something, something valuable, that we need to win this fight. And we can win this fight! I know we can. I can lead these girls into battle, and we can win.
Whatever the First has waiting in the vineyard, I can handle. We can handle.
I know exactly what I'm doing. This is the only way to stop the First Evil, and save the world. Any casualties, and, sadly, there will be at least a few, are necessary.
Costs of war, and all that stiff-upper-lip-y stuff Giles is always spouting on about.
We can take the vineyard, and beat back the First.
Nothing can go wrong.
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