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Susan Driver writes that it is " crucial to recognize that never before in a teen series has raw fury been so vividly explored through a young queer girl responding to the sudden death of her lover ".

Dark Willow is preternaturally focused on revenge, relentless and unstoppable.

Lights explode when she walks past.

She forcefully takes advantage of any opportunity to further her goals.

She saves Buffy by removing the bullet from her chest, but later commandeers a tractor trailer, making it slam into Xander's car while he and Buffy are inside protecting Jonathan and Andrew, the other two members of the Trio.

She floats, teleports herself at will, and dismantles the local jail where Jonathan and Andrew are held.

She is cruelly honest to Dawn and Buffy, and overpowers everyone with whom she comes in contact.

When she takes Giles ' magic from him, she gains the ability to feel the world's pain, becoming determined to put the world out of its misery.

She does not acknowledge her grief, and only Xander can force her to face it when he tells her that he loves her no matter what or who she is, and if she is determined to end the world she must start by killing him.

Only then does Willow return, sobbing.