25 October 2004 15:13, by Shadowman.
I think that Joyce meant something entirely different from what we all think when she said "Buffy is not gonna choose you". I think that, like prophecies, they can be tricky, it is very difficult to interpret what they really mean. My guess is that the First/Joyce really told the truth, but gave too much importance to it. I think that the meaning is more: "Buffy is not gonna choose you" .... to die. Didn’t she ask Xander to take Dawn somewhere safe, out of Sunnydale? In the end she chose for Dawn to stay alive and not stay in Sunnydale to fight with the others and problably (...)