Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 7: Into Every Generation (early access)

The moral case for making sure the lessons you learned don't die with you.

“Into every generation, a slayer is born.”

Every generation needs its heroes. Someone who they can look up to in their darker moments. To make them believe that when it comes right down to it, things are going to be okay. They'll make it through and be better off for it. Life is hard enough without all the pain and suffering which goes along with living in this world. So when someone comes along who has faced these things and can still hold their head high, we tend to see that person as a hero. The kind of person worthy of respect and dignity. You might even want to follow them into a potentially deadly situation because you know they can handle it or at the very least they are more likely than not to help you through it.

Previously in this space, we've looked at the importance of taking responsibility for your actions and the world around you, as well as learning to live with the consequences of what you do, including how it will impact your future choices. We've also looked at the need to take on what you learn for yourself and stand up for yourself, and how doing that will make you want to connect with family. More recently we explored the way in which coming to terms with all this will make you feel like the world is nothing but pain and suffering. But that's not the end of the story, because once you do this you will come to realize that this type of thing has to be passed down into the future so that people don't lose hope in the face of everything they're going to deal with.

“So what'd you think? You'd get your soul back and everything'd be Jim Dandy? Soul's slippery than a greased weasel. Why do you think I sold mine? Well, you probably thought you'd be your own man, and I respect that but, you never will. You'll always be mine. You'll always be in the dark with me, singing our little songs. You like our little songs, don't you? You've always liked them, right from the beginning. And that's where we're going, right back to the beginning. Not the Bang... not the Word... the true beginning. The next few months are going to be quite a ride. And I think we're all going to learn something about ourselves in the process. You'll learn you're a pathetic schmuck, if it hasn't sunk in already. Look at you. Trying to do what's right, just like her. You still don't get it. It's not about right, not about wrong... it's about power.”