Stupid curse!

[catalyst2]

I know it has been said any number of times but I just hadn't got how stupid until recently (hey, I never claimed to be quick on the uptake, OK?).

So you are faced by a relentless, remorseless killer. Curse part one - make him feel every life that he took for the past 150 or so years. Torture him with the agony of a billion regrets in perpetuity.
Part one: A+

Curse part two - if, against the odds, he manages to experience a moment of perfect happiness, he should be punished even further. Right, so we will ..... turn him back into the relentless, remorseless killer he once was, right? Bad, bad curse! Now, if the person with him experiencing the moment of perfect happiness knew instantly of all his crimes - or was driven mad by that knowledge - or even better still, died, *that* would be a curse.
Part two: F

Stupid curse!

Comments

[sanguinepen.livejournal.com]

Yeah I always thought that was pretty stupid too. It goes backwards.

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

I only have to see just how much fun Angelus had in BtVS S2 to know that that it was no punishment to unleash him again!

[electrcspacegrl.livejournal.com]

Jenny Calendar told her uncle how insane it was, but he explained to her that vengeance isn't rational. No, it doesn't make sense but it's a gypsy curse, so by its very nature it has to be bizarre.

[catalyst2.livejournal.com]

It was also an excellent plot device - imagine if Buffy had been driven mad by instantaneous knowledge and experience of all of Angelus' depravities. Normal Again might indeed have become a reality! As a curse though, it's still stupid! :-)