Willow and her "Transformation"

In Kim’s last post, she mentioned that Vampire Willow brings out the darker qualities of Real Willow by posing as a trustworthy figure. While I would have to disagree that Vampire Willow poses as trustworthy because, as Kim also points out, she makes Real Willow nervous with just how openly aggressive she is, I do think it is important to consider the fact that many of the qualities of Vampire Willow manifest themselves later in Dark Willow. I think it is possible to view this consistency in Willow’s character as being akin to the lack of change in Guido’s character as being akin to the lack of change in Guido’s character in Mary Shelley’s “Transformation,” but in reverse. Willow starts out warm and fuzzy (Literally, did you see those sweaters? The nineties seem so much crazier now than when I was living through them), but eventually her darkness becomes evident. Guido, on the other hand, starts out with the dark, or undesirable, parts of his character extremely evident, and eventually learns to repress them. This even connects back to what people were saying about Catherine in Northanger Abbey; charcters don’t completely change, they just show different sides.