This is an article describing a problem I have with the story-line in the finale of season 5, The Gift. In it, Dawn's blood has been spilled in a ritual which has opened a portal to multiple Hell dimensions, and her blood needs to stop flowing in order to close the portal. Buffy remembers a moment earlier in the season where she'd described them both as sharing the same blood, so she saves her sister by sacrificing herself instead. It's a moment with huge emotional impact but it doesn't actually work logically.
The first issue is that shared Summers blood only works in a metaphoric way. Buffy...
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