Robinedit
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- this article is about the Minder, for the son of Nikki Wood, see Robin Wood
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- Willow: "We're just here to talk."
- Robin: "There's a chance you'll wish you hadn't. Oh, that was gloomy. I didn't mean to be gloomy. The important thing is that you rescue the prince."
- — Willow Rosenberg and Robin[src]
Robin is the minder of Sephrilian's reality field, chosen to watch over a small house which serves as a mask to Sephrilian's domain. Upon their arrival, she warns Buffy and Willow that magic is not to be used inside, lest the magic containing the field become unstable. Fitting the non-linear time Robin experiences, Willow knows her by name upon what appears to be their initial meeting.
A remant of Robin is projected to Buffy and Willow while inside and reveals that someone close to Buffy will betray her. As Buffy and Willow destroy Sephrilian with some magical assistance, the field can no longer be contained allowing Robin some time to herself until she is reassigned.
Powers and abilities
- "I can't believe you contained that whole surge!"
- ―Willow Rosenberg[src]
As a Minder, Robin was capable of exerting some level of control over Sephrillian's reality field, allowing her to contain it. She is also capable of astral projection and experiences time in a non-linear fashion, thus giving her knowledge of what others perceive as "future" events.
Behind the scenes
Robin is named after Robin Balzer, whose husband wrote to Dark Horse comics about his wife's disability in response to a contest posted on MySpace.com. Balzer, dignosed with schizophrenia, found comfort in the universe of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and used her relation to the characters on the show as a coping device for her condition.
