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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tsyr" data-source="post: 867522" data-attributes="member: 354">Long, rambling thoughts on this episode.Yes, this is sort of my theory... Caleb is getting his strength from somehow channeling the same power that the Slayer uses. Doesn't explain why he is so massivly overpowered, though, unless he is getting it "pure", whereas Buffy and Faith both have the power that has trickled down through the years. What was the description... "It is not for thee, but for she alone"?Buffy deserved everything she got, including the exile, IMHO, *but*, the exile wasn't *smart*. She deserved it, but it was pretty stupid to do. It was good to see Willow finaly take a stand. Of all the characters in Buffy still alive, Willow is basicly the only one of them that really worked to be what they are. I have far more respect for Willow than Buffy, simply because, for better or for worse, everything Willow is today she did for herself. She's not the only one that has suffered... they all have. But Willow is the only one who has earned what she has. Xander... Xander is broken. And not just physicly. It's... sad. Xander was the rock... the glue... He was the one person who would always bounce back. I'm not so sure now. And he was my favorite character. He tried to put up a good face, and I think his basic underlying "good guy" nature is still there (Evidence his reaction to the 'party'), but I think he's effectivly done as the Ultimate Innocent... he isn't, anymore.Xander the seer? Maybe, but I think Anya is, in her own way, as skilled in that respect as Xander. Xander is a people person... He can smooth over feelings, patch broken hearts, etc. Anya is sort of the opposite... She won't fix anything, but she'll point out what's broken, in her blunt, vaugly 7-of-9-ish way. Giles, I think, knows he screwed up with Spike a couple episodes ago. I think he has realized that. I don't think he terribly cares, though. He thinks that, right or wrong, the fact that he was trying to help should be enough to excuse what he did. I don't know that I agree, but I can see his point... He's at least trying something new, other than the old "lets through a few more SITs at this thing and get them killed while I figure things out" trick that Buffy is using.Speaking of Spike... Spike wasn't bad, what I saw of him, though he seemed a bit too... I don't know, easy going, if anything, with what has happened to him.Andrew was funny, as always... "breakup sex". <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Faith I'm liking more and more. I've been liking her ever since her first appearance on Angel, and I think I'm firmly in the "pro faith" camp after this episode... Faith, if she ever got her problems under control, really would make a better slayer than Buffy, I think. Faith understands what 'the game' is actualy about. Buffy doesn't. People die, people get maimed, and Buffy just breaks further. She doesn't have the stuff to be a leader of people in combat, and she never really has had it... She has always reacted really poorly when forced to consider others. She's fine working on her own, but... Faith, I think, does. Woods, I'm not sure about. I didn't like that he betrayed Buffy this episode... I honestly thought he was firmly in her camp, even after the spike bit... They might not see eye-to-eye, I thought they agreed on the basics. But the more I think about it... Woods is too nice, really. He hates spike with a vengence, but really, he is a pretty good guy. I think he sees that Buffy is doing too much harm to the SITs.Eh. My 7 cents (Adjusted for inflation, and the fact this was a bit long and rambling)</blockquote>

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