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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 1269821" data-attributes="member: 2020">I wonder, though.&nbsp; The First, with it's partial omniscience, had a good chance of knowing about Buffy's eviction (it did not know, apparently, but the group did not know that.)&nbsp; Had the First known, it could have sent the Dark Cleric (the former preacher it favored) with the Bringers against Faith and the group.&nbsp; The result would have been annihilation.&nbsp; It is true the First could have sent the Dark Cleric against Buffy and Faith, but the two of them together (and with Spike also) had a better chance than with Faith alone.&nbsp; As bad as Buffy's personal, psychological condition was, and as dysfunctional as she had become, I still have to wonder if a better way wasn't possible.&nbsp; You are right, of course, that Buffy, Faith, and Spike were not weapons per se.&nbsp; They were people (or, vampires.)&nbsp; So yes, it is more complicated - and Buffy was always more complicated than first appearances would indicate.&nbsp; It was filled with subtlety and analogies to Real Life that made it quite special, I thought.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 1269821, member: 2020"] I wonder, though. The First, with it's partial omniscience, had a good chance of knowing about Buffy's eviction (it did not know, apparently, but the group did not know that.) Had the First known, it could have sent the Dark Cleric (the former preacher it favored) with the Bringers against Faith and the group. The result would have been annihilation. It is true the First could have sent the Dark Cleric against Buffy and Faith, but the two of them together (and with Spike also) had a better chance than with Faith alone. As bad as Buffy's personal, psychological condition was, and as dysfunctional as she had become, I still have to wonder if a better way wasn't possible. You are right, of course, that Buffy, Faith, and Spike were not weapons per se. They were people (or, vampires.) So yes, it is more complicated - and Buffy was always more complicated than first appearances would indicate. It was filled with subtlety and analogies to Real Life that made it quite special, I thought. [/QUOTE]

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