Then it's a pointer at whatever it is that's at work. The fairy tale stuff. (More vindication -- I always thought that was a marker for things being not what they seemed).

I'm not a good judge of the art one way or the other. I just don't know the comic book rules for when you should have detail and when you shouldn't.

Who knows what happens when Angel sees Dawn. It's a guess that he's insane. It's a guess that Dawn's still the key. And it's a guess that Joss would remember that crazy people can see glowy green. So who the heck knows?