Yes; or at least, she believed that he thought he was doing it for her own good, and therefore his intentions were coming from the right place.
If she believed him, then her intuition let her down - because he lied. Deaths of 200+ slayers was part of the plan from the very beginning. It was a necessity to give Buffy superpowers.
If she "believed that he thought he was doing it for her own good" - the situation becomes uncomfortably close to Pete/Debby dynamics in "Beauty and the Beasts".
But I admit, I may be wrong in my assumptions about Buffy being under the influence. It's just my impression.
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Date: 2010-08-29 09:09 pm (UTC)If she believed him, then her intuition let her down - because he lied. Deaths of 200+ slayers was part of the plan from the very beginning. It was a necessity to give Buffy superpowers.
If she "believed that he thought he was doing it for her own good" - the situation becomes uncomfortably close to Pete/Debby dynamics in "Beauty and the Beasts".
But I admit, I may be wrong in my assumptions about Buffy being under the influence. It's just my impression.