1) She very nearly did, according to Marti's shooting script.
2) I've heard both.
3) It didn't in 'Twilight' either. She spent half the issue trying to kill Angel, remember? It was the way her body was glowing plus her instincts ("But as he says the words -- I know he's right") that convinced her he was telling the truth after all.
4) No, it's not the same. Buffy had personally seen Caleb blind Xander, kill several Potentials and make misogynistic comments. She hasn't seen Twilight|Angel kill anyone, and he tells her he hasn't. She hated Caleb personally; she hated Twilight for what he represented and the deeds done in his name, not for anything he himself had done.
Remember the really moving speech in 'The Chain' about how there's always a name, even though in reality it's the actions of millions of people behind those names that actually matter? S8 all ties together in a really clever way. :-)
5) No, of course I don't think it's inevitable that they'll end up having sex or otherwise getting physical. It does, however, seem to happen often enough that I can't say it's out of character if it happens again, as here.
6) See 3., re: she spent half the issue trying to kill Angel before she realised he was telling the truth (-as-he-saw-it). There was some definite catharsis going on there. And notice that Angel just lets her swing punches at him? Reminiscent of Spike in the alley in 'Dead Things', that was.
7) You're seeing Angel's darkness: I'm seeing Buffy clinging to hope that somehow this will all turn out for the best after all.
8) To me, Buffy acting impulsively and putting her trust in her friend even when that friend has done something, let's say questionable - is the very essence of Buffy.
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1) She very nearly did, according to Marti's shooting script.
2) I've heard both.
3) It didn't in 'Twilight' either. She spent half the issue trying to kill Angel, remember? It was the way her body was glowing plus her instincts ("But as he says the words -- I know he's right") that convinced her he was telling the truth after all.
4) No, it's not the same. Buffy had personally seen Caleb blind Xander, kill several Potentials and make misogynistic comments. She hasn't seen Twilight|Angel kill anyone, and he tells her he hasn't. She hated Caleb personally; she hated Twilight for what he represented and the deeds done in his name, not for anything he himself had done.
Remember the really moving speech in 'The Chain' about how there's always a name, even though in reality it's the actions of millions of people behind those names that actually matter? S8 all ties together in a really clever way. :-)
5) No, of course I don't think it's inevitable that they'll end up having sex or otherwise getting physical. It does, however, seem to happen often enough that I can't say it's out of character if it happens again, as here.
6) See 3., re: she spent half the issue trying to kill Angel before she realised he was telling the truth (-as-he-saw-it). There was some definite catharsis going on there. And notice that Angel just lets her swing punches at him? Reminiscent of Spike in the alley in 'Dead Things', that was.
7) You're seeing Angel's darkness: I'm seeing Buffy clinging to hope that somehow this will all turn out for the best after all.
8) To me, Buffy acting impulsively and putting her trust in her friend even when that friend has done something, let's say questionable - is the very essence of Buffy.