I haven't had a chance to read Gabs post yet, but--
I will say that I always viewed Xander's speech as his point of view of the information he had, and in that respect, he wasn't wrong. However, what always confused the hell out of me is that Buffy, with both sides of the story, bought into Xander's unintentionally slanted assessment. I am not sure what it is the writer's wanted me to feel, since I the viewer saw it from all angles, but I am very confused as to what it was the writer's had Buffy feel and why. It was very...assbackwards and just plain odd (to me).
However...you make an interesting point that she hardly blinks in comparison to her break up/ending with Angel and Parker. We get some histrionic/"oh puhleeze" crying in "Triangle" and...that's pretty much it. Granted, things get all helter skelter a few weeks after Riley's departure, but still--she doesn't seem that affected by it.
My evaluation is that Buffy had a total brain fart after Xander's speech, but shortly recovered.
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Date: 2009-09-29 04:53 am (UTC)I will say that I always viewed Xander's speech as his point of view of the information he had, and in that respect, he wasn't wrong. However, what always confused the hell out of me is that Buffy, with both sides of the story, bought into Xander's unintentionally slanted assessment. I am not sure what it is the writer's wanted me to feel, since I the viewer saw it from all angles, but I am very confused as to what it was the writer's had Buffy feel and why. It was very...assbackwards and just plain odd (to me).
However...you make an interesting point that she hardly blinks in comparison to her break up/ending with Angel and Parker. We get some histrionic/"oh puhleeze" crying in "Triangle" and...that's pretty much it. Granted, things get all helter skelter a few weeks after Riley's departure, but still--she doesn't seem that affected by it.
My evaluation is that Buffy had a total brain fart after Xander's speech, but shortly recovered.