Aww...Buffy was all tuckered out and comfy at the table. Slayer sleeping is not for everyone.

The Council...Is there any way to like them at all? Buffy's comments to Travers are hysterical and perfect:

"You know what, she did mention something about Disney Land." HAHAHA!!!

The humor in this scene is great. For example: right in the middle of all of this seriousness and tension, Buffy wonders to herself why she received a scowl from Travers, but Giles didn't. HAHAHA!!! It's so Buffy and so funny. I like Giles' refusal to play along in any way. Yea!!!

Is Wesley insane? It's perfect how Buffy intimidates him physically, then cuts him a break when he seems to honestly want to help, and he's all:

"Gee, I'm not sure if that would be appropriate given..." LOL!

What an idiot. It's like he's begging Buffy to murderize him. It actually makes me like him because he's such a clueless idiot, trying to do the right thing, but not knowing how to work outside the rules.

I really love in this story how everyone's at fault with the Faith sitch and that there's plenty of blame to go around. That also includes Faith's own wrong decisions, but Buffy's focus is on trying her best to fix her own mistakes and see where that takes them.It's a great approach.

It made me crack up when Giles and Buffy are waiting for Willow, who's inexplicably decided at the worst possible time to be "on time" instead of early. I laughed right out loud at the visual of Buffy lunging at her. HAHAHA!!!

Xander and Willow are right on the money for me, and it's easy to hear their voices. I like how Xander(and Willow too) assumes they're going to bash Faith in the head and turn her over to the authorities, then gets mad, but still listens to Buffy's explanation of how she might have been a lot like Faith if not for their support.

Aww...you've gotta love what good and kind people The Scoobies are. You wrote it so simply, yet so powerfully. You didn't bash the reader over the head with it, you just made it clear that Giles, Willow, and Xander are with Buffy all the way. It made me feel like cheering.

What a great story this is! I'm having a blast reading it :) :) :)

Author's Response:

 

Nope, nobody likes the council. They're probably the only humans on the entire show that don't have a single fan sticking up for them. I mean there's probably even someone out there who was all “Go Captain Hammer Caleb!”.

Wesley may be insane. But also, he has no backbone, so sometimes he just needs a helpful shove in the right direction. :p

I didn't really want to make anybody the bad guy because I never saw it as that black-and-white. None of them were perfect, and none of them were completely hopeless either; it was just an all-round sucky situation. So yeah, small amounts of blame all around!

Thanks again for the reviews. :)