So does writing perfect reviews run in ya'll's family or what? Between you and Bobina, I have so many review squees! :D

It's so easy to excuse B/F knocking each other around because they're super ladies and equally matched, but I really don't like seeing it. Buffy doesn't usually hit the other people in her life (not getting in to Spike haha), except for Angel and that one time with Giles, so why would she find it excusable with Faith? Even with Angel I didn't like the times she punched him. Strangely okay with Giles. :p You just don't hit people you love, and I think Buffy and Faith need to know that. Initially I had planned for this scene to be in Girl, with canon Faith hitting Alt Buffy, who would be shocked and horrified. It felt like I was playing up the image of "bad Faith" vs Alt world Faith, so I swapped it. I think it worked out better. :) Honestly I wasn't trying to make a comment on Buffy in general, but rather just how not ready to have something real with Faith she was. I still sympathize with Buffy here--she has such a horrible history that Faith isn't fully privy to. Plus Faith reaches for her arm, and Buffy's experience of Faith grabbing her mid-fight is not a good one. But Faith needs to assert those boundaries with her so that this doesn't happen ever again. I love that you got this scene. :)

I loooove me some self respecting Faith. I am right there with ya! I tried to let Faith in Girl start to develop that sense of herself as someone to be trusted and treated with respect. I don't know that she'll ever be just like Alt Faith, but she deserves to get at least part way. :)

Haha! :) I apologize for breaking your brain. :p