Re: Lessons

[Tater <tater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pointless comment in case the preview function cuts out the boosted spoiler
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>tater,
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>Yeah, you could be right. I had read Buffy's pause when recapped the
>part about the talisman to herself as realizing that she could end this
>if the talisman was smashed (and Xander was searching in the girls' room
>because that was as good a place to start as any) rather than her having
>specific knowledge and telling Xander to get there asap, but your
>interpretation is also supported by what we saw. And indeed, Xander
>looks a little more like a man on a mission than someone starting a
>search, so...I think you may be correct.
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>Of course that still doesn't cover the massive plot convenience of
>having the (unseen) baddie who raised the spirits leaving the talisman
>unguarded and in plain sight where Buffy could spot it and Xander could
>smash it. Why didn't Baddie Whoever just take it with them. Or if you
>couldn't move it for some reason--although both B and X seemed to have
>no problems--why not stay and guard it? Because then there wouldn't be
>an easy end to the story, I guess. (Plus Spike was still a very lucky
>break, not to mention the fact that he gets sane for just a second so he
>can pass the info on to Buffy)


Well it was sitting by the sink the the girl's bathroom, so it was probably
just forgotten there. You'd be amazed what gets left by the sinks in
girl's/women's restrooms, IDs, diamond rings, not to mention the usual
hairbrushes and makeup. Which is also a pretty good clue that whoever made
the thing was female. Unless, of course it really was just a plot
convenience. In past seasons I would have assumed that they were setting up
a later plot, but after last season....  

Anyway, you can see Buffy pick the thing up when she first enters the
bathroom. You can even see that it's a chicken bone with a feather tied to
it, which, with her past experience, would get Buffy's attention.

Totally with you on the Spike thing though. How terribly convenient that he
just happened to be lurking under the school, and he just happened to know
exactly what was causing the problem, even though he had nothing to do with
it. What, a little bird told him? Or in the basement maybe a little rat?


tater (Vegetables of the world unite!)