First of all, let me apologize for my language in the last two post. I’ve been typing in affect. And one should never do anything in affect. I’ll write me a memo right away: “When your hands are shaking with rage, DO NOT WRITE A SINGLE WORD!”

Not that I didn’t mean anything of what I said, and not that the form didn’t fit the content, but…

Anyway, we’re getting closer and closer to the end. Spike’s the only one who knows the meaning of loyalty, and Faith and Wood sound as if they actually believe what the Big Evil is saying. Sure, it probably touches some of their soft spots, while implementing some truth in what it’s saying. But that something speaks true doesn’t mean that it cane be trusted. Should these morons be asking themselves why The First told them what It did, what It wanted them to do, and then reflect upon whether this had anything to do with each other, before finally concluding that they chould do exactly the opposite of what The First wanted them to do. Willow saw through It when It wanted her to kill herself — she’s too much of a threat and It wanted her out of the way. To Wood It told who killed his mother, so that he would try to kill Spike. Why? Because Spike’s a threat. And it tries to further alienate Faith from Buffy, because it sees the two of them together as a threat.

And speaking of stupid people, I’m somewhat impressed that it only took Buffy two encounters with Caleb to figure out what guerilla fighters everywhere could have told her immediately: If your enemy outguns you, never, ever go for the face-to-face confrontations. Evade; never let the enemy use it strong sides against you. Although I shouldn’t be surprised, as she practically told the Slayerettes this in an episode I watched earlier today: “If your instincts tell you to run, run. Know your own instincts and know your enemies’ instincts. Never fight on their ground.” Which is basically what Sun Tzu said with his theorem of “know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.”

Anyway, and impressive episode; I’ve really started to get Spike more now. Also, it was neat to once again lay eyes upon that weird Slayer axe Fray used. It looks like a twisted skiing pole, but I guess it works fine enough.

Sigh. Only two to go…