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I just want you guys to know, when I say "I hate you, guys", of course I mean the writers 😁😅

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Flora Smith

I kind of respect the show for depicting female on male sexual assault but loathe how it immediately brushes it off. Please imagine that scene with the genders reversed and the episode still ending with the victims friends focusing on the potential rehabilitation of their attacker (and yes I know there’s no way Xander would’ve actually told them what actually happened but you know what I’m getting at) I think Willow’s admission that she has an issue with Faith ‘sharing her people’ explains her reaction to finding out Xander slept with her. She was already very threatened in regards to her becoming closer with Buffy now she’s shared something that she would consider special (even though Faith didn’t) with the boy she spent most of her life pining for.

cruzinbosco

When it comes to Wesley, I don't believe he had any ill intentions. He's just a very "by the book" guy. He needs to learn some things outside of black and white thinking and really understand humans over books and rules. Buffy's emotions tie into her fighting. If she's feeling insecure, it will show in her fighting. If she is pissed off, it will show in her fighting. As she told Kendra in Season 2, "My emotions give me power. They are total assets", and yes they are, but they can also have the opposite effect. Faith's speech got to her because maybe, just maybe, Faith isn't completely wrong and that terrified Buffy. Faith is a very damaged person, a damaged child really. She's also the "other side of the coin" of Buffy. They are not really all that different, yet.... completely different. It's why I love Faith so much, the complexities of her and Buffy as people, as slayers, as friends, as enemies, as... whatever. It's so incredibly interesting to me. Your eyes at the end of the episode as you realized what was happening.... I love it. :D

Flora Smith

Yeah, Wesley royally stuffs things up here but to be fair he overhears Giles ostensibly planning to cover up a murder and he’s given Wesley absolutely no reason to give him the benefit of the doubt. The council also likely assumed Giles would interfere with Wesley’s role and probably drummed it into him that Giles was generally untrustworthy.

x_Rhi_x

I think there's a few reasons why willow was crying after hearing about xander and faith. She's had feelings for xander for a long time and I guess there's still a little bit of that there, especially after it was reciprocated. She can't completely quench those feelings. Faith took xanders virginity. To willow I guess that was a special thing She thought he'd share with someone important, not just do it with anyone. Maybe she always thought it would end up being with her? She also spoke of faith sharing her people. Faith took buffy away as a best friend and has also now shared something intimate with her other best friend. Lastly I think its just realisation hitting that xander has completely moved on. Their whole "situation" is over and their relationship is different now. Just my thoughts on why she might be upset but these are thoughts, not saying this is the case :)

x_Rhi_x

Also buffy had just been squashed by a massive heavy crate

x_Rhi_x

This is the first time I've had this thought, after you said you don't think faiths a total bitch for going to Giles. Yes she's probably terrified. Also there could be the possibility, and this is very much giving her benefit of the doubt, that she told Giles it was buffy because she wanted to tell someone, to get help, but she knew Giles adores buffy and that maybe if he thought buffy murdered Alan, he would protect her and find a way to get her out of this. Whereas if she'd said it was herself who killed him, Giles would just turn her in to the cops/council because he barely knows faith and doesn't have that strong relationship. (The audience know Giles.would still support faith, but faith has major trust issues) Maybe there was method to what she did and thought this would have the best outcome

zerofk

Don't worry, every reactor I watch has at some point said they hate us for what we're putting them through. I agree with some of the other comments here: Wesley is doing pretty much everything wrong, but he does have good intentions. He's just too inexperienced to make the right choices.

Pumpkin 3.14

I think Willow crying in the bathroom has something to do with her left over feelings for Xander. I think it has more to do with her feeling like Faith is taking her friends away from her. She even says that she isn't cool with Faith sharing her people.

Tim Pierce

I feel like her reaction wasn't so much the act itself, but who it was with. Clearly Willow has disdain for Faith, and like you said she's taking her friends away.Also, it would be like if your best friend started a relationship with someone you know isn't good for them, abusive or unfaithful. Pun not intended.