I meant the Buffy/Faith interactions in S7, which this story apparently does not take into account at all (as far as I can see).
Gotcha. Though, I still think this showed development. Faith asks Buffy to chill so she can explain, and Buffy really doesn't. Not surprising that Faith still has Buffy-related issues to tap into when she melts down -- we can make steps towards reconciliation but still have a lot of ugly emotion still not paid off underneath. The growth showed when Faith stopped herself from drowning Buffy. And she's so shattered after -- one of my favorite moments in the comics to date.
The rest awaits further development. I do agree that the slow reveal style (if that's what we're getting) might not work so well when we have to wait years (as opposed to weeks or months) to get a real idea of what's going on. And with that kind of delay -- well, the pay off really has to be something. So it's risky, what Joss is doing.
Your fic-writing efforts are always much appreciated.
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Gotcha. Though, I still think this showed development. Faith asks Buffy to chill so she can explain, and Buffy really doesn't. Not surprising that Faith still has Buffy-related issues to tap into when she melts down -- we can make steps towards reconciliation but still have a lot of ugly emotion still not paid off underneath. The growth showed when Faith stopped herself from drowning Buffy. And she's so shattered after -- one of my favorite moments in the comics to date.
The rest awaits further development. I do agree that the slow reveal style (if that's what we're getting) might not work so well when we have to wait years (as opposed to weeks or months) to get a real idea of what's going on. And with that kind of delay -- well, the pay off really has to be something. So it's risky, what Joss is doing.
Your fic-writing efforts are always much appreciated.