I'm still open-minded on who the mole will be... but after seeing Renee wearing black leather trousers in this episode, she's shot right to the top of the list. :-)
Oh, the leather pants of evilness!!! :) Actually, I have other reasons to think it's her. With season 9 announced semi-officially, Core Four gets an "opening credits immunization". Among new characters there are only two prominent enough to make sense story-wise: Satsu and Renee. Both are love interests of Core Four members so their unmasking will create a lot of angst for a major character.
Satsu is a lesbian, and after fandom outcry at Tara's death I doubt Joss will ever dare to introduce another gay controversy. This leaves Renee.
Plus, remember how pre-planned her approach is; she's been studying comic books, drywalling, etc, to make herself into the sort of person Xander would be attracted to.
Theoretically, one can object that if making Xander fall in love with her was part of Renee spy mission she wouldn't make it obvious that she's trying to be a person Xander would be attracted to.
I'd rather suggest that she has been sent with a strictly spying mission but fell in love and now she thinks she has to save Xander from Buffy's evil clutches. From her POW he's the only normal person in the castle.
Do you remember Joss' declaration "There is no truth. There is just what you believe" in issue 5? Renee may be a distorted mirror of a Decoy!Buffy who unleashed thw war in the underworld. Or a clone of Knox who thought that by making Fred's body the vessel for Illyria he granted her the ultimate honor.
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Oh, the leather pants of evilness!!! :)
Actually, I have other reasons to think it's her. With season 9 announced semi-officially, Core Four gets an "opening credits immunization". Among new characters there are only two prominent enough to make sense story-wise: Satsu and Renee. Both are love interests of Core Four members so their unmasking will create a lot of angst for a major character.
Satsu is a lesbian, and after fandom outcry at Tara's death I doubt Joss will ever dare to introduce another gay controversy. This leaves Renee.
Plus, remember how pre-planned her approach is; she's been studying comic books, drywalling, etc, to make herself into the sort of person Xander would be attracted to.
Theoretically, one can object that if making Xander fall in love with her was part of Renee spy mission she wouldn't make it obvious that she's trying to be a person Xander would be attracted to.
I'd rather suggest that she has been sent with a strictly spying mission but fell in love and now she thinks she has to save Xander from Buffy's evil clutches. From her POW he's the only normal person in the castle.
Do you remember Joss' declaration "There is no truth. There is just what you believe" in issue 5? Renee may be a distorted mirror of a Decoy!Buffy who unleashed thw war in the underworld. Or a clone of Knox who thought that by making Fred's body the vessel for Illyria he granted her the ultimate honor.