Love the "tweed armor" comment from Xander- what a good descriptor of Giles. The look into Buffy's psyche with the new Slayers is so good. She WOULD find a way to feel guilty/make Giles feel guilty about that. I LOVE that you pointed out Giles never having complimented Xander when he was younger-- I don't often love Xander (though I really like how you've written him here), but I have a lot of feelings about how Giles kind of failed as a mentor to Xander where he excelled with Buffy and Willow.
I loved this look into their better developed- better adapted, you might say- relationship :)
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The look into Buffy's psyche with the new Slayers is so good. She WOULD find a way to feel guilty/make Giles feel guilty about that.
I LOVE that you pointed out Giles never having complimented Xander when he was younger-- I don't often love Xander (though I really like how you've written him here), but I have a lot of feelings about how Giles kind of failed as a mentor to Xander where he excelled with Buffy and Willow.
I loved this look into their better developed- better adapted, you might say- relationship :)