On Feb 15, 4:19 am, "Apteryx" <apte...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I've fallen a bit behind. I blame the fact that a couple of
> weeks ago I was so much up with the play that I even believed I had time
to
> reply in detail to a detailed reply of yours. Turned out that I didn't
have
> time to finish it in one sitting, and that that was the last opportunity
I
> had for any comments for two weeks. I guess I'd better defer trying to
write
> replies to replies until you get into the stuff I won't be rewatching
and
> probably won't be commenting much on (the mid section of the horrible
> season).
I, for one, welcome any thread necromancy at that time.
> >bride left sobbing at the alter). A comment that I found helpful from
> >the original thread (from Michael) is that Xander's choice is
> >[supposed to be] an epiphany, not a moment of panic.
>
> The trouble with that is that although we recognise that a person who
comes
> to an honest and logical decision that they do not want to marry someone
> should not go through with it, even if it should happen that they don't
> realise it until their wedding day, in practice when we see someone
opting
> out that late, we figure the odds are that Captain Logic is not steering
> this tugboat. We smell Captain Fear at the wheel. There is nothing
really
> done to dispel that assumption, and Xander's attitude in subsequent
episodes
> tends to confirm it.
I don't have anything to add to that, but it's very entertainingly
stated.
-AOQ
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