"One Bit Shy" <OBS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Michael Ikeda" <mmikeda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Even
>>>> with the return to his senses at the end, he's relegated to
>>>> cheerleader as he applauds Buffy's idea while Willow does all
>>>> the research and work.
>>
>> Although Giles has the one onscreen insight from the research.
>> Specifically, he realizes the meaning of something that Willow
>> finds on the net (a symbol that refers to the axe-thingy) which
>> ultimately leads them to information about the temple that
>> Buffy visits later.
>>
>> (Granted this is before Buffy get's her big idea but it's one
>> of the pieces that leads up to it.)
>>
>> And it should also be pointed out that while the research we
>> see onscreen is mostly Willow, Giles also does some of it (note
>> his remark that he's going to "dig up" some of his sources).
>
> That's a fair observation. Indeed, Giles is also responsible
> for first suggesting that the Scythe might have a function
> beyond just being a weapon. Also, those scenes I believe are
> intended to show everybody working together like old times. A
> kind of return to the good old days. So I probably overstated
> the notion a bit.
>
> I was focused on what I think is the closest Buffy and Giles
> come to directly addressing their reconciliation. Buffy tells
> Giles that she really wants his opinion. Of course Giles had
> already expressed his opinion - that Buffy's idea was, "bloody
> brilliant." So it's not exactly a big concession she's making
> to want that opinion. (I know, I know. It's not the opinion
> that matters. It's the implied agreement that they're working
> together again. But, gee, couldn't they at least have let Giles
> give his opinion after being asked for it?)
He IS asked for it. Buffy's first line in that scene is "What do
you think?". Granted it's addressed to the entire group, but Giles
is part of that group.
And Giles is almost as central to that scene as Buffy is. One key
point is that Buffy has more than a trace of uncertainty in her
manner at the beginning of the scene. She visibly isn't entirely
sure that her idea is a good one. And Xander and Faith's initial
remarks are (at best) noncommital.
Then Giles seems to start out on the same lines but ****fts gears to
"I think it's bloody brilliant". And that ****fts the mood in the
room from uncertainty to implied acceptance.
--
Michael Ikeda mmikeda@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Telling a statistician not to use sampling is like telling an
astronomer they can't say there is a moon and stars"
Lynne Billard, past president American Statistical Association
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