Re: A Second Look: BTVS S7D2

On Mar 10, 11:35 am, William George Ferguson <wmgfr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:48:19 -0700, mariposas rand mair fheal
>
> <mair_fh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
> >> Season Seven, Episode 5: "Selfless"
> >> Writer: Drew Goddard
> >> Director: David Solomon
>
> >one of the questions is how could cecily be halfrek
> >if the crimean war happened before cecilys time
>
> This assumes that Cecily/Halfrek wasn't already a vengeance demon when
she
> was effulgent, a fact not in evidence.
>
> To put it another way, how could Anya have been in the failed revolution
of
> 1905 and have been a high school girl failing math in 1999?

My only question about the whole thing is why people want Cecily to be
Halfrek.  Running with that theory introduces a bunch of logical
headaches while adding nothing whatsoever to the story.

> >this episode might provide an explanation
> >it shows the russian revolution in st petersburg in 1905
> >which is the wrong time
>
> There was more than one Russian revolution.  Do a google on "russian
> revolution 1905" for more info than you probably want to read.

Or alternatively wade through the original review thread, where it got
some discussion.

-AOQ