William George Ferguson wrote:
> On Tue, 20 May 2008 01:01:14 -0700, mariposas rand mair fheal
> <mair_fheal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>
>>In article <PDuYj.30451$1q4.29387@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Fallen
<fallen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>DavidW wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>As I mentioned in another thread, I am new to BTVS. I am just coming
up to
>>>>the
>>>>end of season 2. I am thinking back to the episode with the other
slayer,
>>>>Kendra. She turned up because Buffy had died, very briefly, earlier
on.
>>>>This
>>>>implies that when one slayer dies, another will soon replace her. From
the
>>>>vamps' point of view then, there's no point in killing a slayer unless
that
>>>>slayer is a particularly strong one like Buffy, since the replacement
is
>>>>most
>>>>likely not going to be as strong. Conversely, if the current slayer is
a
>>>>particularly weak one, wouldn't it be in the vamps' interests to
protect
>>>>her,
>>>>since if they kill her the next one is likely to be stronger?
>>>
>>>
>>>Yes, it would behoove a more intelligent vampire to try and
>>>cripple/capture a slayer rather than kill one. However you'll soon
learn
>>>not to think too hard about pretty much anything in Buffy as your brain
>>>will melt :)
>>
>>i assume that one of the duties of a watcher
>>is if his slayer is crippled but still alive
>>that he will have to kill her to allow the next slayer to start
>
>
> If the Slayer is still alive, they won't stay crippled. We've seen
(minor
> spoiler for DavidW) a Slayer recover completely from severe brain
damage,
> spinal injury, being gutted (all better the next day), and various other
> injuries which would permanently cripple a normal human, Slayers may not
> heal quite as fast as vampires, but the evidence suggests that they heal
> even more completely. If they aren't killed, they recover.
>
Which actually makes them easier to keep crippled. If they don't die
from wounds as easily as normal humans you can keep them in all kinds of
horrible torture devices for years and years.
Fallen.
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