Besides, he should have talked about her to Giles and Willow already.Guys, this is Xander - he saved the world, commanded an army, dated Anya and Dawn. What are you trying to do here? In this issue he learns that the apparition of Anya that haunts him is not actually Anya and...he rolls with it?
Yeah. That's what he did in "The Replacement" for example. He tried calling Buffy, then went to Willow. Now he keeps this to himself because...? I have nothing.Besides, he should have talked about her to Giles and Willow already.
Even more after what happened with Spike and his nightmare. He looked for help right away. And keeping Buffy in the dark for only a few hours wasn't a good call.Yeah. That's what he did in "The Replacement" for example. He tried calling Buffy, then went to Willow. Now he keeps this to himself because...? I have nothing.
He was making so much progress with Dr Mike, and even after breaking up with Dawn he was doing OK. Suddenly, all his fears about being the weakest link of the group surfaced again - Giles had to point that out when the demon attacked themIt does seem weird that he didn't tell anyone about Anya ( remember BB&B when things got serious, he quickly went to Giles to tell him about what he did ) but I guess right now he's in a very bad place, he's depressed, goes to therapy. Also, I can understand him trying to keep pretending that woman is Anya. It's too depressing though.
I think that it might be D'Hoffryn. Old goat's the only character that calls Xander a boy. Compare those lines:At the cavern, Anya is talking to a voice or someone/something invisible - so I don't think that it's the Mistress, the Soul Glutton or the Sculptor...
You may be right - I missed the "boy" thing. And D'Hoffryn might be being even more deceiving: it is Anya - and he is trying to mess with both her and Xander saying it isn't. He may have some power over Anya's soul, since she accepted to be a Vengeance Demon only because her lover cheated on her - could she be really at peace?I think that it might be D'Hoffryn. Old goat's the only character that calls Xander a boy. Compare those lines:
???: It sounds as if the Harris boy is in a vulnerable, suggestible state.
D'Hoffryn: True, but the boy has identified our best option.
Also, it was D'Hoffryn who suggested that Xander might be going insane and I mean, it's Anya, right? Who else?
Construction work isn't as much seasonal as it is migratory. You have to go where the job is, then move again when that job is over. Then, when you get to the fresh job, if it's a union shop, there's the constant possibility that some other union member, senior to you, will show up and roll you out of your job. Most heavy construction workers, if they're lucky, wind p working at best 6 to 8 months a year, and that's the ones who are willing to love like nomads, moving from one job to the next. They work a tremendous amount of overtime when they do work, since 99% of all construction work is expected to be finished in the shortest amount of time possible, and it's that overtime pay that gets them through the months when there is little or no work to be had.Him being without a job doesn't help, but he has been working in construction for so many years now, and this kind of job is seasonal, isn't it? No need to be depressed about it. I hope he snaps out of it by himself - I mean, he can talk to someone, but I don't want to see the whole thing biting him in the ass.
Daddy issues much? Her father used to take her to the ice show for her birthday every year. Now all she has is a poster on the wall.Ice-skating poster in Buffy's room was a nice touch though.
It's not that. Buffy just really, really likes ice skating. From "What's My Line":Daddy issues much? Her father used to take her to the ice show for her birthday every year. Now all she has is a poster on the wall.
I never realized until now how many ice skating movies there are!ice-skating-movie
Yeah, I know, but this issue is called Triggers – due to the recent encounter with her dad, when she looks at the poster, probably the last thing that comes to her mind is ice skating shows.So they go out on an ice skating date. Riley also mentions Buffy's bad-ice-skating-movie obsession. So a huge ice skating poster in Buffy's room? Makes perfect sense.
Me too; they put a lot of thought on the details! I wonder if the poster was Gage's idea or Leven's.I love details like that - toys in Xander's room, Willow's owl tea set ( of course! ) Giles' Hindu statue and so on.
I also thought of D'Hoffryn. Personally, I think the spirit is almost certainly Halfrek. She died horribly at D'Hoffryn's hands, in his employ. Halfrek is also the only character who might see becoming Anya as something she's always wanted in some way, given their friendship and rivalry.I think that it might be D'Hoffryn.
And I've just remembered that D'Hoffryn said to Anya that giving back the lives to the frat boys would cost the "life and soul" of a vengenace demon. So, it is possible that Halfrek's soul ended up as a "property" of D'Hoffryn. Which is a pity, because I'd prefer that the ghost was Anya...I also thought of D'Hoffryn. Personally, I think the spirit is almost certainly Halfrek. She died horribly at D'Hoffryn's hands, in his employ.