Question (Angel): How exactly did mankind defeat 100,000,000 (a well thought out estimate from "A Hole in the World") Old Ones back in the day, but one (Illyria) could presumably threaten an apocalypse in her true form now?
Minor point (Buffy): If you watch the epp where Riley leaves, Buffy somehow magically knows it is at midnight, but it is made clear she couldn't possibly, all she knew was he leaves "tonight".
How powerful are newly turned vampires? It seems Buffy has less trouble with half a dozen normal vamps than one newly turned one, especially in the later seasons.
I can understand Buffy staking vamps with a pencil, angel killing a werewolf with a pen, but it seems rather easy to stake these supernaturally powerful creatures, even for mortals who do not know how to fight. Do they not have ribcages? Also, where is a vampire's heart? On Angel, they imply that it is shriveled up, walnut-sized, yet it seems anywhere near the center part of the upper chest is good enough. Middle, left, right, from sternum to clavicle.
That is my rant. Thank you for listening.