Snyder's Memories after "Band Candy"

[BuffyElevated]

I'm watching "Band Candy" right now and I got to thinking... Joyce and Giles retained their memories of what they did while they were under the influence of the candy. So how do you think Snyder felt, having seen Buffy in Slayer-mode first hand? He didn't see her fighting in the sewers but he saw her talking to Ethan and about the vampires and demons in town. You would think he would be a little easier on Buffy, knowing that she isn't a delinquent but a Slayer...
Or do you think he was so corrupted by the evil in the town that he chose to still be hard on her??

 

[Xin Rong]

I'm watching "Band Candy" right now and I got to thinking... Joyce and Giles retained their memories of what they did while they were under the influence of the candy. So how do you think Snyder felt, having seen Buffy in Slayer-mode first hand? He didn't see her fighting in the sewers but he saw her talking to Ethan and about the vampires and demons in town. You would think he would be a little easier on Buffy, knowing that she isn't a delinquent but a Slayer...
Or do you think he was so corrupted by the evil in the town that he chose to still be hard on her??

Snyder was always aware of the supernatural elements of Sunnydale, as made evident in episodes like school hard, or becoming part 2 when he expels Buffy and then phones someone to say 'tell the mayor I have good news.'

Snyder is more concerned with pleasing the mayor, rather than Buffy, he is more or less on his payroll after all, and as such there is an obvious and deliberate intention to make things as hard as possible for Buffy.

 

[Still a Scoobie]

I imagine he tried to bury the whole experience and/or he thought he couldn't trust his memory of the events - he was obsessed with drugs, he probably thought it was all hallucinations.

 

[Lyri]

I think he'd be more embarrassed than anything and he'd just sooner forget the whole thing ever happened than use what he found out to hold over Buffy.

I mean, this was the guy who threatened Buffy all the way through her school life, ever since the day he arrived he used his position to look down on her - yes, because she was the Slayer and he had orders, but also because he COULD do that to her, he was in a position to treat her like she was dirt.

Then we - and Buffy - find out that he's nothing special. He was probably someone who was bullied by everyone in high school and probably hasn't changed all that much other than the fact that he's now the bully. The candy pulled back the curtain and showed Snyder for what he really is. I think he'd rather not draw Buffy's attention to that.