BuffyBot22
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So I just finished watching Once More with Feeling and Tabula Rasa and then got half way through Smashed before falling asleep. And I was so irritated with Giles.
So he finds out Buffy was ripped out of heaven, knows Willow is going off the rails with her magic and losing Tara in the process, and Dawn (a 15 year old girl) is in the care of these 20 year old kids. How on earth did he think it was even a remotely good idea to leave town?
Buffy is not only struggling with depression, but she is also having financial troubles while simultaneously having to be Dawn's mother and oh yeah save the world. If there was ever a moment, Buffy really needed someone it was now. Hell, even at 16/17 after she killed Angel she was better on her own than she is now.
I find what Giles did to be incredibly selfish. This is not the best thing for Buffy. This is not helping her mature/grow up. This is leaving a mentally ill person in a time of need. She needed someone consistent to rely on. Of course, she had to deal with her own issues by maybe getting some psychological help and definitely having a day job at the Magic shop in order to up keep the house, herself, and Dawn. She is an adult now and she has to do go on living and can't rely on Giles for everything, but this was not the right time to leave her.
As soon as Giles leaves, she spirals. When he was there, she was suffering and miserable, but she was working at the magic shop, taking care of Dawn, not sleeping with a soulless vampire, and basically keeping her shit together. Once Giles is gone she really loses it and so does everyone else.
So he finds out Buffy was ripped out of heaven, knows Willow is going off the rails with her magic and losing Tara in the process, and Dawn (a 15 year old girl) is in the care of these 20 year old kids. How on earth did he think it was even a remotely good idea to leave town?
Buffy is not only struggling with depression, but she is also having financial troubles while simultaneously having to be Dawn's mother and oh yeah save the world. If there was ever a moment, Buffy really needed someone it was now. Hell, even at 16/17 after she killed Angel she was better on her own than she is now.
I find what Giles did to be incredibly selfish. This is not the best thing for Buffy. This is not helping her mature/grow up. This is leaving a mentally ill person in a time of need. She needed someone consistent to rely on. Of course, she had to deal with her own issues by maybe getting some psychological help and definitely having a day job at the Magic shop in order to up keep the house, herself, and Dawn. She is an adult now and she has to do go on living and can't rely on Giles for everything, but this was not the right time to leave her.
As soon as Giles leaves, she spirals. When he was there, she was suffering and miserable, but she was working at the magic shop, taking care of Dawn, not sleeping with a soulless vampire, and basically keeping her shit together. Once Giles is gone she really loses it and so does everyone else.