[ SECRET POST #3590 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3590 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

It wasn't Giles in that scene who said he had father's love for her, it was Travers, and I think POV matters here. Father/Daughter relationship is what made sense to Travers, but from Buffy's and Giles' POV, their relationship is much more complicated than that.

Just the nature of the Watcher/Slayer makes it more nuanced. It's a rare parent who sends their kid to their possible death every night.

[(Anonymous)]

Just the nature of the Watcher/Slayer makes it more nuanced. It's a rare parent who sends their kid to their possible death every night.

Yes, this. In fact, that's probably the polar opposite of parent behavior -- more likened, I suppose, to a gladiator trainer in a slave system where the gladiator trainer is also on a low run of the social ladder. Or, in modern times, transmuted into something less deadly, like being a corporate law firm partner to an associate assigned to you.

Sure, you can be as good as you like to these kids. But the ultimate thing you must do, YOUR JOB, is that they perform.

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Yes, this!

Not to mention, it's made very clear that Travers has very little clear understanding of what it actually means to be watcher/slayer. So it's very obvious that his interpretation of 'a father's love' is WAY off. It boggles my mind that anyone who watched the show could take his statement at face-value, knowing how wrong he is.