The Good Stuff

[morrigirl]

Last night I had a naughty dream about starstealingirl. Well, we never actually got to the naughty part but we were obviously heading there. I was pissed when my alarm went off.

A brief list of awesome things that happened last week:

1) My boss came up to me on Thursday and said "Carla, I don't know if you've heard but people around here have nothing but good things to say about you." I told him I hadn't been informed. "Oh yeah! Sharon who you had lunch with yesterday told me that she was really impressed with you. And Adele thinks you're great. I just thought you should know that people are saying good things about you." I guess I'm more appealing then I imagine myself to be.

2) Famous people whose SLC giving records I've had access to in the last week:
Barbara Walters
Yoko O. Lennon
Sam Shepard
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward
Elisabeth Rohm
Julianna Margulies
Ann Patchett
JJ Abrams
Tovah Feldshuh

3) Saw Elf. Cute movie. Saw Signs. Scary movie that made me sleep with my light on last night. Shut up.

4) I had a great hair week.

5) I'm learning how to apply make-up. Yup, I'm 26 and have no clue what to do with foundation. But I will soon.



Last Friday I watched Angel episode 79 "Salvage", the one where Faith breaks out of prison. Great episode but watching it brought up some questions for me. When Wesley is telling her what her mission is she flat out refuses to take Angelus out. She says Angel is the only person in her life who never gave up on her so she isn't about to give up on him. Wesley tells her that's why she had to be the one to take him down, cause she's the only person who wouldn't kill Angelus if it came down to it. No one else was strong enough to subdue him without killing him. They needed a slayer.

This got me thinking about the series finale in which Angel calls Giles and asks for the help of Buffy and her crew. They of course refuse because they're convinced that since becoming the CEO of Wolfram & Hart Angel has gone to the dark side. This leaves Angel Investigations high and dry and on their way to undertaking a suicide mission. Now, after watching "Salvage" my question is this: why didn't anyone contact Faith? Sure, after she and the rest of the scoobies destroyed Sunnydale she joined the crew and went off to train new slayers with the rest of the gang, but the fact remains there has always been animosity between her and Buffy. Buffy hasn't always been there for her, Angel has. So...even if Giles refused to send any slayers to Angel's aid, there is no way in hell that Faith if contacted directly, would do the same. She's one of the higher ups in the slayer organization, she and Woods have their own army of trainees, if someone had told her Angel needed help she would have called up every last resource she had to aid him even if the rest of the slayer organization disapproved. She is the only avenue through which the remaining members of Angel Investigations can get out of the series alive.

I realize this oversight has more to do with writers who were trying to tie up a billion loose ends after being cancelled mid-season then plain old stupidity. But there are just so many plot holes. There are a ton in season 4 too due to Charisma Carpenter's surprise pregnancy. I don't know why the writer's felt they had to write her prgnancy into the script. They could just as easily have ignored it and done what every other good series does when one of its stars gets knocked up: shoot her from the waist up!

I think I need to sit down and re-write the entire series as I see fit. I'd begin with Connor's kidnapping. There are so many problems with that plot line I don't even know where to start the rehabilitation! And I'd carry the rehadb straight through to the last episode wherein Faith, having somehow gotten wind of Angel's impending doom, swoops in with a mini-army of slayers and they take out the bad guys. Unfortunatly Gunn will die because he already sustained a mortal wound that day, but Illyria, Spike, and Angel all walk away relatively unscathed. Faith and Woods are chastised by the scoobies for ignoring Giles's orders but they forgive her as soon as she convinces them that Angel hasn't gone evil. At which point the slayer organization allows the three Wolfram & Hart refugees to join up. They each go to a new continent and help train slayers. Angel is able to fight on Buffy's side without ever actually seeing her and everyone lives happily ever after :-)

Comments

[morrigirl.livejournal.com]

I know Giles wouldn't have told anyone, especially Faith, which is why Angel Investigations should have contacted her directly. And you are wrong about Faith not being with the rest of the Slayers. In Angel episode 99 "Damage" when Andrew comes to retrieve the psycho slayer he tells Angel and the rest of the gang where all the scoobies are stationed and Faith and Woods are somewhere in...I don't remember...Asia or something, training new slayers.

And Woods would totally save Spike for one simple reason: Faith is cool with Spike and Woods loves Faith. End of story.

[hypno.livejournal.com]

Not really i mean i think you under estimate the hate Wood has for Spike, remember this is the same guy who conspired with Giles to kill Spike behind Buffys back.

Also Angels only contact with the slayer organization is Giles or Andrew. Giles wouldnt have told Buffy and Andrew made it clear that Angel wasnt trusted (mostly taking his orders from Giles). Lets be honest Buffy would have gone to Angel no matter if Angel was working for lord Satan himself. That her true love.

[morrigirl.livejournal.com]

Oh I do recall, but you gotta remember Buffy put his ass in check! Woods may hate Spike but he DID learn to put that anger aside and work with him towards the greater good. Besides, whoever said Woods would specifically be fighting to save Spike? Maybe Woods would choose to ignore Spike all together in the ensuing battle, fighting more for Angel.

As for Buffy coming to Angel's rescue, I think you're overestimating Buffy. In the afroementioned Angel episode 99, when Angel tries to bring psycho slayer back to Wolfram & Hart and Andrew refuses to let him Angel says he's gonna speak to Buffy about it. Andrew says "Who do you think I got my orders from?" Buffy is the one who has instrcuted the others not to trust Angel now that he runs Wolfram & Hart.

[hypno.livejournal.com]

Yes but remember where shes getting her info from. Giles for all we know Giles has lied and manipulated the situation (not a first for our Ripper)

Also Wood only put aside his anger because the world was in danger of ending.....literally! I dont think he would have put his neck on the line for anybody who would have sided with the murderer of his mother. We could even assume that it could be a deal breaker between him and Faith. Remember their relationship is jus starting.

[morrigirl.livejournal.com]

Wait wait wait, how do we know Giles is the person from whom Buffy is getting her information? Remember, the Watcher's council is long gone and he is not the head of the new slayer organization. Buffy is. I doubt he's her only source of information, plus I can caount on one hand the number of times Giles has lied to Buffy. He can't do it, he doesn't like to do it. In 7 years he has been consistently honest with her.

And as for Faith and Woods, by the time Angel and the rest of the crew end up in that alley at the end of the series Faith and Woods have been joined at the hip for a year and a half, that's hardly "just starting." And like I said before just cause he would be fighting to save Angel and Illyria and whoever else doesn't mean he'd be trying to save Spike.

[hypno.livejournal.com]

Who has Buffy gotten her information from in the past? Giles, Buffy has been allot of things but having her ear to the underground, no i dont think so. Giles has lied to Buffy to protect her many times and this qualifies as one.

Yes but it doesnt mean they are together romantically. It could be they tried it and it didnt work out, remember that Faith was the one hesitating.

[morrigirl.livejournal.com]

Yes, but she only hesitated because she has a long and spotted history with men. They've always used her so she's never trusted them. I can relate. I think she needs a guy to prove all of her assumptions about men wrong and Woods is that guy.

[hypno.livejournal.com]

Actually Xander is but i get your point. No I think Woods and her just dont mesh, they come from two different generations and it just wont work. Now Ofcourse she could be with Spike that could work but truely I think she still has a thing for xander just because hes puddy in her hands.