I pretty much agree with what everyone else said. They might have gotten a bit more information out of the Bringer, but it was a danger just standing there.
I like the explanation about PTSD. It would explain a lot of about Giles's behavior (and in fact is pretty much what I go with in All We Need of Hell for why he is, how he is. Because it's actually more how he acts with Buffy that drives me crazy in that season - he shows up, he doesn't hug her (she goes to hug him but Kennedy gets in the way), and he says, "It's all on you." Has he ever done that before? Ever? No. And the only reason he would, imnsho, is if he was so exhausted and traumatized that he couldn't do anything else.
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Date: 2008-07-06 08:55 am (UTC)I like the explanation about PTSD. It would explain a lot of about Giles's behavior (and in fact is pretty much what I go with in All We Need of Hell for why he is, how he is. Because it's actually more how he acts with Buffy that drives me crazy in that season - he shows up, he doesn't hug her (she goes to hug him but Kennedy gets in the way), and he says, "It's all on you." Has he ever done that before? Ever? No. And the only reason he would, imnsho, is if he was so exhausted and traumatized that he couldn't do anything else.