To be fair, it's reasonable to assume that Shannon isn't eating at all, and is instead feeding off the misery of all the people around her.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Wasn't there a demon who did that on Angel?
Okay, maybe she's a tree that's on the internet.
Oh! The internet tree! I forgot about the internet tree!
Who wrote that?
Some wack job. I think they got him from Buffy.
Musta been Tim, then.
THAT'S his name.
ohmigod! that was terrible.
Seriously, our boy wrote the internet tree?
I need to borrow someone's DVDs. Is there commentary?
Tim Minear and Jeff Bell, it seems.
Seriously, our boy wrote the internet tree?
Oh, I thought you were joking. You didn't know? I thought we'd been over this.
Is there commentary?
No, no commentary. Tim and Jeff talk on "Billy" about how beating up women is fun, though.
Okay, not really.