I feel bad because if you read the scripts they did spend some time developing Dawn into a more interesting, mordant character, but her lines kept getting cut.

Were they mostly irrelevant to the stories, so ended up being a casualty of episode length, or, and I'd be surprised at this, do you think it was a delivery problem on MT's part a la Mark Blucas? Because lord knows season 7 I would have taken any and all mordant Dawn over Buffy's inpet motivational speechifying.

I wish to learn more about how devil bunnies will affect the Australian environment.

I hear they have a strong anti-poison-toad platform.

I remember reading in pre- Season 5 spoilers that Dawn was going to be some kind of channel for dark spirits. Rather than what we got with the Key/Glory storyline, I'd envisioned something like what went on in "Afterlife," which could have been very interesting and creepy if spread over a season, with some ambiguity about whether Dawn was intentionally doing it or not. Ah well.

ended up being a casualty of episode length,

Cut for length as I recall. Just little snippets, but building on those scenes where she'd been fascinated by Spike's stories. Sort of like Riley's one little line about wanting to do experiments on the twin Xanders, revealing an odder core to the character than was played out plotwise.

Joss's Equality Now speech. It's good stuff.

I've transcribed it, for people who can't watch the YouTube video: [link]

Bless you, Cindy! You are a goddess among Buffistas.

Thank you, Cindy! I haven't been able to get the sound to work on my computer since I moved.

sj, the same thing happened to Cass. She thinks the sound card must have jiggled loose in the move, or something.

Thanks Cindy! I can't really watch stuff at work, and still have dial-up at home.