Cash - that was indeed. It gave me a huge giggle to think that she's still got him and he was witness to this before any of the scoobies. If pigs could fly talk.

I've got an LJ post brewing in my mind about this issue. There's tons of negative reaction to it among many of my favorite fanfic authors. I think there's just too many people reading with agendas in mind and when Joss just doesn't go there, they get all pissy. Listen folks, it's been eight years. Just because you think Joss took a hard left after season five doesn't mean that what he's doing with his characters and story today are wrong or that his Buffy is behaving out of character. Get a grip. Buffy is where he wants her to be and where he has taken her over the past eight years.

Kevin - NOOOOOOO.

Exactly, SailAweigh. I've only read the reaction on Whedonesque, as I literally daren't read elsewhere online, because I just know what it's gonna consist of.

Hm. It's not a plot development I would have expected, but when you look back at the luck Buffy's had with men, you can see why she might be motivated to explore other options. I don't have any objection to exploring this subplot with Satsu, though I do wish Goddard had found a way to introduce it that didn't play like a French farce. I'm surprised a vampirized Georges Feydeau didn't come tumbling out of a wardrobe in that scene .

I felt the opposite, Matt, in that I really enjoyed this being played as farce. It's typical of the disaster that is Buffy's love life. She may also look back on this and say, well, better French farce than Greek tragedy or Jacobean revenge, which describe her prior relationships.

edited for misplaced words

::sits with Frank, reads over his shoulder::

I'm with Frank, and frankly (pardon the pun), I've found a lot of the attitudes about sexuality being expressed online as a little backward and naive, especially the ones that begin "I writer Buffy and Faith slash, but ...." I know ... I know ... this board spoils me, and that most other boards where comic books are discussed aren't populated with people who have nuanced and informed ideas about sex (and, in many case, aren't populated by people who've had sex.)

I thought it was AWESOME, personally. For all of those people who were annoyed that Willow became all the way gay and not bi (I was not one of those people FWIW), instead of retconning that they've given us bisexual Buffy.

re: name pronunciation - IIRC from my one semester of Japanese, sa- is pronounced like saw (without the american dipthong), so the paper is right.

The ABC thing made me @@ and I stopped reading one paragraph in.

A dalliance with someone who adores you doesn't necessarily change your sexuality. I doubt that Buffy thinks she's bi now. I totally buy that a horny person would go to bed with an admirer outside her orientation out of curiosity and a need for comfort .

Plus there was also the gratitude factor for Satsu having saved her from the spell.