They had Halfrek address Spike as William once. The whole thing I find majorly annoying. Why put it there if you're not going anywhere with it? Why use the same actess and pretend we won't recognize her. Contrast this situation with the lovely continutity of Chanterelle/Lily/Anne or even Vamp Sandy.

I postulated that Halfrek took on the Cecily persona at the time when she was spending a lot of time doing vengence (Justice? hee) around Victorian England.

So of course she couldn't be bothered with a suitor, and why go for the kill when you can go for the pain?

Halfrek is the kind of demon who would have said her "beneath me" speech to William for just that reason.

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Edit: missed Palendromic numberslut.

If Halfrek was getting her vengeance on in the Crimean War (1854-56, thank you, Google), she'd have already been a demon in 1880.

This is where the continuity of Halfrek and Cecily doesn't match up for me. In "Lies my Parents Told Me" Williams mother refered to Cecily as either being the daughter of such and such or of the such and such family. I don't remember which. If she had alreadhy been a vengance demon for over twenty-five years, would she still be associated with a family in London?

Well, if you take Daniel's idea, and the ability of vengeance demons to create a persona/family for themself, it could be plausible.

If she had alreadhy been a vengance demon for over twenty-five years, would she still be associated with a family in London?

Well, if Vengence Demons can alter timelines, insinuating themselves into victorian society wouldn't be a problem. Even without warping, all you really would need is to have the "daughter away at school" be replaced with Halfrek.

On Cecily and Halfrek-I just thought that was a meta joke for Buffy fans because they used the same actress.

Wanking aside, I believe this has been confirmed.

On Cecily and Halfrek-I just thought that was a meta joke for Buffy fans because they used the same actress.

See, I could accept this if they'd had Spike see Halfrek and think she was Cecily, but they did it the other way around, which seems like it should have lead to something more.

Wanking aside, I believe this has been confirmed.

I remember seeing this, too. And that the "William" was just a inside-joke sort of thing for the fans. I put this in the same category of "won't it be funny for the fans if we have Giles not touch things and everybody thinks he is evil."

eta: to be clear - I mean the category that is called "Just stick to being regular funny ME writers, and not giving us inside joke crap - unless it's a leather pants shout out of course"

See, I could accept this if they'd had Spike see Halfrek and think she was Cecily, but they did it the other way around, which seems like it should have lead to something more.

Like Giles not touching things.

Yeah, the, umm... shout outs sort of sucked ass.

HA!

X-postage!