This answer is filtered through my view of S7. I think the First wanted Spike there. I think the First wanted Spike there because of his role with the bauble. I think the First messed with Angel in S3 because the First wanted Angel there back when everyone thought Angel was the vampire with a soul, rather than a vampire with a soul. The vampire with a soul's role was to wipe out the First's army, so it follows that the First's plan required his army to be wiped out. I believe that the death of the Council and the rise of an expanded Slayerdom was the First's plan all along. In short, I think S7 is the season where the Big Bad won.
If the Council was what the First Evil hated and thousands of Slayers was what the First Evil wanted, then I suppose it is right and good to like the Council and hate the new regime. Separated from that greater issue, it is clear that the Council is Good but it could be better. I'd accept the Cruciamentum a lot more in an organization like the Initiative, where the members are volunteers who know what they're getting into, than the Council and their drafted Slayer. It's hard to be an open organization when every time you say what you do, you either bring everyone in earshot into mortal danger or tempt them to throw you into a loony bin. The problem with comparison is that we have only the slightest idea what the new system would be in Joss' mind, so there's not much for comparison.
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Date: 2005-05-26 06:51 pm (UTC)If the Council was what the First Evil hated and thousands of Slayers was what the First Evil wanted, then I suppose it is right and good to like the Council and hate the new regime. Separated from that greater issue, it is clear that the Council is Good but it could be better. I'd accept the Cruciamentum a lot more in an organization like the Initiative, where the members are volunteers who know what they're getting into, than the Council and their drafted Slayer. It's hard to be an open organization when every time you say what you do, you either bring everyone in earshot into mortal danger or tempt them to throw you into a loony bin. The problem with comparison is that we have only the slightest idea what the new system would be in Joss' mind, so there's not much for comparison.