tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post8839375676411079876..comments2023-11-16T00:14:27.155-08:00Comments on Unwelcome Commentary: Buffy: Lies My Parents Told Me (7.17)maxpower03http://www.blogger.com/profile/11951553958753040457noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post-78631952293751888172020-01-04T23:50:27.399-08:002020-01-04T23:50:27.399-08:00I've tended to view Giles here as being stuck ...I've tended to view Giles here as being stuck in an old role, like a parent unable to see their kid as an adult. Buffy has grown, he hasn't. It's like they were highlighting this fact with him this season. He's becoming more stodgy and rule-bound like the former Watcher's Council. It's kind of weird to have this dichotomy of Giles the stuck parent who refuses to see his child as a functional adult and Giles the rebellious child who now has to buckle down and take over to fulfill his dead parents' responsibilities. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post-90982526068506077602013-04-04T11:46:46.898-07:002013-04-04T11:46:46.898-07:00Further folding into this is Buffy's fluctuati...<b>Further folding into this is Buffy's fluctuating relationship with Giles, but that's also the one area in which Lies My Parents Told Me crumbles. I refuse to believe that Giles would actually lie to her like he did, especially over something so uncertain.</b><br /><br /><br />He has betrayed her before. Remember "Helpless" in Season 3? At least in that episode, he felt remorse for his actions and helped her in the end. Remember his insistence that Buffy kill Dawn in late Season 5? If Buffy had not sacrificed herself in "The Gift", I believe he would have killed Dawn, given the chance. And in Season 7, he was more frightened than ever, thanks to the destruction of the Watcher's Council. His betrayal of Buffy struck me as very likely. I realize that many fans find it hard to believe this, but Giles is not her father. He never was. Doing the done thing in regard to the supernatural world has always come first to him.RosiePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217705824689269830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post-26164048569145180742012-08-06T18:13:13.662-07:002012-08-06T18:13:13.662-07:00I don't know, I feel like that mentality stopp...I don't know, I feel like that mentality stopped relating to Buffy after the events of Helpless. All that respect and tenderness sort of flew out the window in season seven, and I felt it spoiled Giles' character in the process.maxpower03https://www.blogger.com/profile/11951553958753040457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730608556280912177.post-32183203401320562252012-08-03T09:25:46.697-07:002012-08-03T09:25:46.697-07:00I wouldn't say it was out of character for Gil...I wouldn't say it was out of character for Giles to do what he did. He has lied to Buffy before in Helpless (write David Fury who wrote both LMPTM and Helpless call this episode "Giles' second betrayal of Buffy) and he has always had the "it needs to be done" mentality (The Gift being a great example).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com