8.29 Retreat, Part Four

[Lola m]

Bringing out the big guns Goddesses.

[Lola m]

"This is not a whim! It's a fervent, passionate need!"
And ...
"We agreed to be made weak."
And
"You brought ab army to my peaceful home. Who has the right to be angry?"
And
"You just have to be strong in another way."

Oh, grapple grapple grapple! They're all a bit right and all a bit wrong! Complexity!!

Xander and Dawn as mama and papa, because they are the ones used to being "just normal". Nice twist! Especially now that they are a couple.

Hmmm. The illusion of magic . . . that's, actually, rather meta, isn't it?

Buffy. Even weak, she's strong. But even with magical wolfy help and torpedoes the work on land, they're kinda doomed, aren't they? Poor Bayarmaa.

Hmm. Wrathful Goddesses, "just" the names for the forces of the earth? I'm thinking not so much with the "just".

"Will that work? Going from pulling back to full-throttle forward?"
"It does when I punch someone."
"Excellent point."


"Oh, I have some anger." Yeah, I'd say that was enough anger.

Excellent Xander babble in this one: "We have some fragmentation grenades, concussion grenades, percussion grenades, stun grenades, and some very old grenades that probably don't work at all but which can provide a visual thrill for the enemy." And then the bit about how joking in the face of danger is what he does and they used to find it funny.