Well, exactly. And someone would pick up on that if it became common knowledge that vampires were killing people and turning them into more vampires.
Chanterelle saw the vampires killing people as in ripping their throats out and leaving the bodies to rot.
Actually, she realised it before then. In fact, thanks to Buffy, she never even had to see that. In fact, the only one who got killed in the end of "Lie to me" was turned.
the general populace only know what they see on MTV.
Which is a well-made point as satire on today's media world goes, but... c'mon. Even in the Season 8-verse, it's established that that's not the only medium there is. I'd be happy to accept that there's a large minority of morons who think vampires are cool, but everyone? What happened to all the journalists, the scientists, the historians, the police? ;-)
The irredeemably stupid explanation may work for Sunnydale but worldwide?
Which is why I thought it was an excellent idea for Buffy to never stray outside Sunnydale. Also, it was pretty heavily implied... make that outright stated that the hellmouth meant the supernatural activity was a lot more pervasive there than elsewhere.
She gave them access to power they already had.
And yet it's been clearly stated twice now that Slayers who try to not work as Slayers end up dead, and that those who try to do it on their own end up dead. Why tell it if it doesn’t tell us anything about the world? Also, the entire world are now hunting them for what they are, supposedly based on actions Buffy has taken since. She gave them access to power, yes, but she also gave them a ticket to persecution.
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Well, exactly. And someone would pick up on that if it became common knowledge that vampires were killing people and turning them into more vampires.
Chanterelle saw the vampires killing people as in ripping their throats out and leaving the bodies to rot.
Actually, she realised it before then. In fact, thanks to Buffy, she never even had to see that. In fact, the only one who got killed in the end of "Lie to me" was turned.
the general populace only know what they see on MTV.
Which is a well-made point as satire on today's media world goes, but... c'mon. Even in the Season 8-verse, it's established that that's not the only medium there is. I'd be happy to accept that there's a large minority of morons who think vampires are cool, but everyone? What happened to all the journalists, the scientists, the historians, the police? ;-)
The irredeemably stupid explanation may work for Sunnydale but worldwide?
Which is why I thought it was an excellent idea for Buffy to never stray outside Sunnydale. Also, it was pretty heavily implied... make that outright stated that the hellmouth meant the supernatural activity was a lot more pervasive there than elsewhere.
She gave them access to power they already had.
And yet it's been clearly stated twice now that Slayers who try to not work as Slayers end up dead, and that those who try to do it on their own end up dead. Why tell it if it doesn’t tell us anything about the world? Also, the entire world are now hunting them for what they are, supposedly based on actions Buffy has taken since. She gave them access to power, yes, but she also gave them a ticket to persecution.