people calmly deciding to sacrifice their children rather than move 20 minutes down the road
Like in 'Gingerbread', you mean? :-) Or 'Are You Now...'?
she then immediately snaps out of off-screen with no follow-up
I think you could argue that it's actually a revealing character insight into how far she's come, that this is the best the demon could come up with for Faith. :-)
And I think the issue is pretty clear about their ability to lead a normal life
Well, it proves that when there are people who know all about Slayers and are actively and maliciously trying to hunt them down, then hiding under the bed won't save them. I'm not sure how much the issue has to say about more normal circumstances...
Besides, Faith explicitly makes the point that if these girls have gone AWOL, she for one isn't going to hunt them down and force them back into the fight.
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Like in 'Gingerbread', you mean? :-) Or 'Are You Now...'?
she then immediately snaps out of off-screen with no follow-up
I think you could argue that it's actually a revealing character insight into how far she's come, that this is the best the demon could come up with for Faith. :-)
And I think the issue is pretty clear about their ability to lead a normal life
Well, it proves that when there are people who know all about Slayers and are actively and maliciously trying to hunt them down, then hiding under the bed won't save them. I'm not sure how much the issue has to say about more normal circumstances...
Besides, Faith explicitly makes the point that if these girls have gone AWOL, she for one isn't going to hunt them down and force them back into the fight.