I think Riley is also paralleled with April. Of course! *slaps head* I feel rather stoopid now! *g*
To be honest, I'm not sure why didn't feel she could cry in front of Riley. That was something that always has puzzled me. I think it has something to do with opening up emotionally on a very deep level. And I don't mean tears like the ones that kept pouring out in 'Triangle' - it was those that came from being utterly, utterly terrified and exhausted when her mother was ill. He might have seen them if he'd happened to have been around at that particular moment, but I'm not sure. Buffy becomes hyper self-reliant in a crisis (f.ex. 'Prophecy Girl' and 'Becoming II').
Kind of ironic that she didn't mind looking vulnerable in front of her sworn enemy I think there was an element of 'Spike doesn't matter'. And - as she says in 'Afterlife' - "I can be alone with you here."
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Of course! *slaps head* I feel rather stoopid now! *g*
To be honest, I'm not sure why didn't feel she could cry in front of Riley. That was something that always has puzzled me.
I think it has something to do with opening up emotionally on a very deep level. And I don't mean tears like the ones that kept pouring out in 'Triangle' - it was those that came from being utterly, utterly terrified and exhausted when her mother was ill. He might have seen them if he'd happened to have been around at that particular moment, but I'm not sure. Buffy becomes hyper self-reliant in a crisis (f.ex. 'Prophecy Girl' and 'Becoming II').
Kind of ironic that she didn't mind looking vulnerable in front of her sworn enemy
I think there was an element of 'Spike doesn't matter'. And - as she says in 'Afterlife' - "I can be alone with you here."