I think that maybe when it comes to Hank they were possibly just opting for clumsy story-telling much in the way they did with Riley in terms of ousting a charcater who no longer served their immediate interests. They wanted Buffy and Dawn on their own and so derived a story where Hank was no unreliable and all of a sudden 'cheated' on choice (according to Buffy's assumptions. Giles was supposed to be daddy figure - no room for a second. I agree though, it always seemed strange to me that he didn't at least come for Dawn who was very much still a minor.
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Date: 2010-06-18 09:01 am (UTC)