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Date Posted: 10:03:13 11/14/03 Fri
Author: Kuzibah
Author Host/IP: 12.175.117.195
Subject: Okay, how about the bird story
In reply to: Pouncer 's message, "I want to take Wesley away from it all" on 09:10:45 11/14/03 Fri

This was such a throwaway, that I forgot about it until reading another review yesterday, then I paid more attention when I rewatched the episode with Grim last night.

I mean, imagine little Wesley, seven years old, with this little dead bird, in a shoebox, probably, struggling with his Father's books, trying to save this little creature, thinking all the while (thanks to his dad) that he's too stupid and bad to figure it out.

Then, this event, which probably did so much to shape his personality (I have to be as good and smart as I can, so I can help save people), becomes a family joke! One more example of what a fool his son is.

I was so mad at Fred for laughing at that. If I were Wesley, that would have definitely chilled any fond feeling I had for her, but Wesley may be a bit of an emotional masochist.

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[> [> [> Oh god, yes -- Pouncer, 10:26:46 11/14/03 Fri (156.80.140.118)

Heartbreaking, to think of all his effort and caring for a dumb creature being subverted into a joke. I remember the episode where his history of being locked in the closet under the stairs was revealed (the demon-possession one, although I don't remember the title) and how I felt for him. That feeling has come back a hundred-fold, because of the insensitivity and outright abuse of his father. The robot acted enough like his father that Wesley *believed* that it was him. And he still shot him without hesitation? There's so much rage bottled up inside him, and he still feels guilty. That final scene in the office chokes me up even this morning.

Wesley deals with so much baggage from his childhood and his failure with Faith. I'm astonished at how much his bumbling came from a hideous lack of self-confidence. You know he had none in himself. Gah. I just want to find him and give him a hug!


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