"hunting">"patrolling" shift has intrigued me too.
In the early days it's the vampire term for what they do to humans, the vampire teom for what the Slayer does to them, and the Watcher and Slayer term for what she does to vampyrs.
Interestingly. Giles is the first and only one to use the term "patrol". In Reptile Boy. First as "hunt and patrol", and three times later as "patrol" alone.
True Willow also uses it "And you never let her do anything except work and patrol! And I know she's the Chosen One, but you're killing her with the pressure!"
But in context hunting would be less appropriate there: patrol=boring / hunting=fun
Giles later uses "patrol" in What's my Line?, Ted, BBB,
Buffy doesn't switch to the term even at the obvious points WLM: suggested career as Law Enforcement Officer instead of Predator, Phases: still "hunting werewolves" even though it's a capture not a kill, Innocence: Angel whom she isn't ready to kill.
Until Killed by death, after she's declared she's ready to kill Angel.
So when did Giles get these fluffy bunny feelings for vampyrs?
True wuv arising from the glimpse across a crowded church in what's my line?
doesn't seem likely
True wuv arising from the glimpse across a crowded church in what's my line? doesn't seem likely
That's why it's Romantic, silly!
The linguistic shift on the word "hunting" doesn't bother me in the slightest. It's not the word, but the intonation of the word, that's significant, which denotes more of a shift in Buffy's self-perception than it does on the action itself.
If you had asked Season 1 Buffy the difference between "patrolling for vampires" and "hunting vampires," she'd have dismissed you out of hand with a quip. Season 4 Buffy, on the other hand, had learned that there was indeed a difference, and it was a difference that even Giles had not really considered until that moment she pronounced the word.
Unrelated to the subject of discussion, but here I found an English version of an interview of an Israeli fan with Adam Busch (Warren)
t /patriotic
*thunk thunk thunk*
Y'all are responsible for that. I just went to another Buffy-centric board, looking for topic.
*thunk thunk thunk*
*thunk*
Is this a *thwap* sort of thunk?
I'm happy to provide you with content, just give me a topic on which to riff, and a dead horse to take the beating.
I just went to another Buffy-centric board,
Oh, Cindy... I'd think you'd have learned by now... Other boards are scary.
Stupid posters are not a gift from God.
and a dead horse to take the beating.
t suddenly turned on
t not by beating a dead horse; by *Plei* needing someone to beat....
