In hindsight, SMG is owed a big apology for how she was treated on Buffy.
IIRC, partly why the Faith spin off never happened after Buffy ended was Gellar flat out asked Dushku if she really wanted to deal with Joss for the next few years of her life.
Hi. I am ready to rip every Buffy fan's heart out.
In "The Body", Buffy finds her mother, calls 911 and waits for the paramedics. It's horrible and emotional. And after, she calls the one person we all know she would in this situation to come. Giles.
BUT, look at this shot from the episode. Look at the number 4. "G" for "Giles". And in the episode, she presses just one button to call him.
Buffy has Giles on speed dial, specifically, the button for number 4. And look how much used the button is than the rest of them. She calls Giles a lot.
Just shows how much she depends, loves and needs him.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk and I'm going to go drown in my tears now.
A tough old lady with a long history working for both Redmond and Blutarch Mann. There are those who believe a good portion of the Gravel Wars was fought over her.
She has been at work there on and off since her early twenties, giving her a stone cold approach to violence of any form. She is not averse to it, having recieved military training and keeping a trusty SMG under her desk in case of any would-be assassins.
That being said, she is as professional as they come. A china set of delicious tea and coffee is at the ready at any time, and only the best bossa nova music playing in the waiting room. Waiting to get shouted at by your boss has never felt so good!
I had a lot of fun drawing her up! She took many iterations to get right, and having never drawn anything as big as this before (I've never designed a gun in my life!), I am so happy with how she came out. Hope you all like her too!