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b'I don\'t want to give the impression that I didn\'t like this character arc for Faith- the decent from Chaotic Good to Chaotic Neutral/Evil is a wonderful development for this show, which despite being almost *good* at this point, is stil stagnating as far as the status quo is concerned. I\'m just not buying the particular actions Faith takes during her decent- they feel forced rather than organic.

But to recap, Faith is reckless and she\'s rubbing off on Buffy. She dives into problems head first and doesn\'t plan at all. Also she has no problem stealing from the local weapons shop- which I actually agree with. Given how much fucked up shit Buffy and Faith take care of for the townspeople, I think filing an insurance claim is a fair price for this shopkeeper to pay so that he doesn\'t get eaten like poor crunchy witch.

But there\'s an accident when fighting the Eliminati- Faith accidentally kills Allen, the useless deputy Mayor. And then tries to dump the body in the ocean. This leads to a spiral of guilt and blame that Faith handles like an immature person- and that\'s the part I don\'t believe. Every vampire they kill is someone they failed to save, and I feel like everyone would understand that a civilian killed in the fray is unfortunate. I could see Faith having guilt about it, but what I don\'t buy is her blaming Buffy and strangling Xander. The show is pushing too hard to make her seem nonredeemable, when her turn to the dark side could be completely un-evil. Also, fuck Angel and his "you have a taste for it now" bullshit.'