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In essence, Faith's ability to have so much fun with slaying is rooted in a lack of immediate personal ties to the world — which is exactly where Buffy finds her strength. Buffy has to be strong for everyone else, which doesn't allow her to make the same mistakes Faith, or even a normal teenager, is able to.
Slayers are usually called at about fifteen years old, and Faith was called approximately two years after Buffy. Buffy also called Faith her "little sister slayer" or something along those lines. And the next point doesn't matter much in the world of acting, but Sarah Michelle Gellar is older than Eliza Dushku.
Many of Faith's actions isolated her from the group. Buffy was everything that she could have had and no matter what, Faith found that she was lacking in some way. She pushed away Buffy's attempts at friendship because she didn't feel like she was good enough.
Most prominently, fans often read moments between Faith and Buffy as sexual tension in which the former seemed to express a crush or even unrequited love toward the latter. The Vampire Slayer #11 by Sarah Gailey and Hannah Templer is the first piece of Buffy fiction to canonize Faith's bisexuality.
Giles shows Buffy the syringe and and explains that it's an organic compound designed to take away her strength temporarily. He admits that he's been injecting her with it for the Tento di Cruciamentum — a test every slayer must go through when/if they reach their eighteenth birthday.
Initially an ally to the main characters, events take a toll on Faith's sanity and she slips into a villainous role. Later storylines show her feeling remorse for her past crimes, and with the benevolent vampire Angel's help she eventually rejoins the side of good in the hopes of achieving redemption.
The Master (Mark Metcalf) is the oldest and most powerful vampire. He became trapped in Sunnydale 60 years ago when his plan to open the Hellmouth - a gateway to unleash demonic forces - was thwarted by an earthquake. Now Sunnydale High School lies on top of the Hellmouth and has become the focus of vampire activity.
However, new Watcher Wesley Wyndham-Pryce wasn't nearly as sensitive. He called in the Watchers Council to apprehend Faith, and a special team attacked and briefly captured her. Traumatized by the incident and isolated from the people she trusted, Faith went to the dark side.
Buffy: “The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. Be brave. Live.”
Buffy Summers: In addition to being a Slayer strength, she had her strength temporary increased under a enjoining spell, when she was capable of punching through Adam's armored hide; and while empowered by the Twilight prophecy, when she could lift a train with one hand.
Glory is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer portrayed by Clare Kramer. Glory is a god from a hell dimension and was the major antagonist of the fifth season, appearing first in episode 5, with her name mentioned in 5 episodes, and appearances in 12 others to the end of season 5.
Buffy retains her Slayer powers, but her clinical death is enough for the next Slayer to be called. For the next year there are two Slayers in the world: first Kendra, who was called on Buffy's death, and then Faith, who was called when Kendra was killed by Drusilla.
Besides the regular powers of vampires, Dracula possessed a number of magical abilities. According to Spike, these powers were nothing but "showy Gypsy stuff." Dracula explained his powers were part of "the ancient magics." He said he risked his very soul to attain them and that he was their worldly guardian.
The Immortal was an old rival of both Angel and Spike. He was a respected and admired being known for serving no side, instead pursuing his own desires.
They seem to perform equally in fights and possess the same level of physical strength. In Angel season 5, Spike does come out ahead in one Episode. Angel says that he was stronger and that he wanted it more.
The Master eventually did manage to escape his imprisonment but was slain by Buffy shortly after. However, unlike most vampires the Master did not turn to dust after being staked through the heart, instead becoming a skeleton.
Along with killing a couple of people, Faith poisons Angel, and the only way to cure him is to drain the blood of a slayer. Because of this, Buffy goes to take on Faith. The fight ends, however, with Faith being stabbed on falling off the building onto a moving truck.
Later, in Angel's perfect-day dream sequence, Angel and Cordelia consummated their relationship, but Angel called out "Buffy!" as he lost his soul, just as he did in Sunnydale years earlier.
Faith : [in Buffy's body] 'Cause I could do anything I want and instead, I choose to pout and whine and feel the burden of Slayerness? I mean, I could be rich, I could be famous, I could have anything... Anyone... Even you, Spike.
Season nine continues, after issue five's cliffhanger revelation that the Slayer was pregnant, with Buffy deciding what to do about the unwanted pregnancy – the result of a drunken night at a party.
Spike was initially conceived as a disposable villain to be killed off, but proved so popular with fans that Joss Whedon decided to merely injure him instead, in the episode "What's My Line, Part Two", in which Spike is crushed by a collapsing pipe organ and left paralyzed.
Once Giles accepted that Angel was no longer a danger, the two were able to reconcile to a certain extent.