deird_lj

And as I said, I wouldn't have faulted Buffy for staking Spike, so I can't fault her for staking any other vampire - because when she does make that kind of deal, arguably she's saying that keeping her word is more important to her than all the lives that the vampire in question will almost certainly take in the future. And while I agree that keeping one's word is generally a good thing, when doing so entails letting a creature go who is 99.99999999999% certain to kill more people, I don't think it's all that clear-cut.