He's a ruler who through Macchiavellian means has been stripped of his leadership power by the oppressive Council who wishes to upset the old regime. The old regime that keeps the old name for appearances sake.
Just as it's the King's Navy, so is it the Watcher's Council. Until the Navy Council had a big coup in the zoo.
I'm now imagining a dictatorial Watcher of yore who the Council rises up and dethrones. It kinda fits with how Giles was treated like such a dog by the Council when Buffy rightly points out that the Slayer and the Watcher are the ones with the power. All the Council can do is withhold knowledge, the only means of their power (that and coercive methods).
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Date: 2010-06-03 03:18 am (UTC)Just as it's the King's Navy, so is it the Watcher's Council. Until the Navy Council had a big coup in the zoo.
I'm now imagining a dictatorial Watcher of yore who the Council rises up and dethrones. It kinda fits with how Giles was treated like such a dog by the Council when Buffy rightly points out that the Slayer and the Watcher are the ones with the power. All the Council can do is withhold knowledge, the only means of their power (that and coercive methods).