[identity profile] fenchurche.livejournal.com 2010-07-29 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm curious, how would getting the chip out have made it easier to kill Buffy?

[identity profile] neutralalienist.livejournal.com 2010-07-29 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
It wouldn't, really. I think he hoped it would - that allowing him to be a monster would set their relationship back to the way it was. The way it should be. All of the hate and none of the love. He might even convince himself he could fight to kill on the way back. And then, of course, when they finally met face to face? No.