I can believe that someone, Giles for example, explaining aspects of the way the world has worked in regards to demons might be some aspects unintentionally wrong due to misinformation. In our own reality, we have barely begun to have a grasp about how life began ions ago, and even what we do "know" are only theories, so Giles saying that all the Old Ones were leaving when the first vampire was created and Illyria contradicting that by saying that vampires and humans were milling about at the same time she was living up the God-King lifestyle, I can understand. Giles has secondary and tertiary sources, but Illyria has a firsthand account. I expect that even most or all vampires in the 'verse don't know where they came from; I think Spike probably only half-believes Illyria because s/he's being so dismissive of vampires. The problem I guess with instances like that there is no clarity as to what is truth, and it seems like it can all just change on a whim when the writer wants it to.
I blame Season Eight for all of this. I used to be able to let things go, to ignore inconsistencies, but now... I just can't. I mean, in S8, Giles admits that he knew in S7 there was a prophecy (a big frickin' prophecy that all the Watchers knew about, for that matter) that pretty much spelled out what would happen if Buffy had Willow do her Potential-to-Slayer spell and just never said anything at the time because he thought the spell was their only choice... which would be okay if every other instance of "This is the only way!" has found another better way. It pains me. ^_~
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Date: 2011-03-19 06:36 pm (UTC)I blame Season Eight for all of this. I used to be able to let things go, to ignore inconsistencies, but now... I just can't. I mean, in S8, Giles admits that he knew in S7 there was a prophecy (a big frickin' prophecy that all the Watchers knew about, for that matter) that pretty much spelled out what would happen if Buffy had Willow do her Potential-to-Slayer spell and just never said anything at the time because he thought the spell was their only choice... which would be okay if every other instance of "This is the only way!" has found another better way. It pains me. ^_~