Giles killing Ben

I think Buffy would be disappointed in Giles, they wouldn't talk for a few days, then they'd have it out, have a heated discussion, and then they'd move on.
 
Buffy died ten minutes after Ben did. It may have escaped her notice. But given the themes and nature of Season 6, she probably wouldn't care that much, that has to feel like a "lifetime" ago.
 
Now I wonder what happened to Ben's body. Maybe one of the things that came through ate it. Or perhaps it was covered up as usual.

I think Buffy would understand, but it would be better for Giles not to bring it up. It could be an interesting conversation that illustrated the character of both.

It could even become a reason Giles leaves for awhile in season 6. Just about anything for why he left would've been better than the reason we were actually given.
 
Joan the Vampire Slayer said:
Does anyone know that Giles killed Ben? If Buffy knew, how would she feel about it? Let's discuss.
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Always wondered about this too. I don't think anyone knew. My guess is that with Buffy dying, they were too distracted and distraught to even think about what happened to him.

And then the writers dropped it.

For Giles, it was a 'doing what must be done for the greater good' mindset. The series has never been consistent with 'not killing humans', and considering Buffy very likely killed humans herself, I don't think she's able to say much.

Giles stopped a Hell God from every returning, otherwise the risk of her returning would always be there. The moral discussion over the sacrifice of one to save many.
 
At the time, there was too much going on after the battle for anyone to care about Ben. If anyone thought about it, and even knew he was dead, they probably assumed he died in battle with Buffy.

hoponlilmama said:
And then the writers dropped it.
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Yes; so many things were dropped, ignored or outright changed in S6 (and S7 for that matter) that I have to wonder if the writers actually watched the first five seasons.

hoponlilmama said:
Giles stopped a Hell God from every returning, otherwise the risk of her returning would always be there. The moral discussion over the sacrifice of one to save many.
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I would disagree about Giles not considering himself to be a hero when doing it. As you say, he prevented a Hell God from returning permanently, and he took on a moral burden on himself, and kept it off Buffy, for doing that. Sounds somewhat heroic to me.
 
NotASlayer said:
At the time, there was too much going on after the battle for anyone to care about Ben. If anyone thought about it, and even knew he was dead, they probably assumed he died in battle with Buffy.
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That's a good point, I could see why they'd make the assumption that Ben died in all the chaos. Perhaps a reason why they never questioned it again?

NotASlayer said:
Yes; so many things were dropped, ignored or outright changed in S6 (and S7 for that matter) that I have to wonder if the writers actually watched the first five seasons.
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...that said, considering they knew of the Ben/Glory connection (I'm refraining from cracking a joke about it!) you'd think someone would maybe question in s6/s7 what might've happened to him.

NotASlayer said:
I would disagree about Giles not considering himself to be a hero when doing it. As you say, he prevented a Hell God from returning permanently, and he took on a moral burden on himself, and kept it off Buffy, for doing that. Sounds somewhat heroic to me.
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No, I agree. When you think about it, he saved the world. Giles in all his Englishness, rolled up his sleeves and got on with it. He did what he had to.

Buffy might not see it that way, but I'd wager the others would see it as heroic and/or necessary.
 
hoponlilmama said:
...that said, considering they knew of the Ben/Glory connection (I'm refraining from cracking a joke about it!) you'd think someone would maybe question in s6/s7 what might've happened to him.
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If they thought about it, assuming they found the body afterwards, I would guess that they might believe, as Ben is Glory (🙂), that Glory reverted to Ben on dying. That is something that's quite common, especially with shapeshifters, they return to a normal form on death (wasn't there something about the difficulties of eating actual werewolf flesh in Angel S5 because of that very thing?).
 
NotASlayer said:
If they thought about it, assuming they found the body afterwards, I would guess that they might believe, as Ben is Glory (🙂), that Glory reverted to Ben on dying. That is something that's quite common, especially with shapeshifters, they return to a normal form on death
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Yes, true. Other media shows shapeshifters reverting to their original form.
I guess no one wanted to go back to the site, or hang around there after Buffy died.

NotASlayer said:
(wasn't there something about the difficulties of eating actual werewolf flesh in Angel S5 because of that very thing?).
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Probably from this episode?
https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Unleashed
 
P.S. He probably called a "cleaner" to take care of the body. If the Watchers don't have an auxiliary unit in Sunnydale, they probably know who does provide those services.

Second, Buffy told Ben to skip town and never return. She has no reason to question that.
 
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