What they really should've done is kill him off. That could've been said about several characters. :(
But you're missing the point of S6. Giles dead, really dead, would've changed little in the angst quotient of the season, and assuming he'd died doing something heroic, could actually have made Buffy's journey "easier", instead of Buffy being abandoned by Giles.
It's the diference between the father figure / mentor that dies for you and the rat bastard that runs away because he can't deal with helping you, just because you have the weight of the world on your shoulders.
It's about angst baby, and sure dead Giles would've been loads of angst, but also with a helping of "He died for me, I must be worthy of his death, insert personal message of strength here...", unless they killed him in a completely unheroic way, like a crash or something, which, major bummer for such a character, and wee, more angst for everyone, but not so soon after S5.
I dislike S6. I think it's better writing wise than S7, but not really good.
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That could've been said about several characters. :(
But you're missing the point of S6. Giles dead, really dead, would've changed little in the angst quotient of the season, and assuming he'd died doing something heroic, could actually have made Buffy's journey "easier", instead of Buffy being abandoned by Giles.
It's the diference between the father figure / mentor that dies for you and the rat bastard that runs away because he can't deal with helping you, just because you have the weight of the world on your shoulders.
It's about angst baby, and sure dead Giles would've been loads of angst, but also with a helping of "He died for me, I must be worthy of his death, insert personal message of strength here...", unless they killed him in a completely unheroic way, like a crash or something, which, major bummer for such a character, and wee, more angst for everyone, but not so soon after S5.
I dislike S6. I think it's better writing wise than S7, but not really good.