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Angel tries to reason with Faith in Consequences, which he does again later in season one of Angel (’Five By Five‘) when Faith “cries for help” by torturing Wesley. |
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July 1st, 2005 at 4:31 am
Seems too simple to claim Faith’s turn as a torturer was supposed to be her cry for help. She was pretty twisted when she arrived in Sunnydale, and her story all along was the story of her disintegration as a human being. The mayor, who was even more twisted than she was (it was ironic that he constantly harped on so-called family values), speeded her along her path. By the time she came out of her coma, she was barely human.
After that, Faith meted out what, in her ruined mind, passed for justice. The little bit of humanity left inside her had been repressed and stuffed too far down inside to do her any good. This bit of humanity made her see herself as disgusting. (She said “You’re disgusting” to “herself” in the church when Buffy was wearing Faith’s body, as they fought.) But by the time she got to L.A., she’d hardened herself again.
When she and Angel fought in the alley, it looked to me as if she was prepared to kill him (and had been ready pretty much since she arrived in L.A.). When she realized he was too strong for her to kill, and yet was refusing to kill her, she cracked enough that her humanity rose inside her again–and wanted to die. I think that was the cry for help, when she begged him to kill her.