From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   https://screenrant.com/buffy-vampire-slayer-faith-heroic-unforgivable-actions/   
      
      
      
   Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Faith is often considered the bad Slayer. And   
   it’s   
   true that Faith was the dark to Buffy’s light. As the other Chosen One, she   
   excelled at her job — until she made a mistake. Then, Faith went very bad,   
   very quickly.   
      
   Despite all the terrible things she did, Faith eventually started working   
   towards redemption. As a result, Faith has been on both sides of the battle   
   against the forces of darkness. She’s done unforgivable things, but she’s   
   also been heroic in the face of overwhelming evil. Here, are examples of   
   both categories.   
      
      
   10 UNFORGIVABLE: STAKED THE VERY HUMAN DEPUTY MAYOR   
      
   Faith was a scrappy fighter who threw herself into battle with vampires and   
   demons without a second thought. She’d get so absorbed that she’d see   
   anything that came at her as a threat. Unfortunately, her tendency to lose   
   herself in the thrill of the fight had disastrous consequences when she   
   accidentally staked the Deputy Mayor Allan Finch, believing he was a   
   vampire.   
      
   Of course, a stake to the heart is just as fatal to a human, and Faith   
   quickly went into denial about what she did. Buffy wanted to tell her   
   Watcher, Giles, about what happened, but Faith claimed she didn’t care. She   
   then beat Buffy to the punch by pinning the act on her. It was her first   
   step down the path towards evil.   
      
      
   9 HEROIC: OVERCAME HER FEARS TO TAKE OUT KAKISTOS   
      
   When Faith first came to Sunnydale, she claimed it was because her Watcher   
   was on a retreat leaving her the opportunity to come to California and visit   
   her fellow Slayer, Buffy. That turned out to be a lie, however. Faith was   
   running from an ancient vampire named Kakistos. When she first took him on,   
   he tore apart her Watcher and almost did the same to her.   
      
   Yet, Kakistos wasn’t willing to let his vendetta against Faith go. To her   
   horror, he tracked her down in Sunnydale. While Faith was terrified of the   
   vampire, she eventually overcame her fears and staked Kakistos with a   
   four-by-four. An act of heroism that made a positive impression on Buffy.   
      
      
   8 UNFORGIVABLE: ALLIED WITH THE MAYOR   
      
   After accidentally taking out the Deputy Mayor and trying to blame Buffy for   
   it, Giles realized Faith was in a psychologically fragile place. He   
   attempted to handle the situation delicately. However, new Watcher Wesley   
   Wyndham-Pryce wasn’t nearly as sensitive. He called in the Watchers Council   
   to apprehend Faith, and a special team attacked and briefly captured her.   
      
   Traumatized by the incident and isolated from the people she trusted, Faith   
   went to the dark side. She turned to the villainous Mayor, Richard Wilkins,   
   offering to help him in his plans for his demonic Ascension. Faith worked as   
   Wilkins’ enforcer. She threatened people, stole objects, and took out anyone   
   that got in the way of the Mayor’s grand plan.   
      
      
   7 HEROIC: TURNED HERSELF IN AND ACCEPTED HER PUNISHMENT   
      
   Faith slept for eight months after Buffy put her in a coma at the end of   
   Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s third season. Eventually, she woke up and   
   discovered that the Mayor’s plan hadn’t come to fruition after all. What's   
   more, the world had moved on without her. Alone and adrift again, Faith   
   returned to her criminal ways.   
      
   She came to Los Angeles and carved a reign of terror through the city in   
   just a few days. After fighting Angel and begging him to kill her, however,   
   it was clear something had to give. Faith decided to start on the hard road   
   to redemption. Her first act was to turn herself in for her crimes and   
   accept her punishment by staying in prison, even though she had the ability   
   to escape at any time.   
      
      
      
   6 UNFORGIVABLE: SWITCHED BODIES WITH BUFFY   
      
   When Faith woke up from her coma in the middle of Buffy’s fourth season, she   
   discovered that the Mayor was gone and she was without allies. The Mayor   
   made sure that didn’t mean she was without options, however. He made   
   arrangements to ensure she’d receive a device that would let her swap bodies   
   with anyone. And the person she chose to use it on was Buffy.   
      
   Faith quickly took over Buffy’s life, leading to a hilarious sequence in   
   which she impersonated Buffy in her bathroom. While she actually did try to   
   do some good in the guise of her noble counterpart, she also did the   
   unforgivable — and brought up some serious consent issues — when she   
   seduced   
   Buffy’s new boyfriend who had no idea her body didn’t house his girlfriend.   
      
      
   5 HEROIC: BROKE OUT OF PRISON TO STOP ANGELUS   
      
   Faith spent several years in prison atoning for her sins. Between Buffy and   
   Angel, she figured the world didn’t need her to protect the world from   
   vampires and demons. At least, until Angel lost his soul during his   
   eponymous Buffy spin-off series’ fourth season. Wesley came to report the   
   news to Faith and ask for her assistance.   
      
   Faith was quick to spring into action, breaking out of prison and going to   
   find Angelus. Of all the people in her life, Faith felt a particular loyalty   
   to Angel. He never gave up on her even when she was at her worst. He   
   intimately understood the pain and effort of striving for redemption. As a   
   result, Faith’s goal wasn’t to take Angelus out, it was to make sure Angel   
   got his soul back. Faith was so committed to ensuring Angel’s survival, she   
   almost gave her life in the effort.   
      
      
   4 UNFORGIVABLE: TRIED TO KILL ANGEL...TWICE   
      
   Of all the characters on Buffy, it was Angel that Faith went after most   
   blatantly. After she started working for the Mayor in the show’s third   
   season, Faith attempted to turn Angel into Angelus and take Buffy’s place as   
   his girlfriend. The gambit didn’t work, however, so Faith shot him with a   
   poisoned arrow that could only be cured with Slayer blood. Faith figured it   
   would distract the pair while the Mayor prepared for his Ascension. Plus, it   
   could lead to the demise of one of the two of Sunnydale's heroes, which   
   would be a bonus in Faith's book. Things didn’t quite work out that way,   
   though. Both Angel and Buffy survived while Faith ended up in a coma.   
      
   When Faith woke up and came to Los Angeles, she was quickly hired by Wolfram   
   & Heart to assassinate Angel. Faith announced herself to Angel by almost   
   shooting him in the back and causing other damage before revealing her true   
   endgame: Getting Angel to put her out of her misery.   
      
      
   3 HEROIC: LED THE POTENTIALS WHEN BUFFY WAS KICKED OUT   
      
      
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