From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
   https://screenrant.com/buffy-vampire-slayer-faith-times-sorry-hated/   
      
      
   Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Faith Lehane walked the line between hero and   
   villain, and these moments show the slayer at her worst or most sympathetic.   
      
   BY CAROLYN JENKINS   
      
      
   Always controversial and polarizing, Faith Lehane sprang on the scene on   
   Buffy the Vampire Slayer in season three. Her arrival came after the death   
   of Kendra, the slayer who arose after Buffy's death. Faith threw everything   
   Buffy believed into chaos. She was void of shame and, at times, a   
   conscience.   
      
   That was not the only side of Faith. As the audience came to know the rogue   
   slayer, it became clear that she was that way for a reason. While not an   
   excuse for her behavior, there were explanations for her actions. Here are   
   five reasons why her reputation is deserved and five reasons she is worth a   
   second look.   
      
      
   10   
   Hated Her: Tried To Seduce Angel   
      
   Faith’s decision to join the Mayor was not necessarily a surprise. Though   
   she did kill his right-hand man, she couldn’t turn down the parental figure   
   that she never had.   
      
   After she was thrown aside by the Watcher’s Council, she joined the Mayor   
   and helped him with his evil plots. One of these was her attempt to steal   
   Buffy’s boyfriend. Faith used a spell thinking that it would take his soul.   
   It was all a ploy and ultimately revealed to Buffy that Faith's allegiance   
   had changed.   
      
      
   9   
   Felt Bad For Her: Couldn't Face Kakistos   
      
   Faith answered the call of the slayer when her predecessor Kendra was   
   killed. She took to slaying naturally and like any slayer before her, had a   
   watcher to look after her.   
      
   After a time, Faith’s watcher was brutally murdered by an old vampire,   
   Kakistos. He took pleasure in inciting pain and Faith could not beat him.   
   She fled to Sunnydale, paralyzed with fear at the thought of the vampire   
   that killed her watcher.   
      
      
   8   
   Hated Her: Blamed Buffy for the Death of The Deputy Mayor   
      
   Faith Lehane had been a rogue slayer long before she killed someone. She   
   enjoyed slaying a little bit too much and was morally gray at best. This all   
   came to a head when she accidentally killed Deputy Mayor Alan Finch.   
      
   Thinking he was a vampire, Faith staked him in the heart. But her real   
   transgression was admitting to Buffy that she had no remorse for his death.   
      
      
   7   
   Felt Bad For Her: Buffy Put Her In A Coma   
      
   Time and time again, Faith had proven that she was not on Buffy’s side. Once   
   Faith shot Angel with a poison arrow, there was no return. The only cure for   
   that poison was the blood of a Slayer.   
      
   While Faith had not endeared herself to Buffy, Buffy’s intention to feed   
   Faith to Angel bordered on murderous intent. Buffy lost her moral high   
   ground when she stabbed Faith, putting her in a coma.   
      
      
   6   
   Hated Her: Used Xander   
      
   Xander never had luck with the ladies, and arguably one of his most   
   dangerous liaisons was with Faith. In a fit of boredom, Faith took Xander to   
   her motel room and had her way with him. This was an event that had some   
   importance to Xander, though not as much with Faith.   
      
   Later Xander tried to talk to Faith and she took this to mean that he just   
   wanted her for physical reasons. The incident turned dark as Faith almost   
   strangled him in the heat of the moment.   
      
      
   5   
   Felt Bad For Her: Woke Up In A World Without The Mayor   
      
   Faith’s connection to any sort of humanity was her relationship with Mayor   
   Wilkins. While generally evil and intent on destroying Sunnydale, he treated   
   Faith like a daughter. The Mayor was distraught when Faith fell into a coma.   
   He was slain while Faith was still asleep.   
      
   Faith woke up, unaware that a year had passed, and the Mayor had died during   
   the showdown at Sunnydale High. At that moment, Faith realized that she was   
   alone and there was no one out there who loved her anymore.   
      
      
   4   
   Hated Her: Swapped Bodies With Buffy   
      
   After Faith woke up from a coma, she was understandably out of sorts. Though   
   The Mayor was dead at this point, he gave her a gadget for her own devices   
   in the event that she ever woke up.   
      
   When Faith used it, she swapped bodies with Buffy and wreaked havoc in her   
   life. One of the most egregious of these crimes was when Faith slept with   
   Buffy’s boyfriend, Riley.   
      
      
   3   
   Felt Bad For Her: Did Not Understand Love   
      
   There are many issues concerning Faith swapping bodies with Buffy. One   
   issue, in particular, was Faith's decision to sleep with Riley while in   
   Buffy’s body. Riley did not know he was with Faith and told her that he   
   loved her.   
      
   Faith had never heard that before and became confused and upset. There was   
   no excuse for sleeping with Riley, but it added another facet to how   
   disturbed Faith was.   
      
      
   2   
   Hated Her: She Poisoned Angel   
      
   Faith had always been provocative. She pushed away Buffy's attempts to   
   accept her. She instead opted to join The Mayor in his bid to turn into a   
   giant snake. Faith not only joined her newfound father figure but attempted   
   to hurt Buffy.   
      
   One of these attempts was killing the love of Buffy’s life, even after Buffy   
   and Angel had broken up. While Buffy and Angel were fighting on the street,   
   Faith shot him with an arrow full of poison.   
      
      
   1   
   Felt Bad For Her: Always Compared Herself To Buffy   
      
   To Faith, Buffy always had a better life. Faith grew up in South Boston to   
   an alcoholic mother and no maternal affection. Even when she made it to   
   Sunnydale, she was always on her own. She lived in a motel and didn’t attend   
   school.   
      
   Many of Faith’s actions isolated her from the group. Buffy was everything   
   that she could have had and no matter what, Faith found that she was lacking   
   in some way. She pushed away Buffy’s attempts at friendship because she   
   didn't feel like she was good enough. Only when she arrived back in   
   Sunnydale after breaking out of prison did it seem like a step in the   
   direction of being accepted.   
      
      
   David   
      
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