If it's the political line of the Buffy in this story that irks you, she has another speach later on that's more hawkish, about not letting enemies get away with attacking you at home. At that point, she is also learning a lot from General Hammond about leadership and from some of the other soldier-types about profesionalism.
On the other hand, her slayer sense is getting out of control. Picking up on the spy in the SGC cafeteria, was OK. Tracking another one across town was more of a stretch but can be explained with a non-hellmouth environment and fewer non-humans around to pick up on. Real-time tracking of spaceships out by Jupiter with no light-speed delay and enough precision for firing solutions? Way too much Deus Ex Machina here. Even if a Deus (PTB or Acended) shows up to explain their Machinations in setting this up, it's just too much Uber-Buffy paired with continuing under-utilization of the other characters available.
I have to agree with the initial post on this. It's bordering on being a great fic, but being that close without being there is more aggravating than a mediocre throwaway fic.
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad. In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.
On the other hand, her slayer sense is getting out of control. Picking up on the spy in the SGC cafeteria, was OK. Tracking another one across town was more of a stretch but can be explained with a non-hellmouth environment and fewer non-humans around to pick up on. Real-time tracking of spaceships out by Jupiter with no light-speed delay and enough precision for firing solutions? Way too much Deus Ex Machina here. Even if a Deus (PTB or Acended) shows up to explain their Machinations in setting this up, it's just too much Uber-Buffy paired with continuing under-utilization of the other characters available.
I have to agree with the initial post on this. It's bordering on being a great fic, but being that close without being there is more aggravating than a mediocre throwaway fic.
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No, I don't believe the world has gone mad. In order for it to go mad it would need to have been sane at some point.