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by 'stina Buffy s2e3 Kindly donated by 'stina's Buffy theories Ok, everyone assumes that the Anointed One / Colin / Annoying One / little kid that permeated the first season and the first four episodes of the second season (known hereafter as the A1) was killed by Spike at the end of School Hard. This assumption is based on the further assumption that the A1 was a vampire and he was therefore killed by the direct sunlight exposure inflicted by Spike. I see absolutely no evidence of the A1's vampire status and hypothesize that it is quite possible that he was never killed by Spike and may decide to take over the Hellmouth at a later period in time. First, the A1 was never once seen sucking blood, talking about blood, or in any way shape or form feeding. For a vampire, he seemed to have lacked the basic characteristic of vampires, the craving of blood. Second, in the presence of the Master, every single vampire had their vamp face on, regardless of whether or not they were being aggressive around him. I'm not sure if it was a sign of respect or whether it was a sign that they didn't have to pretend down in the Hellmouth to be something they were not, but around the Master, every vamp was his or her true self. This was not the case of Colin. He was NEVER seen with a vamp face, never in his "natural" state in the presence of the master. Third, there was no tell-tale dust in his place when he was "killed" by Spike. Even on bars, dust would have been left in the place of a vampire that was killed. None fell to the floor, and there was none left on the bars after the A1's apparent "death". Colin was obviously some form of supernatural entity. He was retrieved from the funeral home (putting the "fun" back in "funeral home") and declared dead in the newspaper. At some point he had to have been revived by the vampires that took his life (contrary to the newspaper report, every person in the crash was killed by vampires not by the wreck). But it's not necessarily the case that they vamped him out. Obviously, they took the time to vamp out Pork 'n' Beans, but there's no evidence that the vamped any one else from the wreck. Pork 'n' Beans was used by the vamps successfully to divert Buffy and the Slayerettes's attention from the A1, and that was probably by design. However, another explanation for the vamps actions was that they, too, felt that Pork 'n' Beans was the obvious candidate for the A1. Remember, the prophecy that the Master relied upon in NKABOTFD was NOT the one that Giles and Jenny (actually Luca) used to determine that the A1 would be a kid in Prophecy Girl. The Master in NKABOTFD used only the book of Aurelius to predict the coming of the A1, while Luca in PG used Isaiah 11:6, so the Master had no way of knowing ahead of time that the A1 would be a child. Colin had enough power to tell the vamps (who were from the order of Aurelius) the correct situation after they screwed up the Pork 'n' Beans scenario. The A1's not being a vamp may explain a lot of things, such as his obvious power over other vampires given his lack of physical strength. Dru and Angel both commented on the power of the A1, but the only evidence of that power was his ability to make other vampires do what he wanted to do (such as dig in consecrated ground, sacrifice themselves to Buffy in a ruse, etc.) Later on, both Spike and Angel would sacrifice vampires to Buffy in order to either learn more about her or to send her a message. If the A1's great "power" was his ability to make others do what he wanted, it was not a unique one. Also, this power had absolutely no effect on Spike or Dru, and apparently was useless on Angel as well, though his soul may have been a mitigating factor. However, if the A1 possessed other, greater powers--such as the power of flight, the power to transform himself, or to make himself invisible--that are not "vampire" powers, then the fear that others had of him is more easily explained. There is, of course, another explanation. Dru showed her ability to make Giles see what he wanted to see when she was interrogating him about Ackathla. It's possible that the A1 showed Spike what Spike wanted to see when he was launched into the sunlight. He could have then summoned a loyal follower to release him, and then bided his time until Spike made a slip. Now, of course, there is a void in the power structure of the vampires. The last time it happened, it took the A1 a full summer to reorganize the ranks to the point they were killing and pillaging again. This time, the A1 has no one to compete with (they're all either cast to hell or gone), and he has no plans of reviving the Master (unless, he's going to want to get the Master out of hell when he goes for Angel), and it's possible that he's changed his appearance so no one will know what he looks like (or maybe grown up?). Anyhow, I'll not be the one that's surprised if we ever see the A1 pop up again in the future on Buffy.
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