LOL and frankly its good enough that I'm have trouble keeping my rear end in this chair and upgrading it to lmao

*rofl* Thanks. I had fun writing this one. ;)

Given what 'Get It Done' told us, I'd vote guilty on the lot of them. The 'empowerment' was nothing less than a mass violation on each and every potential outside of Sunnydale.

Well done for recognising that in this amusing fic.

Thanks.

Honestly, it doesn't take a major intellect to recognize that after Get it Done. Just a larger one than Joss has, apparently. ;)

Very....very nice.....*evil cackle*....

It just had to be done. ;)

Harsh.....really harsh........oh well....there goes the Council funds....

MUUUUHHHHHHHHAAAAAA

fun!

Utterly hilarious! Great start to the work-day morning, thank you :)

Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!!!.
Dude, you read my mind =D!.

See ya!!.

This might be a good time for them all to discretely, but quickly, lose all association with the Watchers Council. This being the reason superheroes never take personal credit for their work.
I thought the Andrew part was especially funny: he stuck around for a while, played at being a watcher, then got bored and wandered off. I actually like Andrew, but this does seem like something he'd do.

*snicker* Who, us? No no no - I'm the *other* Buffy Summers! Yeah - that's it! ;)

I always wanted to do an x-over set in Season 3 where the Watcher's Council operatives and Wes make it out of Sunnydale with Faith in the van - and then get pulled over by Murtaugh and Riggs in LA. And then have to go on trail for kidnapping an underage girl and alleged intended sexual assault. (Remember, they had Faith chained in the van... ) Having to answer a lot of questions from some no-nonsense LA Cops and California prosecutor about why exactly British subjects were claiming jurisdiction over an American Citizen, kidnapping on US soil... A pissed off Joyce Summers testifying that Quentin Travers had her kidnapped, assualted, and locked in an abandoned house with a "gang member on PCP* ;)

One of these days, I may actually get around to writing it.

Defense? "Empowerment spell, what empowerment spell? I have no idea what you are talking about."
"And even if such a 'spell' was cast, where's your proof it did what you say?" Where's your proof of any of this?

Prosecution: "Now, Mr. and Mrs. Morganthaler, on the afternoon of the 25th, did or did not a Mr. Giles come to your home to speak to you and your 14 year old daughter about attending a 'private academy' for the training of her 'special abilities' that he then claimed that he and his friends were responsible for 'awakening'? And did he not then take your daughter to the cemetary for a 'demonstration'? Thank you. The prosecution would next like to call Julia Morganthaler to the stand... "

One word: "Litiginous society". Ok, so that's two words, but who's counting? ;) You don't have to win a lawsuit in order to make it extremely expensive for the defendants. Ruin their reputations, media circus, paint them as a dangerous cult preying on teeanage girls... cause them to want to settle out of court for obscene amounts of money. ;)

And Wolfram and Hart cheats.

Unintended consequences indeed--and yet so believable. Heh.

They should have no problem winning this. All those people ranting about demons and witches, claiming people they never actually met enhanced their abilites beyond the norm? They're clearly insane.

Or one might think. ;) But then, they did have Lorne wandering around in public all season 5 without anyone batting an eye... Sunnydale syndrome might not protect them any more. ;]

I like the last sentence Xander said.

I like the last sentence Xander said.

First I think you captured Willow's voice so nicely. Her dialog is hard to write and you did it well.

Also liked the interaction between the Scoobies.

Yes, I truly enjoyed this. (I like Robin more than you and I would have had the California Education Board sue for the destruction of SHS not the heroic Wood, but I love the idea of that heaped on the evil WC* as well)

Even Angel gets his revenge on the shabby way he was treated by Giles and Buffy when he sought help for Fred not himself.

By the time the last twist came around I was mentally cheering and thumping on the table.

Serves them all right!

Well done on a ripping read that you made funny too.

*W.C. Water Closet = loo, did Whedon do this on purpose?

*scuffs shoe* Aw shucks, mamn. ;) I really couldn't have done it without your plot bunny to inspire me. *g*

The California Board of Education's probably listed in that stack of papers somewhere. There *are* LOTS of plaintiffs in there, after all.

And thanks: Willow's voice is amazingly difficult to write. You want her to sound "Willowish" without getting cloyingly cutesie, and it's a hard balance to hit. Glad you think I nailed it spot on.

*snerk* The last line was awesome. I cheered, although I almost wish W&H weren't representing them so they could throw in a negligent homicide (Fred) and wrongful termination (Wes) in with the other complaints. I may still be a bit bitter about that, though.

Thanks for sharing this.

Yer welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. ;]

*snerk* I almost tossed in that Spike was suing them for Dana cutting off his hands, then decided that would be pushing it, and probably OoC for Spike. ;) Don't worry: ancilliary suits: Fred's parents can piggyback a suit onto the original lawsuits, asuming they ever discover that Fred was eaten by the Godking.