bow to nothing, baby! This fic is so well-written. When I saw you were posting, I "cheated" and read even though I'm still not done with my own fic--and I'm glad I did. It's impressive that you could be so economical yet really get the essence of the trainwreck of communication skills that is Buffy.

I especially loved:
Nobody could stick her foot in it quite like Buffy, the Vampire Insulter. Not that there was anything wrong with insulting vampires. If she was going to stake them, what did it matter if she hurt their feelings first?

and "something not goatish"