Thank you dear so much for your words! I know it was probably hard to read - 'twas hard to write - but it felt necessary to do so.

I really enjoyed that you talked not just about "Ted," but about "BtVS" as a whole.

I was not expecting that at all, but it was as fun as it was difficult to write about this. It's amazing how much of the entire series can be found in any one episode from the first seasons. I had forgotten a lot about this episode until I forced myself to rewatch it. (I actually have a few more meta planned on this episode alone - there's so much "there there".)