It is a really interesting idea. What is more, he has company in that strange situation of having an old head in an excessively young body. Angel and Spike are both so much older than they look; so was Anya, of course. It was mostly only touched lightly for comic effect, as when Anya wanted a beer, but there are all sorts of intriguing questions associated with it. Not only the physical stuff - coping with puberty when the mind has been through it long ago, or suddenly having more energy than he used to, or having to remember he's smaller and more vulnerable. There's also the adjustment - and all the well-meaning advice or schadenfreude from those around him.
It would be really interesting to see this extended...
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Date: 2014-06-27 11:22 pm (UTC)It would be really interesting to see this extended...