I wouldn't have either, except the Spike-Bothari loyal dog parallels started whispering to me, and it snowballed from there. It'd be possible to scrape off half the serial numbers and just do Buffyverse vampires Way Out Thousands Of Years In The Future Somewhere and still keep the Slayer-based monotheism, except fandom is built for exactly this sort of indulgence.

I'm touched you think it's interesting - your work's always thought-provoking.