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While this was all most certainly thrown out of whack after the events of the series finale, I want to know what was up with the Slayer lineage between seasons 2 and 7.

Only one girl is called to be a Slayer at a time, after the previous one dies. After Buffy's brief death in the season 1 finale, Kendra was called. After Kendra's death in the season 2 finale, Faith was called. At that point, you had two active Slayers (Buffy and Faith). When Buffy died for a longer period of time in the season 5 finale, no other Slayer was called. I assumed this was because Buffy's first death removed the lineage from her and passed it on to Kendra who passed it on to Faith. I thought the whole Slayer thing only ever thought Slayers would die once, so Buffy ("Hey, I died twiiiiice") threw a kink in the system.

But all throughout season 7, Buffy kept saying to the Potentials that if she dies any one of them could be called to be a Slayer, seemingly forgetting that no one was called when she died in the season 5 finale. Was she just messing with the Potentials? Did the writers make a goof? Who did the Slayer lineage run through, really?

There's a few potential answers (no pun intended):

1. It's always possible that another Slayer WAS called when Buffy died
   the second time. The Watchers didn't have their eyes on every
   Potential, and the new Slayer could have slipped through the cracks.


2. When Buffy said that, she may have thought Faith was dead (I can't
   recall exactly when Faith returned, but I seem to recall Buffy
   believing she'd killed her for a while).


3. Finally, I think you may have your quote wrong. I believe Buffy actually said that she
   thought that both she AND Faith would have to die before any of them
   were Chosen.

When Buffy dies the first time, Kendra and called. Although Buffy comes back to life, the Slayer line now goes through Kendra. So when Kendra is killed by Drusilla, Faith is called to take her place. When Buffy dies at the end of season 5, no new Slayer is called. A new Slayer will not be called until Faith dies. Of course, this all changes at the end of season 7.

The Slayer line passes through Faith. Sineya was created with the heart and soul of a demon, which passes to another potential on her death. There is not another new demon soul created because a Slayer died and was brought back. That Buffy still had her powers when she was brought back indicates that the demon's essence is only needed for the transformation, that it is one way, and that the Slayer's body simply hosts it until her death.

I would presume that if all the Slayers activited by the Scythe were wiped out, no new potentials would be called until Faith died.

I have been binge-watching Buffy for the last month-and-a-half rewatching it from what I can gather when Buffy died Kendra was activated when Kendra died Faith was activated So the activation after Buffy had already occurred so even though Buffy was brought back for the next Slayer in line it would have to be Faith to die and it never said that Faith didnt died temporarily at the hospital when Buffy put her in the coma but if she did and another potential was activated the council may not have known or told anybody but if she didn't die it would still be her and just Buffy.