Nicholas and Charisma are still extremely close. He’s a good human (I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him several times), but has gone through his own deep hardships/ lack of directors, big projects knocking down his door. I can only imagine that this is his reasoning--a “not making waves" scenario. As for the others, it saddens me too. Buffy is still my favorite comfort blanket show, and I once aspired to write like Joss. The evidence that he’s a world class douche makes me sad & would a break a younger me’s heart. I’m proud of SMG for standing up in classy manner, though