----- Original Message ----- From: angria Angria@t-online.de
Sorry, here totally disagree. Buffy (the character) is flawed, definitely,
but
that's what makes her interesting. (As opposed to Willow, whom I found too sugary sweet and too good to be true for nearly three seasons, until they allowed her display some more unpleasant characteristics as well on
occasion.)
I agree with you on the first point, but I have to say I don't find Willow too sugary-sweet. A bit of a nerd sometimes, but I do like that. Initially I liked her better than Buffy, but Buffy's grown on me since.
As for Spike, he's a great character, but he never was the reason why I
watched
the show.
Well, I like Spike, but he wasn't why I started watching. He's just an added bonus. I can't say I care much for Angel to be honest (too brooding) but I know I'm in the minority :). Cordelia I used to despise, but I've been watching a bit of S2 Angel and I like her a lot better in that.
overdue) I'd still continue to watch. But the show wouldn't work without
Buffy
at all, and not just because of the title.
Agreed. Buffy is the element that pulls it all together. Getting rid of the lead worked on B7 IMO because Avon was not only a strong and interesting character but a leader-figure in his own right, if a different one to Blake. But I can't see Willow, Giles, Xander or Spike at the head of the Scooby-Gang somehow... and Angel, of course, is in San Francisco.
*Buffy*, IMHO, never ceases to amaze with the way it takes simple, even cliched premises and characters, and turns them into something that's really quite clever without being too clever for its own good.
Fiona
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