JLB
2007-02-10 21:02:19 UTC
This is just a little something about my thoughts on several of the
main characters, a bit of fanon. Maybe it'll start some conversation.
Buffy- Her 'superiority complex' is simply the fact she's aware of her
Slayer abilities, especially the fact she can heal from things that
would kill the average person. She's not suicidal most of the time,
but due to her calling she ranks her life below her friends and
family. SHe figures she's destined to die young, no better way than
making sure the people she loves grows old. Buffy isn't that strong
emotionally, she survives by cutting off various feelings at various
times. That led to the General Buffy thing in season 7. She was more
the Harmony of her school, with it lacking a Cordelia, and she knows
it. She has no idea what it's like for a normal person to fight as
the first time she ever threw a punch was after she gained her Slayer
powers. She's kind of offended that most of the time when she doesn't
ask for help her friends insist on coming along and are even insulted
by her warnings to be careful, but on the occasions where she asks for
support she'd often denied it. She was irritated by the Potentials in
season 7, because as far as she was concerned she was only asking them
to do what they would have to do if they were Slayers. They weren't
of course, but thanks to the situation they were in she figured it
could happen at any time. As far as she could tell they only had two
options, act like Slayers, or act like victims.
Xander- willing to sacrifice himself before any of his friends, which
is really the source of problems with Buffy, more than any old
feelings of attraction. The only Scooby who isn't really interested
in the supernatural, for it's own sake, unlike Buffy who doesn't mind
hanging in demon bars, or Willow who has an isatiable magical
curiousity. Not to say he automatically reacts hostily to it, but he
doesn't seek it out himself. If he's ever turned, he does not want
his soul returned. Just dust him. He's never forgotten Giles lesson,
that a vampire isn't the person, just what killed him. In fact he's
never even questioned it.
Willow- believes problems exist to be solved, in whatever way they can
be as efficiently as possible. She wouldn't even have minded others
using magic on her to solve her problems, see her immediate
forgiveness of Tara's demon blindness spell. This is the root of her
problems with magic, not hunger for power. In fact it's probably a
good thing that the supernatural distracted her from her study of
psychology, which was her biggest interest after computers, since if
she followed in her parents footsteps she'd have probably been to
quick to prescibe drugs. If ever turned she does want to be resouled,
since she has so much she wants to learn. This is assuming she's
turned at about her current age. If she was into her fifties or
sixties and it happened for some reason she'd have probably changed
her mind by then. Even after Warren she still believes in vengeance,
to a degree. She figures there's times it's the only way to balance
the scales
Dawn- here's on that's entirely fanon. Dawn's soul is actually the
soul of Buffy's favorite cousin Celia, so that Buffy would have a
spiritual connection to her. Her personality was carefully crafted to
endear her to the entire Scooby Gang. Her intelligence makes her
close with Giles and Willow. Her morbid curiousity with the darker
sife of the supernatural endears her to Spike and Anya. They can be
as descriptive as they want with her being offended. In fact she
enjoyed it. She was a bit of an outsider which gave her something she
could relate to with Tara, and she had a crush on Xander, which he
found flattering.
On the non-Scooby side of things.
Vampires- a vampire is actually capable of feeling a degree of every
emotion a human can, since they share the same brain. Of course a
demons instincts causes it to be expressed differently. Love is
especiallty different due to to things. That a vampire is both
theoretically immortal and incredibly easy to kill. That means if a
vampire doesn't turn a human they have feeling for then that person
would die and the vamp would be alone forever. Meanwhile if after
they're turned they try to leave for a while then the first one may
never see the other again. A vampire has three main instincts. 1.
Survive. 2. Feed 3. Cause pain and suffering. This is why a vampire
won't go out of the way to cause the most painful death possible if
it's in a hurry. For a vampire to be truly effective it has to be
made out of a human who is angry at the world or his place in it, in
some way. Otherwise there's no reason for that person's mind to
embrace the demon.
Harmony- an example of someone who couldn't be an effective vamp.
Turning from human to vampire kept her from whatever vapid pursuits
she had in mind for her future, she had no enemies she wanted to lash
out at because she already made anyone she didn't like miserable. She
no longer gets to go out in the sun, shop for the best clothes or
travel like she wanted to. Her desire to be Big Bad is merely a
reflection of her human self's status climbing.
JLB
main characters, a bit of fanon. Maybe it'll start some conversation.
Buffy- Her 'superiority complex' is simply the fact she's aware of her
Slayer abilities, especially the fact she can heal from things that
would kill the average person. She's not suicidal most of the time,
but due to her calling she ranks her life below her friends and
family. SHe figures she's destined to die young, no better way than
making sure the people she loves grows old. Buffy isn't that strong
emotionally, she survives by cutting off various feelings at various
times. That led to the General Buffy thing in season 7. She was more
the Harmony of her school, with it lacking a Cordelia, and she knows
it. She has no idea what it's like for a normal person to fight as
the first time she ever threw a punch was after she gained her Slayer
powers. She's kind of offended that most of the time when she doesn't
ask for help her friends insist on coming along and are even insulted
by her warnings to be careful, but on the occasions where she asks for
support she'd often denied it. She was irritated by the Potentials in
season 7, because as far as she was concerned she was only asking them
to do what they would have to do if they were Slayers. They weren't
of course, but thanks to the situation they were in she figured it
could happen at any time. As far as she could tell they only had two
options, act like Slayers, or act like victims.
Xander- willing to sacrifice himself before any of his friends, which
is really the source of problems with Buffy, more than any old
feelings of attraction. The only Scooby who isn't really interested
in the supernatural, for it's own sake, unlike Buffy who doesn't mind
hanging in demon bars, or Willow who has an isatiable magical
curiousity. Not to say he automatically reacts hostily to it, but he
doesn't seek it out himself. If he's ever turned, he does not want
his soul returned. Just dust him. He's never forgotten Giles lesson,
that a vampire isn't the person, just what killed him. In fact he's
never even questioned it.
Willow- believes problems exist to be solved, in whatever way they can
be as efficiently as possible. She wouldn't even have minded others
using magic on her to solve her problems, see her immediate
forgiveness of Tara's demon blindness spell. This is the root of her
problems with magic, not hunger for power. In fact it's probably a
good thing that the supernatural distracted her from her study of
psychology, which was her biggest interest after computers, since if
she followed in her parents footsteps she'd have probably been to
quick to prescibe drugs. If ever turned she does want to be resouled,
since she has so much she wants to learn. This is assuming she's
turned at about her current age. If she was into her fifties or
sixties and it happened for some reason she'd have probably changed
her mind by then. Even after Warren she still believes in vengeance,
to a degree. She figures there's times it's the only way to balance
the scales
Dawn- here's on that's entirely fanon. Dawn's soul is actually the
soul of Buffy's favorite cousin Celia, so that Buffy would have a
spiritual connection to her. Her personality was carefully crafted to
endear her to the entire Scooby Gang. Her intelligence makes her
close with Giles and Willow. Her morbid curiousity with the darker
sife of the supernatural endears her to Spike and Anya. They can be
as descriptive as they want with her being offended. In fact she
enjoyed it. She was a bit of an outsider which gave her something she
could relate to with Tara, and she had a crush on Xander, which he
found flattering.
On the non-Scooby side of things.
Vampires- a vampire is actually capable of feeling a degree of every
emotion a human can, since they share the same brain. Of course a
demons instincts causes it to be expressed differently. Love is
especiallty different due to to things. That a vampire is both
theoretically immortal and incredibly easy to kill. That means if a
vampire doesn't turn a human they have feeling for then that person
would die and the vamp would be alone forever. Meanwhile if after
they're turned they try to leave for a while then the first one may
never see the other again. A vampire has three main instincts. 1.
Survive. 2. Feed 3. Cause pain and suffering. This is why a vampire
won't go out of the way to cause the most painful death possible if
it's in a hurry. For a vampire to be truly effective it has to be
made out of a human who is angry at the world or his place in it, in
some way. Otherwise there's no reason for that person's mind to
embrace the demon.
Harmony- an example of someone who couldn't be an effective vamp.
Turning from human to vampire kept her from whatever vapid pursuits
she had in mind for her future, she had no enemies she wanted to lash
out at because she already made anyone she didn't like miserable. She
no longer gets to go out in the sun, shop for the best clothes or
travel like she wanted to. Her desire to be Big Bad is merely a
reflection of her human self's status climbing.
JLB