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i think oz had the funniest character arc on buffy the vampire slayer. he was just a chill stoner who got turned into a werewolf and didn't let it bother him for as long as possible until he had to go to tibet and calm down even more so he didn't uncontrollably turn into a werewolf every full moon. then he got back to town like 6 months later and found out his girlfriend realized she was a lesbian while he was gone. he responded to this news by immediately turning into a werewolf again even though it was the middle of the day and nowhere near the full moon so he got arrested by the army and had to get rescued and then leave town forever. i have no idea where he went after that he was just gone.

it's slay or be slayed out here

people who like repressed characters should watch buffy the vampire slayer. it may not seem like it at first what with the friendly demeanor and seemingly outgoing personality, but buffy summers is actually the most repressed little weirdo ever in the history of fiction.

I love her

“i want a female character who gets to kick ass without having to trade away her “girly” traits—” my liege, the children long for buffy the vampire slayer

LITERALLY!!!

No one, not even Spike, thought what happened in Seeing Red was okay and all throughout season 7 we were reminded of that. Yet fucking Riley, douchebag extraordinaire, was still seen as 'in the right'??? I'm supposed to watch him whining about Buffy being emotionally unavailable WHILE HER MOM IS DYING and feel sympathy? I'm supposed to watch him project his insecurities onto her, blame her for his toxic masculinity ruining their relationship, and then listen to Xander gaslight her into thinking this was all somehow her fault, and feel something other than unbridled rage??? Fucking how???

I am increasingly grateful that Spike was so divisive in the writers' room. Both Angel and Riley were supposed to be heroes, but you have them doing things like:

Experiencing a moment of true happiness when nutting in a teenager, but not when cuddling with his own child

Cheating on Buffy and saying it's her fault

Like, knowing what we know about Whedon and the sort of toxic environment he nurtured, it's really no wonder that the dudes on staff thought these guys were sympathetic and couldn't understand why Spike was so popular when he was, you know, not doing stuff like that. Also his actual shitty behavior was called out as actually shitty by other characters and the narrative, whereas Angel and Riley (and Xander and others, lbr) were constantly devil's advocated by the same narrative, if not let off the hook entirely.

my two favourite witches ✨💜

I Just started watching season 2 of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, and let me tell you this.

When Spike show up with a Brunette named Drusilla the first think that I fought about was Dru and Ash because of Spike really, REALLY, R E A L L Y Blond hair.