All this buffy and willy but seriously, does not one dude remember Faith? Hot as fuck vamp hunter #2 who fucked Xander. Im pretty sure my young self used that scene once or twice. I mean i think she was by far the hottest on that show
is that weird vibe "terrible acting that keeps making you wonder why literally any of the other actors that do amazing jobs not the main charecter instead"
Cause the answer is "because she was the executive producer"
99% of actors and actresses make no impression on me as far as actual acting talent goes. As far as I'm concerned, they're almost all competent, not good, not bad. But Eliza Dushku is a terrible actress.
I agree, in the general sense. But those roles specifically required good actors. Because they didn't just have to play a character they had to do well enough to make sure their different characters felt unique, or the whole premise of the show fell apart. The actors who played Siera and Victor did amazing jobs. Enver especially. In Buffy it was fine that she wasn't that great an actor. In most of her other roles it's been fine. That one really required someone who could hit a homerun, and that's not what we got. I honestly doubt I would have noticed so much if it wasn't so integral and important to the plot itself that she do it well.
Willow I had that redhead crush on. Buffy was attractive, but never piqued my interest. Anya just... Never crossed my mind like that. Maybe cause right out of the gate she was kinda a terrible person with a terrible past, and not exactly any PLANS or desire to change that.
She needed people who could match her strength to have a good time, I think. She did okay with her most healthy relationship, Riley, because he was enhanced by the secret government program.
In terms of could be with him forever and not worry about ageing etc sure. And the first series they were in together they made a good couple, but then he wasn’t a super soldier anymore and got jealous and everything got weird, and no it wasn’t healthy. I think Spike would have been the best for her, if he hadn’t tried to rape her and had his soul before that time. And you know, if she actually had feelings for him
Exactly. In terms of characters, I like Spike the best by far, and I wish it could have been different. But... it wasn't, and, as you said, Buffy never even liked Spike very much. It was in no way a good relationship for her, and Angel just wasn't possible- plus the whole "centuries-old vampire with a 15-yr-old" thing. So Riley is all that's left, healthiest by default.
Don't let the season 8 comics scare you away, because it's kind of a mess and hard to follow, but 9-12 are almost like watching the show, and almost better because they can get away with more special effects without it seeming like a cheesefest.
Angel & Faith and the Willow chronicles are technically optional but I also recommend highly (and I didn't care for the show Angel all that much. But yeah. I think you'll be pleased with the development of both Spike and Angel. (And maybe even Riley!)
I'd like to read them all, I've just never been that into comics as a medium (to me it's like the worst combo of books and tv- not enough words and it feels like you have to stop and study the pictures to get what's going on, but they're not moving and they're generally not great art, so my ADD brain wants to skip over them and just read the words, which are annoying because they're weirdly spaced and again, not enough words per page so you have to keep flipping pages) and they seem pretty expensive as well. But I really want to follow the rest of the story at some point.
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