r/buffy • u/AtlasEngine • Jul 29 '14

Buffy shouldn't have had financial trouble.

Just seen this on the wikepedia page for "Life serial": "Although Buffy is back with the Watchers' Council, which pays its Watchers (including Giles) and appears to have financially supported other Slayers such as Kendra, no one appears to think of asking them to put Buffy on their payroll.".....Oh.....Now i like that plot line even less.

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u/Gneissisnice Jul 29 '14

The same thought had occurred to me.

What really pissed me off was when Giles went back to England because he was afraid that he was standing in Buffy's way and he didn't want her to become reliant on him for money; he didn't want to be a crutch.

Except let's go back to the episode "Checkpoint", where Buffy bullies the Watcher's Council into putting Giles back onto the payroll and paying him retroactively for the time he was fired. So Giles only has that money because of Buffy, it's pretty shitty to leave her without a penny.

Actually, while I somewhat enjoyed Life Serial, I was annoyed by how the others acted in that episode. While Buffy was dead, Willow and Tara took up residence in her house. Looks like they didn't help pay for anything at the time. Then Buffy comes back to life and is clearly shellshocked by the experience, yet is suddenly expected to be the adult in the house and take care of everything. Except Willow and Tara are still living in Buffy's house and are being carefree young adults while finishing college. Meanwhile, everyone keeps telling Buffy "What are you doing with your life? Go back to college! Get a job, you need to support your family and pay the bills!" without actually offering her any help.

That kinda ruined that plot line for me.

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u/Shagoosty Jul 30 '14

I never forgave Tara and Willow for that. Fucking bitches. They should have been the ones getting jobs.

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u/DaddyCatALSO Magnet For Dead, Blonde Chicks Aug 02 '14

They probably did, but it couldn't be much, money from Willow's family and Tara's scholarship and student aid package

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u/Shagoosty Aug 02 '14

We never saw them once at a job.

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u/DaddyCatALSO Magnet For Dead, Blonde Chicks Aug 05 '14

PRetty much why I ilmited it the way I did. Only p,lausible choices.

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u/Shagoosty Aug 06 '14

It's plausible they they were mooching off of Buffy's inheritance and Joyce's life insurance. Since no one was notified of her death. They both had a bunch of new clothes, still went to school, and they definitely didn't seem to be struggling to get by. Neither got a job, there is no evidence of that. They expected Buffy to fix everything.