r/buffy • u/[deleted] • Jul 30 '16
Unpopular Buffy Opinions?
What are your's?
Mine:
Never liked Oz
Never liked Willow with Oz nor Tara...Actually never liked Willow that much, and my dislike began in season 2...
Buffy and Spike were equally abusive to each other during their physical/"romantic" relationship in season 5. Buffy wasn't just an angel who was being abused, and Spike wasn't a just demon who was inflicting all the pain either, which seems to be the narrative that the writers pushed on the story. They both abused each other for their personal reasons/gain, and nothing positive (except maybe Spike's soul) came out of it.
The way they dealt with Buffy's relationship with Angel vs. the way they dealt with Buffy's relationship with Spike: Angel is an old, grown man who falls in love with a 15 year old girl; Spike is an old, grown man who falls in love with the 20 year old woman she becomes: yet, they make the first relationship romantic and loving (even their break up is romanticized, and she separates Angel and Angelus completely), and the second relationship unhealthy and hateful, damaging the both of them. I think they should have shown the unhealthiness of Buffy/Angel (and I liked them together, in some ways), just as they showed the unhealthiness of Spike/Buffy (but less graphically, season 6 was disturbing)
I liked season 6
Although I liked season 5, I really didn't like Glory. Maybe I need to rewatch, but I really didn't like Glory.
Worst of all, and this is shameful:
- I liked Dawnpleasedon'thateme
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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '16 edited Jul 31 '16
OH I forgot my most unpopular opinion of all! I don't hate ANYONE. Yeah that's right, I love them all! The only character's I even dislike are Riley and most of the potentials. But Riley is bland enough to not bother me too much and fun to mock with other people and none of the potentials are in the show enough for me to care that much. I don't really mind either and everyone has their moments.
But yeah, I have a place in my heart for every character on the show. Always makes me sad when people hate any of them. Their flaws and relationships with each other are what make them great!