There's identify with, and there's want to be. I was Xander. I wanted to be Faith.
Edit: Or would have done, if there'd been Buffy in high school. Why wasn't there Buffy in high school? Would have helped! (Blimmin' Dawson's Creek was all there was.)
Mal: Take your people and go. Captain: You would have done the same. Mal: We can already see I haven't.
'Out Of Gas'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 12, 2010 12:17:32 pm PDT #7468 of 10464
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Stephanie - Sep 12, 2010 3:47:27 pm PDT #7469 of 10464
Trust my rage
I totally identified with Buffy, especially in seasons 5&6. And 2. Which is probably why they are my favorite.
erikaj - Sep 12, 2010 5:03:50 pm PDT #7470 of 10464
Always Anti-fascist!
Who doesn't want to be Faith? Actually, I have met women who said they didn't, but I think they were fooling themselves.
Maysa - Sep 12, 2010 5:59:42 pm PDT #7471 of 10464
Who doesn't want to be Faith?
Well, it would be cool to have that "I don't give a shit" attitude that Faith has - but I wouldn't want all her self-hatred. One of the scenes that always makes me tear up is the one in "Who Are You?" when she's beating Buffy (herself) and yelling "you're nothing." Man, that's upsetting.
Maybe to be Faith after she went to prison and liked herself a lot more.
Laga - Sep 12, 2010 6:20:20 pm PDT #7472 of 10464
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'll take Faith's body and her mad skills but I'd rather have Xander's personality.
erin_obscure - Sep 12, 2010 8:46:04 pm PDT #7473 of 10464
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
I never wanted to be Faith. She never seemed happy.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 13, 2010 1:32:34 am PDT #7474 of 10464
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I'd rather have Xander's personality.
By season seven, sure. NSM season one.
§ ita § - Sep 13, 2010 6:23:12 am PDT #7475 of 10464
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's no one on Buffy I'd really totally like to have been. Maybe Spike, for a while. But not for long.
beth b - Sep 13, 2010 9:43:22 am PDT #7476 of 10464
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I ided with Buffy in the last few season -- It was Willow or xander in earlier seasons. And always, part of me was Giles.
Typo Boy - Sep 13, 2010 9:47:02 am PDT #7477 of 10464
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
A bet a lot more women would like to be Emma Peel than Faith. Well allowing for the number who have not heard of Emma Peel. Also for those who go for "vulnerable badass" I suspect a fair number would like to be Aeryn Sun. Omitting the preganancies and freezing and stuff. Also Zoe in Firefly perhaps?