Buffy = Rhett, Spike = Belle Watling, Angel = Atlanta.

Hee. Who's Sherman?

But Angel isn't Ashley. Angel eventually found the guts to leave Buffy.

Yes and no. BtVS Angel is Ashley. A:ts Angel isn't.

Oh, I agree with Cindy, Buffy is so much Scarlett. Scarlett was all about the mission, preserve Tara. Buffy is all about the mission, (preserve Dawn) it does make her a tad selfish at times.

I can just see Buffy now: "Tomarrah is anothah day..."

"Tomarrah is anothah day..."

She even had the dress for it in "Halloween!" With the brown wig. Hee.

ETA: x-posty goodness and SLUUUUUUUT...

Please keep Buffy away from accents. Do we really need a repeat of the faux-whatever-it-was from when they all turned into their Halloween costumes?

The major reason I can't quite agree with Scarlett = Buffy is that Scarlett's major defining characteristic is her total lack of introspection. Buffy, as much as her self-righteousness frustrates me at times, knows when she's being self-righteous, selfish, ignoring her friends, etc, and it tears her up inside.

Scarlett = S5 Spike is a better mapping, IMO. (S6 Spike = married-to-Scarlett!Rhett, pretty much exactly.)

Do we really need a repeat of the faux-whatever-it-was from when they all turned into their Halloween costumes?

I fanwanked that one as that's the inner image of "fancy lady" Buffy had when Janus took over....

That's one of the reasons I get a little defensive over all the slamming of David Boreanaz' Irish accent work. Compared to SMG's attempt at a British accent, he's Meryl Streep. (I actually don't think his accent is bad, objectively speaking - when I try to think of better ones all the actors I come up with are from across the pond. And I've seen some people posting on other boards about how fake Glenn Quinn's accent sounded...)

The accent thing brings up something I recall a friend who dislikes Buffy telling me.

After watching a few minutes of the show he said, "I cannot believe you watch this crap, let alone like it."

I respond with "Why, it's only the best show in the history of civilization."

He shoots back with "But its all about bad vampires and fashion"

I replied, "I think you have no clue what you are talking about, it is actually about vampires and BAD fashion, especially hats. Get your facts straight, you can't judge a show you know nothing about."

stammers a bit, "well so what, the accents on the show are terrible, listen to this guy trying to be british."

Giles speaks a bit, I think it was a season 1 episode.

"Like that guy, that accent sucks, I could do better."

I just looked at him with a "you're gonna lose this argument" look on my face and said, "no, he is actually british, for real."

And all he could muster was, "well his accent still sucks."

He turned it to Friends reruns shortly thereafter driving me bugfuck with annoying laugh track.

He has pointed out a few times "hey, isn't that guy supposed to be british, where the fuck is his accent" referring to Marsters, which to be fair he isnt half wrong a few times.

"As God is my witness, I will never boff vampires again!"

Compared to SMG's attempt at a British accent, he's Meryl Streep

That was supposed to be British? How funny. I thought (seriously) she was going for an American southern accent.