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.

Huh. I was under the impression she was supposed to be going for a southern belle accent, too.

Which would explain why it sounded like the World's Crappiest British Accent.

Actually, the two accents are very close. It only takes the tiniest shift in how you sound the words to switch between the two, so if her southern belle accent (and I'm certain it was supposed to be southern) was just a little off, then it could have been very easy to confuse with a crap Brit sound.

I think she was going for Southern Belle as well, but it was still horrible.

She was looking at pictures of 18th century U.K. ballgowns from a Watcher's diary that concerned Angel's early years as a vampire, and referred to herself as a noblewoman once transformed. Somehow I doubt they were going for a Scarlett O'Hara effect, though they may have unintentionally ended up with one.

Wasn't she looking at Darla? So really she was a prostitute in the "New World"?