I thought that they missed a golden story opportunity with two slayers being active at once. I thought that what should have happened is that their power was halved. Thus neither Faith nor Buffy were as strong as they should have been. They could have taken it further by adding Dawn into the mix since technically she was spunoff from Buffy.
Was a slayer called at the end of Season 5?
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Ooo, that could have been really cool.
Eh...yeah, even though Dawn wasn't exactly my favorite character, I did find it a little strange that she wasn't a Potential, since her blood was Buffy's blood. I guess being Chosen doesn't have anything to do with blood; if it did, Robin Wood probably would have had a Slayer's powers, too (I kind of wish he had, but I suppose that would have ruined the whole "girl power!" theme
).
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Robin Wood did seem to have more goin' for him than just regular "I work out, check out these abs!" strong guy-ness to him.
And he was able to keep up with Faith in the sack, so maybe he did have a little Slayer in him.
And Dawn didn't, because she was brought on by mystical clonin', which cancelled out the Slayer power.
Or something...
Robin Wood did seem to have more goin' for him than just regular "I work out, check out these abs!" strong guy-ness to him.
And he was able to keep up with Faith in the sack, so maybe he did have a little Slayer in him.
And Dawn didn't, because she was brought on by mystical clonin', which cancelled out the Slayer power.
Or something...
Nope, Justine was never stated to be a Slayer. When we first see her, Holtz is watching her fight vampires, and I admit the thought of her being another Slayer actually did cross my mind. But we soon learn that she was hunting vamps to avenge her sister's death, and she didn't appear to have any powers that a Slayer would have.
I've said it before and I'll say it again - I believe Justine was supposed to be Kate Lochley had she stayed on for the third season. How amazing would it have been for Kate Lochley to be the one to slit Wesley's throat and set Angel up to be killed by Connor? She already had daddy issues - would have worked perfectly with Holtz.
Another slayer question, if an answer exists...
I've been rewatching the show, and I'm in Season 2 right now. Kendra just showed up and said that her parents sent her to her Watcher when she was very young, so young that she doesn't even remember them. Her parents knew that she was destined to be a slayer. Was an explanation ever offered for this? Who were "Kendra's people," and why did they take the slayer calling so seriously? Did they use some kind of Potential-finding spell a la Season 7 whenever a baby was born?
I've been rewatching the show, and I'm in Season 2 right now. Kendra just showed up and said that her parents sent her to her Watcher when she was very young, so young that she doesn't even remember them. Her parents knew that she was destined to be a slayer. Was an explanation ever offered for this? Who were "Kendra's people," and why did they take the slayer calling so seriously? Did they use some kind of Potential-finding spell a la Season 7 whenever a baby was born?
The parents don't do that spell - the Watchers do. Then the Watcher goes to the potential, tells the parents that the girl is a potential, and hopes that the parents are willing to give their child over to a complete stranger who will train them to kill and likely be killed before they turn 20.
Apparently Kendra's parents were familiar enough and impressed enough with the Slayer legend that they were happy doing that. I wouldn't expect that many were.
Apparently Kendra's parents were familiar enough and impressed enough with the Slayer legend that they were happy doing that. I wouldn't expect that many were.
^ Assuming they ever approached Buffy's parents. When Buffy was first approached by a Watcher, the impression I got was they had just found her; that whatever method the Watcher's council uses to identify potentials, they can't catch them all, and every so often a slayer is activated in someone the Council hadn't identified. If potential-ness is hard to detect, it might also explain why the First missed quite a few.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Correct.
Buffy was approached by Merrick on the steps of her school (with Angel witnessing her calling, her first slaying of Robert Berman and crying in the mirror). Merrick found her late (she had already been called).
Buffy was told not to tell anyone, lied to her parents about why she was out, Merrick shot himself to save her from Lothos (different from the film), burned down the gym (different from the film), got expelled from school, ran off with Pike to Las Vegas on his motorcycle (there's a comic with this story), was sent to an asylum briefly (though this is possibly alternate reality due to Dawn's inserted presence--another comic with this story), her parents divorced, Joyce and Buffy moved to Sunnydale, etc...
Joyce and Hank never knew about Buffy being the Slayer. Joyce didn't learn about it until Becoming, pt. 2 (and subsequently threw her out of the house).
Buffy was approached by Merrick on the steps of her school (with Angel witnessing her calling, her first slaying of Robert Berman and crying in the mirror). Merrick found her late (she had already been called).
Buffy was told not to tell anyone, lied to her parents about why she was out, Merrick shot himself to save her from Lothos (different from the film), burned down the gym (different from the film), got expelled from school, ran off with Pike to Las Vegas on his motorcycle (there's a comic with this story), was sent to an asylum briefly (though this is possibly alternate reality due to Dawn's inserted presence--another comic with this story), her parents divorced, Joyce and Buffy moved to Sunnydale, etc...
Joyce and Hank never knew about Buffy being the Slayer. Joyce didn't learn about it until Becoming, pt. 2 (and subsequently threw her out of the house).
While this is completely off topic to the thread, I don't think it's accurate to say that Joyce threw her out of the house. She wanted to keep her IN the house, as much as possible. She was worried for her, wanted to protect her, but Buffy insisted on going out to save the world. So Joyce fell to the parent's last resort - "If you leave, don't come back." That's not really throwing her out - it's an ultimatum that backfired.
In all fairness, Buffy probably didn't have much time to visit internet message boards and learn that Joss Whedon said the line now passes through Faith. It's understandable if she was not quite sure how it worked.
Not to mention creating any number of new Slayers who would be similar to Faith from Season 3.... or worse! I have a pretty big problem with it, myself. Thankfully, this very subject was addressed in a fifth season episode of ANGEL entitled, "Damage."
I just finished re-watching season 7 a few days ago, and for me it was pretty much the same as the first time I saw it--lots of continuity issues, scene after scene in the Summers house (particularly during the last two-thirds of the season), and a generally cold, joyless Buffy Summers. It still absolutely was better than most other shows, but judged against the previous 5 seasons I felt the quality declined noticeably (yup, I'm one of those Buffy fans that liked season 6).
Of course, it wasn't all bad--Conversations with Dead People, Selfless and Lies My Parents Told Me are three off the top of my head that were particularly good, and I thoroughly enjoyed Nathan Fillion's turn as Caleb and the return of Faith. But overall I still consider it to be the second worst season of the series (season 1 IMO was the weakest, but that's often the case with a lot of programs).
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