Words cannot express how I feel about Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the TV show). It wasn’t just a TV show, but a message, a way of life, and before you think I’ve gone off the deep end, I know fact from fantasy and the actors/actresses from the characters they played. But everything about the show was magic to me. The writing, the acting, those “oh my God!” moments, and well, I don’t intend to gush about the show in this post, particularly since I have already done that in (My Top Six Reasons Why Buffy The Vampire Slayer Was The Best Show Ever Created). But every great story has a beginning and this is Buffy’s… (By the way, yes there will be spoilers or the first three seasons.)
“Into every generation, there is a chosen one. One girl in all the world. She alone will wield the strength and skill to stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness; To stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their numbers. She is the Slayer.”
This was the story of the slayer, at least until it was Buffy’s turn to fill those sleek, fashionable shoes. Buffy broke all of the rules from the very beginning, and I think that is where the magic began, not with the prophecy of the slayer, and how one girl, not one boy or one person, was destined to save the world from terrible monsters. (Though the prophecy also, how cool is that?) Buffy was different from past slayers because she had family and friends. She was like Cher from “Clueless” meets Lara Croft. She did things her way, and when she wanted to. Like if she wanted go out with a hot guy, but a prophecy foretold the coming of some evil thing, her response would be: “If the apocalypse comes, beep me.” (Never Kill A Boy On The First Date Buffy Episode 1:5). Much to the chagrin of her Watcher, Rupert Giles, Buffy may have listened (sometimes), but she only did what she was going to do anyway. She was a natural born leader, and the reluctant hero, and while dealing with typical teenage problems, she was also in love with a 244-year-old vampire, who was cursed with a soul. Talk about intrigue!
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