she was 6 months old bullying a 120 year old
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fundamentally a slayer is a human sacrifice. and a great deal of the conflict in the early seasons stems from buffy's rebellion against that reality. she doesn't just want to live, she wants to live like a person who has a future, who isn't fated to die before her brain finishes developing. and then the monks create dawn, this version of buffy who isn't the slayer, who actually has a life ahead of her. she is the living embodiment of everything buffy has ever fought for. the idea that dawn could also become a human sacrifice is unthinkable, so buffy chooses to finally accept her own death, the very thing she's been fighting against this whole time, in order to let this version of herself that has something to look forward to live. except it doesn't work! and she has to actually figure out how to live anyway, and how to coexist with the version of herself that she wishes she could be. insane shit. storyline of all time.
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Do you guys think it means anything that Dawn (Buffy's girlhood/innocence) never really becomes close with Giles in the same way the other characters do
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ೃ⁀➷ Buffyverse Women as Greek Goddess
Buffy // Athene
ATHENE (Athena) was the Olympian goddess of wisdom and good counsel, war, the defence of towns, heroic endeavour, weaving, pottery and various other crafts.
Dawn // Iris
IRIS was the goddess of the rainbow and the messenger of the Olympian gods.
Willow // Hekate
HEKATE (Hecate) was the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy.
Tara // Demeter
DEMETER was the Olympian goddess of agriculture, grain and bread who sustained mankind with the earth's rich bounty.
Drusilla // Persephone
PERSEPHONE was the goddess queen of the underworld, wife of the god Haides (Hades).
Darla // Hera
HERA was the Olympian queen of the gods, and the goddess of marriage, women, the sky and the stars of heaven.
Faith // Artemis
ARTEMIS was the Olympian goddess of hunting, the wilderness and wild animals. She was also a goddess of childbirth, and the protectress of the girl child up to the age of marriage.
Anya // Nemesis
NEMESIS was the goddess of indignation against, and retribution for, evil deeds and undeserved good fortune.
Cordelia // Aphrodite
APHRODITE was the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation.
Fred // Hestia
HESTIA was the virgin goddess of the hearth (both private and municipal) and the home.
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