NileQT87
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Post by NileQT87 on Mar 1, 2017 13:51:19 GMT
As it says on the tin... List your top ten favorite characters. Because what's one more list?
I've moved mine a bit over the years, but the top two haven't budged in ages (like a decade).
1. Angel 2. Wesley 3. Buffy 4. Darla 5. Spike 6. Fred 7. Faith 8. Drusilla 9. Lilah 10. Lindsey
Hon. mentions: Holtz, Connor, Giles, the Mayor and Holland.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Mar 1, 2017 14:25:20 GMT
1) Wesley 2) Angel 3) Faith
I pick those as the top three because their story arcs literally spanned both series.
4) Buffy 5) Willow 6) Spike
These are my next top three because they also had a lot of character development.
7) Cordy 8) Darla 9) Giles 10) Fred
And these round out my top 10 because they also had great development.
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Post by Raimo47 on Mar 1, 2017 21:47:37 GMT
1. Angel 2. Wesley 3. Buffy 4. Giles 5. Willow 6. Spike 7. Darla 8. Riley 9. Cordelia 10. Xander
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Mar 1, 2017 22:33:41 GMT
1. Buffy - She was a hero, plain and simple, and although at times that meant she could be not-so-likeable, she nevertheless always stepped up to the plate and did what was necessary, sacrificing her own happiness/herself for others. She may not have been the type of leader the gang wanted at times, but she was the leader that they needed, and they would’ve fallen apart/been killed early into the series if not for her.
2. Faith - Showed us what Buffy could’ve turned out like, had she not had her tight group of friends surrounding her. Faith was fun, easy-going, wild, broke the rules, and let loose in a way Buffy never could – but she was also tortured (much like Angel was) and had demons to overcome – which I thought made her character’s journey one of the most interesting/complicated ones on either show (plus I was glad that, even after she began the slow journey towards ‘redemption’, she never fully lost her edge).
3. Angel - Like Faith, was a very complex character. Though he also had the added benefit of an intricate backstory (unlike Faith, whose backstory we didn’t get to learn very much of). He had such a complex history, and it's no wonder he was able to sustain his own show.
4. Spike - William was a poet, kind-hearted and a ‘fool for love’ as it were...but as vampire, like Angelus, he became pretty monstrous. Spike ‘softened’ without a soul and then chose to get one, which I think showed that he went on one heck of a character journey, just like Angel did.
5. Willow - Who would’ve thought the shy/quiet/not-overly-confident Willow from Season 1 would make a (relatively) believable journey towards becoming an all-powerful witch who could’ve destroyed the world (or, at the very least, Sunnydale)? She would’ve made it into my Top 4 above^, except there were times I wasn’t overly fond of Willow, so that knocked her down a notch on my list.
6. Cordelia – Didn’t go through much of a character journey in BtVS, but on AtS? She most certainly did. Though, again, I wasn’t always happy with the direction Cordelia’s character went, but bravo to that show for giving her many different layers that she somewhat lacked on BtVS.
7. Wesley - Not so much when he was on BtVS (though I didn’t outright hate him, I was on Buffy’s side most of the time when she argued with him), but on AtS? Wow. Like all the above mentioned characters, he changed SO much – which I think was never more evident than when her reverted to acting like his BtVS Season 3 self in the Angel Season 4 episode ‘Spin the Bottle’. I think what happened to him in ‘Sleep Tight’ was, in an odd way, the best thing that could’ve happened to his character, as he took a dramatic turn after that and became such a strong character that I think the Wesley from ‘Sleep Tight’ onwards would’ve eaten the Wesley from Season 3 of BtVS for breakfast (metaphorically speaking, of course).
8. Giles - Could’ve just been the stuffy teacher/mentor character who groused at Buffy and was no fun at all, but thankfully was so much more than that (I dread to think how the character would’ve turned out had one of the other actors who read for the role gotten the job instead of ASH – going by how Joss described them on the commentary for ‘Welcome to the Hellmouth’). Giles was yet another character with a complicated history, and he could be quite awesome when the occasion called for it. His best relationship was that of Watcher to Buffy’s Slayer. It was one of the best mentor/student/’father figure’/’daughter’ relationships in a show ever, for me.
9. Glory - Was just so refreshing to see a female Big Bad and another woman who could not only go toe-to-toe with Buffy, but so thoroughly kick her butt (that was until they progressively weakened Glory throughout Season 5 and quite considerably in the season final). She was snarky, with many lines that amused me, and Clare Kramer was gorgeous in the role/wore red like nobody else.
10. Darla - A very complex character, which was surprising given her minimal appearances in BtVS Season 1. Though, again, all the complexity/character development was achieved over on AtS. I also didn’t mind Drusilla (though she could bug at times).
Those^ are the ones who immediately spring to mind, but I also liked...
Lilah, Lindsey, Fred, Oz, Xander (when he wasn’t being a jerk or with Anya), Miss Calendar, Tara...and I didn’t hate Riley. No doubt I'v forgotten some.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Mar 1, 2017 22:37:30 GMT
Spike Anya Xander Giles Buffy Willow Cordelia Oz Drusilla Amy Rat
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Post by anthonyrocks on Mar 2, 2017 5:10:37 GMT
1. Faith 2. Buffy 3. Xander 4. Giles 5. Spike 6. Angel 7. Mayor Wilkens 8. Riley 9. Oz 10. Principal Snyder
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2017 10:52:20 GMT
1. Rupert Giles 2. Buffy Summers 3. Faith 4. Willow Rosenberg 5. Drusilla 6. Anya 7. Oz 8. Spike 9. Angel 10. Glory
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Mar 2, 2017 14:34:51 GMT
In no real order(well, Faith is number 1):
Faith Buffy Anya Miss calendar Wesley Giles Angel Illyria Lilah Lindsey
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