Questions Post #11

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I have another batch of random questions.


General
Do you think Spike ever turned anybody?
Do you think Drusilla ever turned anyone except Spike?
Do you think Darla or Angel ever killed any Slayers?
Where did Gunn live in S2 of AtS?
Can anyone really explain why Buffy dying in "The Gift" made sense? Other than thematically, I mean.
What kind of music does Buffy like?
Doesn't Spike's duster look . . . too big on him, sometimes?
How come Angel's demon form can go out in the sunlight in Pylea? Wesley's explanation for Angel's human form withstanding sunlight is that the human aspects, like seeing his reflection etc are stronger, but then in demon form, shouldn't they be demon-y?
Is Pylea an alternate reality, like a world without shrimp? Or is it an alternate dimension? Is there a difference? Is there anything meta-cle about these terms and what they signify in Jossverse?

Season 6 of BtVS
Do Willow or Tara ever get a job?
Do Anya or Xander (or Willow or Tara) ever think to contribute anything to Buffy's money problems? I mean Willow (and Tara, before she moves out) is living in Buffy's house.
Did the Scoobies really not realize Buffy would come back to life in her grave?
Does anyone think the way they wrote Giles off the show was in character or well done?
Is it just me or do random references to Angel seem to increase in this season?
How does JM do that thing where he looks at SMG like he worships her with everything in him, without looking like a complete boob? Most people look like boobs when they do that. And not the good kind of boobs.
Why doesn't Giles reveal to the council that Buffy died? Isn't he aware that sooner or later everyone will find out? What does he seek to gain by hiding it? (I'm only asking about Giles because presumably you could say the Scoobies kept up the deception of the Buffybot because they thought they were bringing Buffy back anyway).
How come Amber Benson sings so well?
Why can't Spike decide how to fix his hair? Why can't Anya decide how to fix her hair?

Random
Who raised Bruce Wayne (after his parents died)? If it was Alfred, how did Alfred get custody?
Did you guys know Anthony Head is in the new Woody Allen movie (Scoop. I've seen two Woody Allen movies now. The first I despised and this one was really good! I loved Woody Allen in it; he was so endearing!)? Head has 2 lines, but Giles! OMG big-screen Giles!
Why do ants bear away their dead brethren?

Comments

[zgirl714.livejournal.com]

Do Anya or Xander (or Willow or Tara) ever think to contribute anything to Buffy's money problems? I mean Willow (and Tara, before she moves out) is living in Buffy's house.

Yes, everyone seems to forget that Willow and Tara took care of Dawn when Buffy died. They kept the house and everything so it would seem that yes they do have a job. They lived in the house and given how that usually goes with housemates they would help pay rent, utilities and the like. How many times do you talk about the rent or whatever when vampires are attacking. Xander was always fixing things around the house. I always hate that question because it makes the assumption that Buffy is such a wimp that she would let people freeload and that Willow and Tara are so inconsisterate that they would freeload.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Yes, everyone seems to forget that Willow and Tara took care of Dawn when Buffy died. They kept the house and everything so it would seem that yes they do have a job.

Well, actually, they were using Mrs. Summers' life insurance money. In "Flooded", Buffy says, "It turns out ... Mom left me some, and while I was dead, it got squandered on luxuries like ... food and clothing." While I'm sure Willow, Tara, and Anya (who was probably the one handling the finances) were careful about how they spent the insurance money and Buffy's inheritance, it seems obvious they were using Buffy's money to pay for the house and Dawn's expenses, so no, it's not obvious that Willow or Tara have a job. And as well they should use Buffy's money to support Buffy's house and Buffy's sister, but since they are living there, and since they are responsible for Buffy's life (they brought her back), seem like they should pitch in some.

How many times do you talk about the rent or whatever when vampires are attacking.

Hardly ever before S6, but money is a major theme in this season. "Flooded" is all about money; "Life Serial" is all about money; "Doublemeat Palace" is all about money. They seem to talk about it quite a lot.

I'm not sure Buffy would let people freeload, and not sure Tara or Willow would do so, but I was just wondering if there was anything a little more explicit in the text that I missed that hinted that yes, they were helping out. But so far from what I can tell, there was no such explicit hint, or even implication that Willow and Tara were contributing, when it would've just taken a line or two on the part of the writers to fix that fault in characterization you've point out right up.

[zgirl714.livejournal.com]

I think that in season four (for Xander's storyline) and in season six (for Buffy's storyline) money was important because it showed that one for finding his way in the world and the other was figuring out what normal life is like.

Though, it is extremely annoying that there couldn't be a throw away line like Tara has work at the coffee shop or Willow is working for the Student Union. That would make sense for jobs for them to have but zip. Its really annoying because it goes against all their characterizations for Tara and Willow not to help and Buffy to let them. For my purposes I have Tara and Willow having a job. But still Buffy would have to get a job no matter if Tara or Willow did. What sort of social services would let a young girl be raised by an unemployed, college dropout even if she had work-a-holic roommates?

[jgracio.livejournal.com]

It's annoying, but I think that's (Willow and Tara dumping their financial troubles on Buffy) what the writers were going for.

Even if Willow and Tara had a job, which I don't think is canon, whatever they were making was not enough. Buffy was supposed to be in desperate need of money, to add to the angst. Her friends couldn't help her, because if they did, no money problems, less angst.

Giles did help her, but the money vanished somehow, maybe on the cheap clothes Buffy had (which were really expensive in RL), or food of the non DMP kind.

She couldn't get a better paying job, because less angst.

In fact, for the season to work the way it did, the only person that could have helped her and have it make a difference, would be Spike. Which, since the money would be gotten illegally, and they were in a mutuallly destructive relationship, yadda yadda yadda, would add to the angst.

S6 = All Angst all the time :)

[zgirl714.livejournal.com]

It's annoying, but I think that's (Willow and Tara dumping their financial troubles on Buffy) what the writers were going for.

Which sucks because it throws out seasons of characterization on both girls' parts for one season. Though I do think that Buffy did make her own bed. AOL is all over California and they pay people like ten bucks an hour to work the phones so I think Buffy went for the first job she could find without thinking about her other options.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

It's the fact that they so easily could've said Willow and Tara had jobs, and that what they were making wasn't enough to cover all the expenses, and didn't. I guess since those lines weren't there I'll just make them up in some screen space that wasn't shown ;o)

[zgirl714.livejournal.com]

Thats what I always do. I mean, couldn't you just see Willow as a web assistant for one of the university departments or Tara working in a daycare?

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Yeah. And, Tara + little kids = death of sweetness, omg.