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

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

I don't think Angel ever killed a slayer, because why would ME pass up that dramarama narrative? But the narrative answer for me is that Angel probably wouldn't have gotten as obsessed about corrupting a Slayer (since it seemed like he was fond of horrifying/devastating/super-stalking people who were resisting victims, not girls who came out fighting. And I think Darla loved to live large, which for most of her demonic time focused less on having challenging fights than it did on living in nice places and wearing pretty clothes and having pretty things (*cough* Angel *cough*).

By the way, you might be interested in the different Buffy Trivia guides/sites. There's lots of helpful, basic info at those places (especially for things like body counts, who turned whom, references to other characters, even references to characters' hair!). The Buffy Dialogue Database is also good for this kind of thing, checking hunches or finding details if you have an idea of at least what season it might be, and also has a search feature that's very helpful.

Is it just me or do random references to Angel seem to increase in this season?
I think it's you. :) IIRC, there are far more references to him in s4. But again, you could check the Dialogue Database to see if it bears out.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Angel probably wouldn't have gotten as obsessed about corrupting a Slayer (since it seemed like he was fond of horrifying/devastating/super-stalking people who were resisting victims, not girls who came out fighting.

And someone else pointed out Slayers aren't supposed to have friends or family, the maiming raping killing and torturing of which seemed to be Angelus' big thing. So I guess not.

By the way, you might be interested in the different Buffy Trivia guides/sites. There's lots of helpful, basic info at those places

Thanks. I do visit the Dialogue Database quite a bit, and the Buffy and Angel Trivia Guide (one of many, I'm sure) is quite helpful. But sometimes, I'm just interested in people's opinions: I know it's never positively mentioned one way or the other whether Angel ever killed any Slayers; I just want to know what other poeple think. I didn't even think to look up the Spike turning people question because I was being air-headed and thought that wasn't something ever positively addressed in canon, also.

IIRC, there are far more references to him in s4. But again, you could check the Dialogue Database to see if it bears out.

One of the things about the Dialogue Database is things like Buffy and Spike's conversation in "Wrecked", when Buffy says, "A vampire got me hot, one." She's talking about Angel of course, but that doesn't show up when you search for Angel, nor when you scan the "Buffy and Angel" arc option it has. It also wouldn't show the moment in "The Freshman" when Buffy thinks she sees him at the Bronze--stuff like that.

But anyway, I wasn't very clear; what I meant was a few of the references in S6, such Willow saying she had a sleazy affair with Angel in "Flooded" seem more random and casual than they did in 4 and 5. In 4, there were 3 cross-overs, so Angel pretty much had to be discussed quite a bit. In 5, Angel was important thematically as regards the Buffy/Riley arc; the only really random, casual comment about Angel is what the Buffybot thinks of his hair. Of course, Buffy's comment in "Wrecked" about "one vampire" is thematic as well, but Willow's comment and several others have just seemed kinda out of the blue. But I'm beginning to think it is just me!

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

Oh, I definitely hear you on asking people their thoughts on issues, even ones it seems that canon has settled. I posted once about Willow & Tara, and their seeming failure to give Buffy any financial support in s6, and within hours tons of people had chimed in with opinions. Very fun.

I just brought up the trivia sites and the BDD because I saw bunches of comments here saying "remember Ford?" to your question about Spike. And I thought, hey, you can have lots more fun in the discussion when stuff like that is out of the way at the outset.

Isn't the Dialogue Database the best? It's such an amazing resource. I feel like we should have bake-sales and charity poker games to benefit that site and keep it up forever.

Anyway, apologies for remarking on the resources when you know them already -- just trying to be helpful.