[ SECRET POST #2730 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2730 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Uh, just because Buffy doesn't have to be literally crying over a dude in every single episode doesn't mean the series as a whole was very focused on her relationships with guys.

[kaijinscendre]

She was a teenager/young adult, many of them are obsessed with finding relationships. Not all of them, but many. And I would imagine that a young person who has to deal with all this terrible stuff AND knowing the fact that she probably won't live into her late twenties would be doubly obsessed with finding a connection with someone else in the world. Unfortunately for her, she lives on the Hellmouth and most of the people she makes connections with are also connected to the supernatural.

Also, this was a show that aired on the WB and was marketed towards teens (similar shows at the time being Charmed, Felicity, and Dawnson's Creek).

[esteefee]

I just did a rewatch recently, and my impression was most of her angst was about being a slayer, not about guys. Her almost constant refrain was she wanted to be normal. And, in fact, in the very final seconds of the series, her incredulous smile was all about doing "Anything we want." (Spike had just died, but she didn't seem to be angsting over it much.)

[cassandraoftroy]

Her almost constant refrain was she wanted to be normal.

...You know, that's actually a really good point. And what's the most stereotypically "normal" thing for a young woman her age to be interested in? Boys. So that probably played into her continued pursuit of romance -- wanting to feel like a "normal girl."

[esteefee]

Yes! Exactly. Actually, that reminds me of the Buffy Bot episode, which was a direct repudiation of Buffy being stereotypically girly-needy about boys.

[(Anonymous)]

The series as a whole was focused on her relationships. Period, full stop. Friendships, enemies, family, mentors, other Slayers, everything. Including romance.

As people above pointed out, Buffy spends the majority of the show just wanting to be normal. And to connect with the people around her. She wants to involve herself in life, and live to the fullest. And for her, that means dating guys and (gasp!) having relationships with them. What a concept.

[(Anonymous)]

About as focused as it was on her relationship with her friends, her mother, her father-figure, and eventually her sister.

It was a show about relationships. All kinds.