[ SECRET POST #4092 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4092 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

OP, did you watch Buffy while it was airing, or after? I watched after, so I knew Dawn was coming, but I always wondered if people watching at the time weren't just so thrown off by her, they never got used to the character. Which I can completely understand, to be honest, even if I never minded her myself. (Although even then, I do kind of mind that it seems to make everything pre-season five almost an AU. I think they should have just dropped the whole Key storyline and made Dawn... I don't know, a long lost sibling or something.)

I also wonder if there's some projection. As the younger, I actually related 100% to Dawn. Your big sister being a mixture of cool older companion and parent? Yup. Being friends with your sister's friends? Yup. But if you're an older sibling, maybe Don seems entitled and annoying?

[(Anonymous)]

But if you're an older sibling, maybe Don seems entitled and annoying?

I think the problem is that Dawn seems annoying and entitled from Buffy's perspective as the older sister, and the show mostly relies on you identifying with and agreeing with Buffy. So it's not just that older siblings find her entitled; it ends up being that most people who watch the show find her that way because that's how she looks to Buffy.

IMO, obviously. But I think it's a pretty standard thing in shows - people often side with viewpoint characters even when their feelings are somewhat unreasonable.

[(Anonymous)]

I never had much of a problem with Dawn, but her introduction was pretty sudden and confusing, even if there had been foreshadowing shortly beforehand (was it the finale of the previous season? The one with the guy who had cheese on his head.) You could argue she was a bit like a Poochie or Cousin Oliver and people were just reacting to having a new main character introduced all of a sudden for no particular reason.

I had only started watching Buffy the season she started college, having only seen a few episodes here and there before that, and at first I thought Dawn must have always existed and had been living with their dad and I had just missed any mention of her and this was just the first time she actually appeared on-screen. I slowly figured out from the show and what other fans were saying that no, she had not existed before (I felt embarrassed by my lack of Buffy knowledge to straight-up ask).

What the other person said about seeing her from Buffy's perspective is also a large part of it.

[(Anonymous)]

I could've written this response. I also figured Dawn was living with Dad and we'd hear that eventually so it was a shock that she wasn't "real".

Other than that, I really disliked Glory as she just didn't seem a proper villain.

[(Anonymous)]

Although even then, I do kind of mind that it seems to make everything pre-season five almost an AU.

That part soured me on the character from the beginning.

It didn't help that Dawn's one of those characters that was obviously supposed to be "relatable to the kids these days," but pretty much existed to be bratty and need rescuing all the time.

Not Op

[(Anonymous)]

I watched it live. I was an adult-ish at the time (senior year of college). I am the oldest of four sisters. I didn't know she was coming, but I assumed almost immediately that it was something magically.

I never minded Dawn, came to enjoy the character, and really loved the storyline.