#dawn is buffy sister so like by default

[there-are-many-ways-to-smile]

One thing that they did right was portrayal about how hard it to integrate into the scooby gang especially if you haven't been there since the beginning.

Tara's been dating Willow since like season 4, and I vaguely remember her talking about how she was feeling left out with Willows friends ie the scooby gang, and even with Willows help she isn't accepted until season 5

However I do think you have to have pretty high self-esteem to hang around a friend group that close knit and have your own thing going on, like Oz had his band, Cordelia.. well is Cordelia

[ssaalexblake]

it IS kinda mean that the monks gave Dawn all this stuff in her childhood that Buffy never got bc Joyce has historically been... Questionable when it comes to parenting.

The reality shift kinda made Joyce a much better parent by 8 miles, except it couldn't retroactively make Buffy's childhood better so it's no wonder really that Buffy is. idk. Feeling excluded? By her mom and her sister having a cute relationship that she's never had.

Every time Buffy's tried to bond with Joyce, of which has been many times, she's immediately rebuffed because Joyce doesn't have time or just says something crappy to her that makes Buffy retreat upset, is now contrasted with her getting to see Dawn be treated with some kind of idyllic mother and daughter relationship because Dawn was made to be precious and loved. Or possibly the monks just didn't know that Joyce wasn't winning mother of the year award and this awful juxtaposition happened entirely by accident.

Buffy is taking a Lot of this aggression out on Dawn but honestly? Joyce is the one at fault for being a crappy mother to her, Dawn is 14 and therefore annoying at times, but Buffy bitching that Dawn is all over Joyce when she's sick and that Dawn just doesn't Care about Joyce is utter steaming crap. Dawn is worried sick about her mother but has no power to Help her because she's too young to do anything, so all she Can do is crowd Joyce. Dawn is acting like that Because she cares.

Buffy is never the most empathetic person, she is when she thinks about it but it's not her main default and she has to put effort in imo, and she offers no empathy to Dawn here and is being an utterly terrible big sister. In normal sister situations it wouldn't matter, but hmmmm, Joyce is their only parent and something is very wrong with her and she's decided to think that Dawn doesn't care about Joyce at all instead of ask after her baby sister's well being.

Buffy, Have you checked that your sister is okay? Doesn't sound like it.

This is all to say that this is nicely written, it all makes sense, but it's not Buffy's finest hour. She's not actually considered that a young girl Might just have an emotion in this situation. Have you forgotten what it's like to be 14 and have no power in a terrifying situation?

[in-every-generation]

Headcanon: Every Hero Needs a Day Job

Or what are all the adults doing in the New Sunnydale storyline? These are, of course, just my own headcanons and subject to change based on where individual muns see their characters. For now, however, these are my defaults.

Rupert Giles: Back in England; though he will undoubtedly be making plenty of trips to America. Katherine Giles (OC): Like the others has come to New Sunnydale to help keep an eye on the Hellmouth. Works at Sunnydale High as an English Lit teacher.

Xander & Anya Harris: Owns and operate’s New Sunnydale’s comic book store, Fantom Comics. Get it? Fantom? Like ghost? He finds it funny. This might be why he has Anya there. To make sure the store actually makes money.

Willow & Tara Rosenberg-McClay: Own and operates the local magic store, Bell Brick & Candle.

Buffy Summers-Pratt: Owns and operates The Bronze -- rebuilt and better than ever. During the day it’s a coffee house and at night it becomes a little concert venue/hangout. William Pratt: Most of the time he’s asleep during the day, so there’s really no having a ‘day job’. I think his day job is kind of being the stay at home dad cause you know...he’s there. At night he can be found patrolling or hanging around the Bronze helping his wife and keeping an eye on the kids. Amythest Pratt (OC): While the whole ‘being a vampire’ thing makes a day job of any kind impossible, she too has returned to the Hellmouth. And to the creepy mansion. How lucky the city planners thought to rebuild that as well. She doesn’t really work (doesn’t have to) but she will pitch hit at the Bronze or the magic store if one of them asks.

Dawn Summers: Is following in her sister’s footsteps and working at the high school as a guidance counselor cause hey. She gets it. She knows what it’s like being a teenager on the Hellmouth.

[aspia-leif]

Because I'm completely unoriginal, I'm gonna ask you the same questions you asked me XD Lunar mist, bird of paradise, marmalade skies, lavender dream, heliotrope, creams and sky, tulip, angel's face, caramel kisses, queen anne's lace, sunflower, lilly and finally blazing star.

Really?! Damn. Alright… soooooooo

Lunar mist: Do you like wearing other people’s shirts/jacket?Well… I would like to… But I am fatter than my friends and my last gf so… However, I share some clothes with my mom 🤔

Bird of paradise: What was the best thing that happened to you this month?Hard to say… I’ve had a bad month… I think the best thing was that even if was really depressed, I didnt need to go to the hospital again. I survive by myself.

Marmalade skies: Do you plan your outfits?Absolutely not. Not even for parties like christmas and everything… doesnt mean I dont dress well enough in those occasions… just, I dont plan them until I have to get dressed.

Lavender dream: turn ons/offs? -> Ons: respect, humor, sweetness, when someone cares about me, when someone plays with my hair, respect (yes twice), not a lot of makeup (for both man and woman) and some originality. -> Offs: Bad smell, being mean, being shallow, being bigot/intolerant, poor hygiene.

Heliotrope: Have you ever been in a castle?Yes, but I was too young to really remember… maybe being exposed at ghosts so soon in my life explain why I can feel/see/comunicate with them 🤔

Creams and sky: Whats the craziest/bravest thing you’ve done?I’ve done 2. When I was 9, I’ve dance with a snake around my neck, a female boaconstrictor… really big! And when I was 14, I’ve hold a baby lion in my arms for several minutes. Best memories ever.

Tulip: name 5 facts about yourself.1) I have 3 piercings around my mouth2) I am 5 foots 7 tall (170cm)3) I have a huge library in my bedroom and 2 others in my living room4) I am an asperger asexual lesbian5) I am obssessed by cats

Angel’s face: What was your favorite bedtime story as a child?My mom never read for me… I learn to read at 3 years old so… I used to read Mr Men (Monsieur Madame in french) before falling asleep… and I was in love with Ariel (not the character, but the idea of becoming a mermaid) so I used to read it a lot too.

Caramel kisses: Would you want to live forever? Why/Why not?Hard question… a part of me would to live forever! To see everything, to travel the world, to see the evolution… But a part of me wouldnt… being alive forever? Alone? In marge of the society by default? Idk… seems… sad. Tempting but sad

Queen anne’s lace: Who do you trust the most?No one. Not even myself.

Sunflower: Share a favorite quote.Oh boi. I have so many!! 🤔🤔🤔 here is my top ten (and only from one fandom):1) I dont care! I dont care! Giles! I’m only sixteen years old… I dont wanna die… -Buffy Summers, who just learn that a prophecy predict her death in 2 days. 2) Passion…it lies in all of us. Sleeping. Waiting. And though unwanted, unbidden…It will stir…Open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us, guides us. Passion rules us all and we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love…the clarity of hatred…and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we’d know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms: shuttered and dank. Without passion…we’d be truly dead. -Angelus, after killing the soulmate of Giles, Buffy’s protector.3) I don’t understand. I don’t understand how this all happens. How we go through this. I mean, I knew her, and then she’s… there’s just a body! And I don’t understand why she can’t just get back in it and not be dead any more. It’s stupid. It’s mortal and stupid, and, and Xander’s crying and not talking, and I was having fruit punch and I thought, well, Joyce will never have any more fruit punch, ever. And she’ll never have eggs, or yawn, or brush her hair, not ever and no one will explain to me why! -Anya after Joyce’s death, Buffy’s mom.4) Dawn, listen to me, listen. I love you. I will always love you. But this is the work that I have to do. Tell Giles…tell Giles I figured it out. And, and I’m okay. And give my love to my friends. You have to take care of them now. You have to take care of each other. You have to be strong. Dawn, the hardest thing in this world… is to live in it. Be brave. Live…for me. -Buffy Summers, sacrifing her life for her sister.5) Tara: Things fall apart. They fall apart so hard.Willow: Tara?Tara: You can’t ever put ‘em back the way they were.Willow: Are you okay?Tara: I’m sorry, it’s just…You know, it takes time. You can’t just have coffee and expect…Willow: I know.Tara: There’s just so much to work through. Trust has to be built again on both sides. You have to learn if… if we’re even the same people we were. If you can fit in each others lives. It’s a long and important process, and can we just skip it? C-Can you just be kissing me now? -Tara Maclay, after a coffee with her ex Willow, 2 days before her death.6) The first day of kindergarten, you cried because you broke the yellow crayon and you were too afraid to tell anyone. You’ve come pretty far. Ending the world — not a terrific notion…But the thing is…yeah, I love you. I love crayon-breaky Willow and I love scary, veiny Willow. So if I’m goin’ out, it’s here. If you wanna kill the world, well, then start with me. I’ve earned that. -Xander Harris, to Willow, after the death of Tara.7) Why does a man do what he mustn’t? For her. To be hers. To be the kind of man who would nev— To be a kind of man. And she shall look on him with forgiveness and everybody will forgive and love…and he will be loved. So everything’s okay, right? Can we rest now? Buffy, can we rest? -Spike, after getting his soul back by love. 8) They’ll never know how tough it is, Dawnie. To be the one who isn’t chosen. To live so near to the spotlight and never step in it. But I know. I see more than anybody realizes because nobody’s watching me. I saw you last night. I see you working here today. You’re not special. You’re extraordinary. -Xander Harris, after Dawn realise that she wasnt a slayer like her sister.9) So here’s the part where you make a choice: What if you could have that power…now? In every generation, one slayer is born…because a bunch of men who died thousands of years ago made up that rule. They were powerful men. This woman is more powerful than all of them combined. So I say we change the rule. I say my power…should be our power. Tomorrow, Willow will use the essence of the scythe to change our destiny. From now on, every girl in the world who might be a slayer…will be a slayer. Every girl who could have the power…will have the power…can stand up, will stand up. …every one of us. Make your choice. Are you ready to be strong? -Buffy Summers, who chooses to give to women the power than the men stole from them centuries ago.10) I’ve been alive a bit longer than you, and dead a lot longer than that. I’ve seen things you couldn’t imagine, and done things I’d prefer you didn’t. I don’t exactly have a reputation for being a thinker. I follow my blood, which doesn’t exactly rush in the direction of my brain. So I make a lot of mistakes. A lot of wrong bloody calls. A hundred plus years, and there’s only one thing I’ve ever been sure of. You. Look at me. I’m not asking you for anything. When I say I love you, it’s not because I want you, or because I can’t have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try…I’ve seen your kindness, and your strength, I’ve seen the best and the worst of you and I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You’re a hell of a woman. You’re the one, Buffy. -Spike, after Buffy was betrayed by her friends.

Lilly: What’s something you love watching/reading but you are too embarrassed to admit you do?Oh boi. Do I have to?? 😖😖 I love vampire diaries (tv shows and books). Its so bad its good!

Blazing star: share a secret.🤔🤔🤔🤔 a secret…. hmmm… do I have one?! 🤔🤔🤔 My IQ is 135/100 (100 is the average) but I am clearly stupid 😆😅

[zorilleerrant]

I like to believe it's because, above all else, Dawn was meant to be safe. And Faith wasn't a safe big sister to have, because her family was cruel and/or dead. Buffy, at least, had a mother who didn't hit her and did keep food in the house. She had a job that paid for the house, which was in good repair. They lived in a good school district. They had no big problems with the neighbors. Whereas living on the run, or in ratty motels, or working with demons? Not safe. So the spell defaulted to the safe slayer, instead.

I know. I know because of plot and Buffy is the main character.

However shouldn't Dawn have been Faith's little sister?

I mean Faith is the active slayer, to the slayer line.

Like when the monks were channeling "The Slayer" why did they get Buffy and not Faith?

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