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electricabsolution · 4 days ago

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the further into buffy season 4 i get the more contempt i have for riley. he gets all sadboy and limps around whenever he remembers buffy is stronger and better than him. she’s compelled to apologize for it, every time!?!?! and he’s supposed to be the nice one out of all her boyfriends??

he thinks she literally DIES and is sad for a whole 2 seconds before hes back to being accusatory and shoving her around the place..... fuck this guy.

i love buffy. her most consistent character flaw is being a chronic man liker… which is valid but excruciating to watch 😔 mainly because i DOUBT it’s written to actually be a flaw, it’s probably just what joss bitchdon sees as a Universal Woman Trait. accommodating riley's feelings is priority #1 for her, unquestionably.

(she does reject spike, in the end, but id honestly argue that’s more to do with the writers’ feelings about the buffy/spike romance rather than anything to do with buffy herself…)

spike, faith, even angel… kind of funny how the ones who see and consistently remind buffy of her strength are also not categorical Good Guys. they have to be more aware of it cause they fight her, but… either way. she’s always gonna be the strongest even if nobody wants her to be.

#except for dawn and tara because they’re perfect in every conceivable way! i could be wrong tho i don’t remember #even motherfucking GILES does it. in the scene where he meets prof. walsh she praises her. and she’s also kinda evil lol #when he called her a unique girl and walsh was like. yes i agree she’s a very unique woman LOOOLLLLL #okay but stuff perhaps 2 be said about giles+walsh and riley+buffy as parallels. like giles hates walsh cause he's jealous. 🫵MISOGYNY #he hates womens wrongs? is he stupid?#willow and xander r special cases as the BFFs but…….#xander……………….. never mind. too much to complain about with him #spike and angel r dicks too though im VERY aware of that #and faith is..... faith #btvs #&#buffy the vampire slayer #this was supposed to be a normal riley hatepost sorry for being loquacious it will happen again #goodbye iowa is easily one of the worst episodes in the show.#hate hate hate im full of it

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