Thank you Kristina Horner for posting this survey so that I could copy it and write up my own answers. Kristina’s blog is italktosnakes.blogspot.com, it's very good and people actually read it.
1. The first character I fell in love with: Angel. Have you seen him? And he was tortured and dark and had issues and loved our heroine. I just love a man who loves a strong woman.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Dawn. I didn’t really even like Dawn until I read Geektastic. See Cynthia & Greg Leitich Smith’s story about a girl named Dawn who realizes at a screening of the Buffy musical episode that we are all a little more Dawn than we might have previously accepted. Of course it’s still tough to watch seasons 5 & 6 with her, but in 7, I think she gets it together. More importantly I want to know where I can attend a screening of the Buffy musical episode.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t: I don’t think that I have an answer for this, I kind of love everyone. And I’m not “in” enough to know who everyone else loves and doesn’t love. Except that I can’t stand Buffy’s mom… but I’m not the only one, right?
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Riley. I know he’s a little boring compared to Buffy’s other guys (well, except maybe Scott) and that things took a weird turn, but I think that for the circumstances of his character, he was a good person and he fought against evil, but was able to see the complexities of the demon world in a way that only the true Scoobies could. Also, Wesley, but I think anyone who watched Angel agrees that Wesleys improves and becomes worthy of Fred's love... and then... tears... sadness, I can't even deal with it.
5. The character I used to love but don’t any longer: I liked Faith, then didn’t, then loved her on Angel, and liked her well enough in season 7. But I don’t think I really dislike anyone too much, except Jocye, but I never loved her.
6. The character I would shag anytime: Spike.
7. The character I’d want to be like: Willow.
8. The character I’d slap: Cordelia in season 1 when she is awful. I would say listen, I know that someday you’ll move to L.A. and work for and fall in love with Angel and gain some insight into what it is like to suffer and be human and you will become a better person, but in the meantime quit being such a bitch.
9. A pairing that I love: Spike & Druscilla. Don’t get me wrong, I love Spike & Buffy, especially in season 7, but the Spike & Dru relationship in all its evilness is brilliant. The villains never fail to disappoint in Buffy except that none are as brilliant as Spike & Dru.
10. A pairing that I despise: Willow & Xander. I buy it happening, and I understand its place as the story progressed, but the scene where Oz & Cordelia find them together is heartbreaking. You knew it was coming, but it still hurt as much as if you were Cordelia falling on that rod.
11. Favorite male character (add a quote or favorite line): Spike.
“I may be love’s bitch, but at least I’m man enough to admit it”
12. Favorite female character (add a quote or favorite line): Willow.
“I think I’m kind of gay”
13. My five favorite characters: Spike. That’s it Spike is my favorite character. Spike is one of the best characters ever created in the history of television. I also love Willow, Giles, Buffy, and then there is a tie for about a dozen others…
14. My five least favorite characters: Joyce, and well, that’s really it. If Joss Whedon & co do one thing brilliantly, it’s write characters. They do a lot of things brilliantly, but the character development is the best.
15. Which character I am most like: I don't know that I am really like any characters, but I hope I am a little bit Willow, a little bit Buffy, a little bit Giles, and a little bit Jenny Calendar.
16. My deep, dark fandom secret: I missed a lot of episodes due to college and only caught up on them (and other now cancelled Whedon creations post-college). I am sorry, but that doesn’t mean I love them any less.
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