Thursday, March 17, 2011

30 Days of Buffy: Day 4

Day 4: Favorite Female Character

This one is tough.  Mostly because I need to remember to confine my answer to what happened on Buffy and not let Angel bleed in.  But my top two choices - Fatih and Cordy - both had continuing character arcs on Angel that made me love them even more.

Sticking to just Buffy, though, I'd have to go with Faith.  I think she's so incredibly interesting.  She's damaged, definitely.  We only get hints of her past, but it certainly affected her a lot.  She goes from wild girl to bad girl to downright evil over the course of season three, then fights for redemption for the rest of her stint on the show.  I love her relationship with the mayor; it's just so sweet.  I love when she wakes up from the coma and goes on a vengeance kick before hitting rock bottom (on Angel).  I also think Eliza Dushku did a better job playing Buffy and Sarah Michelle Gellar did playing Faith, but that might just be me.

I adore her run at the end of the series.  It might just have been because I was so excited to see Faith again.  But her road to recovery is difficult.  It's interesting that she finally gets to walk a mile in Buffy's shoes near the end of the season and finally realizes just how similar they are.  And how lonely.

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