Day 11: Least Favorite Romance
There were quite a few romances over the course of Buffy's seven seasons. None of them worked out. It's a little depressing to think about. No one gets a happy ending. But they did spell that out in the very first season after Willow's failed relationship with Malcolm/Moloch.
Not only do none of the romances end well, but they all have serious problems. And those problems escalate as the series progresses. Giles and Jenny both have shady pasts and end up hurting one another with the secrets they are trying to keep. Buffy kills Angel. Xander and Willow cheat on Cordy and Oz. Then Oz cheats on Willow with a werewolf. Riley can't handle having a strong independent girlfriend and his feelings of emasculation lead him to seek out vampires to bite him and then abandon Buffy. Spike takes all his self-loathing out on Harmony. Spike tries to rape Buffy. Xander leaves Anya at the alter. Willow alters Tara's memory to make her forget their fights. They're all completely fucked. I guess I can chalk it up to the drama of TV land.
The point is, all of these people hurt each other. A lot.
I think my least favorite instance is the Spike/Harmony relationship. It was just so one-sided. Spike hates himself and takes it out on Harmony. And like an idiot, she keeps coming back for more. Harmony can be a ditz, but she mostly means well. Sort of. She certainly didn't deserve the way Spike treated her. That can be said for a lot of these couples, but the field was just so uneven in this particular relationship. Harmony never really hurt Spike. She burned his Sex Pistols cassette, but she was never as hostile to him as he constantly was to her.
Not only do none of the romances end well, but they all have serious problems. And those problems escalate as the series progresses. Giles and Jenny both have shady pasts and end up hurting one another with the secrets they are trying to keep. Buffy kills Angel. Xander and Willow cheat on Cordy and Oz. Then Oz cheats on Willow with a werewolf. Riley can't handle having a strong independent girlfriend and his feelings of emasculation lead him to seek out vampires to bite him and then abandon Buffy. Spike takes all his self-loathing out on Harmony. Spike tries to rape Buffy. Xander leaves Anya at the alter. Willow alters Tara's memory to make her forget their fights. They're all completely fucked. I guess I can chalk it up to the drama of TV land.
The point is, all of these people hurt each other. A lot.
I think my least favorite instance is the Spike/Harmony relationship. It was just so one-sided. Spike hates himself and takes it out on Harmony. And like an idiot, she keeps coming back for more. Harmony can be a ditz, but she mostly means well. Sort of. She certainly didn't deserve the way Spike treated her. That can be said for a lot of these couples, but the field was just so uneven in this particular relationship. Harmony never really hurt Spike. She burned his Sex Pistols cassette, but she was never as hostile to him as he constantly was to her.
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