season 6 : I didn't like the way they wrote the characters. I didn't bought Willow's 'addiction' to magic since it seems to me that her issues were with control, I didn't really understand where Xander wedding issues came from, and I feel like they never gave Buffy and Spike a chance, and thus stayed in a black-and-white world, instead of exploring shades of grey.
2) Your least favourite episode? Why?
"As you were" : it seemed like a cheap way to break Buffy and Spike off. Riley's story about Spike being the Doctor doesn't hold, everyone knows that Spike isn't an international arm dealer, besides, he would have kept them cold. And Riley marrying someone less than a year after meeting her is hard to believe as well.
3) Your least favourite finale? Why?
Grave. Partly because I really dislike the second half of season 6, and partly because some things didn't make sense. Wilow supposedly getting her magic from a 'tainted' place, while Giles' borrowed one came from the 'pure'place (we had never heard anything about that before), Giles letting himself being drained on purpose, well everything seems wrong to me.
4) Your least favourite beginning? Why?
Dracula : I think that playing with such a myth, especially considering that Dracula doesn't really obey to the same rules than the vampires in the Whedon'verse, was a mistake. It could have been okay if we had gotten an answer during season 5 to the questions about the Slayer that the episode arose, but since we had to wait until season 7 for that...
5) Your least favourite moment? Why?
Tara going back to Willow in seing Red. I simply didn't understand why she did it. I mean, Willow had pretty much mind-raped her, twice, and knowing how she felt about Glory doing almost the same thing, and Tara just went back to her and they had sex. Without really adressing their issues.
6) Your least favourite main character? Why?
Anya, until season 6, and Giles in seasons 6 and 7. Anya wasn't really attracive in her three first season. As for Giles, he played the role of Buffy surrogate father for the five first season and then reverted to an outsider role. I think we were supposed to believe that Giles was acting as a father letting his daughter go, but no father worth the name would abandon his daughter at a time when she is obviously depressed, especially knowing that she doesn't have any experience of real life. Besides, the way he tried to interfere with her life in season 7 angered me.
7) Your least favourite minor character? Why?
Jonathan. He seems completely useless to me and he never grow up as a character.
8) Your least favourite BB? Why?
The Master. It wasn't really a Big Bad, when you look at the whole. He was just this very old vamp stuck in a cave.
9)Your least favourite Villain (aka little bad)? Why?
The Trio. They were completely useless IMO. I think teh season 6 could have had Willow as a Big Bad and it would have worked way better.
10) Your least favourite monster of the week? Why?
Amy's mother. Maybe it's just me but a mother stealing her daughter's body just to be a cheerleader again seems kind of lame to me. But, well, it was the first season.
11) Your least favourite pairing (one that actually occured on screen)? Why?
Buffy/Riley. They didn't share the same view of the world from the very beginning. Riley was trying to look at the demons from a logical POV while Buffy was more about the mystical.
12) Your least favourite 'ship (one that didn't occur but some fans would believe in it)? Why?
Buffy/Giles. Their relationship is purely a father/daugher or a teacher/student one. Thinking of them in that way makes me shudder.
13) Your least favourite arc? Why?
The First. Nothing useful really happenned before the tenth episode and the rest of the season was rushed. Besides it had a lot of loose ends.
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1) Your least favourite season? Why?
season 6 : I didn't like the way they wrote the characters. I didn't bought Willow's 'addiction' to magic since it seems to me that her issues were with control, I didn't really understand where Xander wedding issues came from, and I feel like they never gave Buffy and Spike a chance, and thus stayed in a black-and-white world, instead of exploring shades of grey.
2) Your least favourite episode? Why?
"As you were" : it seemed like a cheap way to break Buffy and Spike off. Riley's story about Spike being the Doctor doesn't hold, everyone knows that Spike isn't an international arm dealer, besides, he would have kept them cold. And Riley marrying someone less than a year after meeting her is hard to believe as well.
3) Your least favourite finale? Why?
Grave. Partly because I really dislike the second half of season 6, and partly because some things didn't make sense. Wilow supposedly getting her magic from a 'tainted' place, while Giles' borrowed one came from the 'pure'place (we had never heard anything about that before), Giles letting himself being drained on purpose, well everything seems wrong to me.
4) Your least favourite beginning? Why?
Dracula : I think that playing with such a myth, especially considering that Dracula doesn't really obey to the same rules than the vampires in the Whedon'verse, was a mistake. It could have been okay if we had gotten an answer during season 5 to the questions about the Slayer that the episode arose, but since we had to wait until season 7 for that...
5) Your least favourite moment? Why?
Tara going back to Willow in seing Red. I simply didn't understand why she did it. I mean, Willow had pretty much mind-raped her, twice, and knowing how she felt about Glory doing almost the same thing, and Tara just went back to her and they had sex. Without really adressing their issues.
6) Your least favourite main character? Why?
Anya, until season 6, and Giles in seasons 6 and 7.
Anya wasn't really attracive in her three first season.
As for Giles, he played the role of Buffy surrogate father for the five first season and then reverted to an outsider role. I think we were supposed to believe that Giles was acting as a father letting his daughter go, but no father worth the name would abandon his daughter at a time when she is obviously depressed, especially knowing that she doesn't have any experience of real life. Besides, the way he tried to interfere with her life in season 7 angered me.
7) Your least favourite minor character? Why?
Jonathan. He seems completely useless to me and he never grow up as a character.
8) Your least favourite BB? Why?
The Master. It wasn't really a Big Bad, when you look at the whole. He was just this very old vamp stuck in a cave.
9)Your least favourite Villain (aka little bad)? Why?
The Trio. They were completely useless IMO. I think teh season 6 could have had Willow as a Big Bad and it would have worked way better.
10) Your least favourite monster of the week? Why?
Amy's mother. Maybe it's just me but a mother stealing her daughter's body just to be a cheerleader again seems kind of lame to me. But, well, it was the first season.
11) Your least favourite pairing (one that actually occured on screen)? Why?
Buffy/Riley. They didn't share the same view of the world from the very beginning. Riley was trying to look at the demons from a logical POV while Buffy was more about the mystical.
12) Your least favourite 'ship (one that didn't occur but some fans would believe in it)? Why?
Buffy/Giles. Their relationship is purely a father/daugher or a teacher/student one. Thinking of them in that way makes me shudder.
13) Your least favourite arc? Why?
The First. Nothing useful really happenned before the tenth episode and the rest of the season was rushed. Besides it had a lot of loose ends.