Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Summary
Buffy the Vampire Slayerestablished an unbelievably dedicated interview over the show ’s seven - time of year ladder , with many fans debating theories that could redefine the intact series . Despite the show having wrap more than 20 old age ago , Buffy the Vampire Slayercontinues to have a prospering fanbase who continue to dig deep into the series in an effort to reveal concealed detail within the clever writing . Many of these theories have grown in popularity and have been examine or confute in the decades since the show start .
Joss Whedon expertly create a sprawl tale around theslayer , Buffy Summers , and the townspeople she lived in , Sunnydale . Over the 145 episodes of the series , Whedon added small particular that , when examined in closer detail , could add up to significant here and now that couldchange how people perceive the entire show . Some of these elements remain coincidental minor details , while others are much more intentional , but disregarding , they all importantly alter the experience of the show .
8Buffy Was Never A Vampire Slayer
Everything Happened In Her Head
InBuffyseason 6 , instalment 17 , " Normal Again , " Buffy is trapped in a genial hospital after being stung by a demon . Throughout the episode , she fades in and out of reality , butwhich of the two is tangible is never explicitly unveil . This episode shook up the entire series for much of the fanbase , as it put a major question mark over what was in reality chance in the show , and whether Buffy was really the chosen slayer , struggle the strength of evil and keeping the world secure in Sunnydale , or if she was just imagining things .
Of course , in a fictitious show that explores the supernatural , all of these elements being played out as true would make staring sense , but there is a lot of merit to the idea that Buffy is simply unwell . The show featuresfourth - bulwark - break momentsand references to the fact that it ’s a show , along with episodes that appear to switch up the data formatting , which is unusual and bring up doubts regarding the reliability of the show . While the truth is never distinctly divulge , there are someclues that sport in other franchises Whedon worked onthat could point either way .
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7Buffy Summers Is An X-Man
And The Cousin Of Scott Summers
Whedon has had a colorful vocation in amusement , with a period of clock time when he was the chief author for theAstonishing X - Mencomics . Whedon revealed at one level that he had weigh adding a line of dialogue where Cyclops , aka Scott Summers , would havementioned a cousin he has in Californiawho was a patient role at an insane asylum due to her delusions that she is a demon Orion ( viaComicbook ) . This would have add to the previous theory but also shifted how the serial was watch in connexion with Marvel Comics and X - Men .
6The Whedonverse
Everything Was Connected
5Faith Is The One True Slayer
Not Buffy
The chronicle and rules regarding slayers inBuffyis well - define . When a slayer dies , a newfangled slayer is activated , as the chosen person to fight the force play of wickedness . Throughout story , only one killer has ever been combat-ready at a time , but the show come out to alter this . Early in the series , Buffy temporarily conk out after present The Master in time of year 1 . trusted enough , a new killer is activated with Kendra . However , Buffy is save by her friends and revive , which means that for the first meter in history , there ’s more than one slayer active .
However , this also means that Buffy is no longer the chosen slayer . This can be seen when Kendra dies , and itactivates Faith Lehane to take her post . However , the next time thatBuffy temporarily dies , saving her sister Dawn , no new slayer is activated . This stand for that , from the very beginning of the show , Buffy has not been the pick out slayer , despite her endeavor to economise the domain . Ultimately , that fate lies with Faith , who often runs from obligation , but is as ignored by those who should support her in her part , like Giles .
There were some fantastic characters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer , but many were run off by being killed off too soon or by and large underutilized .
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4Dawn Indirectly Killed Joyce
Her Existence Was Too Much For Joyce
Despite four full time of year ofBuffyshowing thatBuffy was an only child to her female parent Joyce , and the pair inhabit alone together , Dawn appear out of nowhere at the start of season 5 . However , when she appears , everyone acts as though she has always been there , which is an unsettling and confusing minute for the interview . However , the character are show to get ill as a result of their memories being alter , and the someone who was potentially the most vulnerable and had to have most of her memories falsify , was Joyce .
She may have died of an aneurism , but themental strain bring on by Dawn ’s appearancecould be a major factor in what in the end killed Joyce . If this is genuine , it ’s a tragedy forBuffy and Dawn , who did n’t know any better . Dawn was just as clueless as Buffy and the sleep of her friends , with implanted memories of a life lived together with Buffy and Joyce . Learning the truth about her being ramp up as the Key was already a hurdle to master , love she may also be responsible for her female parent ’s death would be far too much to bear .
3Dracula Created Dawn
Using Buffy’s Blood
In the same sequence where Dawn shows up , Buffy meets the most infamous vampire of all time , Dracula . Dracula is unbelievably seductive and handle toconvince Buffy to lease him tope some of her bloodbefore he terminate up evaporate by the sequence ’s destruction . While this could appear to be an odd one - off episode , with a character who never return , all sign of the zodiac point to Dracula being call for in the process of creating Dawn with Buffy ’s rakehell and inserting her into life at Sunnydale .
2Giles Is A Time Lord
Buffy Is Connected To Doctor Who
One fan possibility that appears to generate heated debates iswhether Giles is a Time Lord . BothDoctor WhoandBuffy the Vampire Slayerappear to have several connectedness link up the shows ( viaRadioTimes ) , and Giles may have regenerated during the show ’s run . At the end of season 6,Giles is close to death , but this could have been him regenerating , albeit in the same form as before , but that is n’t impossible for Time Lords . This possibility may be more of a stretch , but if true , it could drastically change how the show is viewed .
No character on a supernatural show is safe from becoming a monster , and the people on Buffy The Vampire Slayer are no exception to that dominion .
1Drusilla Was A Slayer
Or At Least A Potential Slayer
Drusilla is a extremely unusual vampire when compared to others of her form . From her exceptional strength and speed to her power to see the time to come , Drusilla share some happen upon commonalities that were distinctive of a killer . Whether she was dynamic or merely a potential at the time of her expiry is never explained , but in either case , turning into a lamia could have activated her gifts , and she could have kept them in her afterlife . This would also compound Spike ’s connexion with her , as he had a long - stand obsession with slayers inBuffy the Vampire Slayer .
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a television series created by Joss Whedon , focusing on Buffy Summers , limn by Sarah Michelle Gellar , a vernal woman chosen to engagement against vampires , monster , and other supernatural force out while navigate the complexity of teenaged aliveness .
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a television series created by Joss Whedon, focusing on Buffy Summers, portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar, a young woman chosen to battle against vampires, demons, and other supernatural forces while navigating the complexities of teenage life.
