I’ve been rewatching Buffy on DVD since getting rid of my Dish Network. It’s a whole new world of TV watching. So, in the future you can look here for cool quotes, observations or life lessons I’ve ascertained while watching Buffy. Because damnit, I won’t have my TV time mean nothing. 🙂 But for now, I want to start off with some inquiries for those Buffy fans who care.
When Buffy died in the first season, we realize later that another slayer was brought forth. Kendra. She shows up in the Second Season, but I have all sorts of questions. My old roommate Scott and I talked about this a lot near the end of the series and researched it quite a bit, but I have found a few other pieces that confuse things for me. It seems like the lineage goes like this:
- There are numerous girls that are the “chosen one” but their powers don’t come forth until the last chosen one dies. (Question: this part bugs me, so what are your thoughts on this?)
- The Watcher’s Council knows who could be called and they decide whether to train them just in case. (Question: How do they know?)
- They didn’t train Buffy because they didn’t think she would be a good slayer so when the slayer before her died and she was called she fought on her own without a watcher. Proving herself enough so that when she moved to Sunnydale, they assigned her Giles. (Question: Before she met Giles, did she know she was a slayer or did she just know she had some superpower?).
- SEASON ONE AND TWO SPOILER: When Buffy died, Kendra, who had been in training, was called upon and now had the superpower. (Question: Kendra never mentions not having had the power before, so do we think this is how they presented it in the episodes where she and Buffy talk about their upbringing?)
- LAST SEASON SPOILER: At the end of the series when they call on all the potential slayers, they don’t have their superpower yet so there is a lot of training they do. (Question: this would jive with some of the mythology set forth, but are we really to believe there are that many chosen “ones?”)
- SEASON THREE SPOILER: Faith comes forth when Kendra dies and Faith had a bad upbringing so she didn’t have any training either. (Question: Any thoughts here?)
I guess what I want to know is what you Buffy fans out there have surmised. Or mistakes you’ve caught.
I never had a problem with the slayer lineage. It seemed pretty straightforward to me — and there were only a few dozen potentials from all over the world. Not too many, in my estimation.
My one big question in this regard was, though, how come a third slayer never came when Buffy died the second time ’round? I think they addressed it briefly, but never to my satisfaction.
I agree with Kris – there really didn’t seem to be an unreasonable number of potentials. Of course, we only saw the english speaking ones….
From what I understand, Buffy already knew she was a slayer. She found out from a watcher in L.A. before she moved to Sunnydale. What really bothers me is, how do the watchers know which girl was actually chosen to be the slayer?
-k.
Maybe the slayer called the council? “Hey, this is Buffy. I’m really strong now.”
Well, I read a good explanation recently on why another slayer wasn’t called when Buffy died the second time. You only have one strain of slayers. Once Buffy died the first time, then Kendra was called. But it is assumed a dead slayer stays dead so when she died a second time Kendra had already been called the line followed her. Thus, when Kendra died, Faith was called. So we won’t have another new one until Faith dies. Still, then which of all the new ones would be called.
Also, to OUR Kendra, I now remember her saying her watcher had died (which goes along with the movie) so you are right that she already knew. Good call.
Wait, are all daring to suggest that the plotlines to Buffy may contain logical inconsistencies? Blasphemers!
Aaron, don’t start.
KT,
Being a big Buffy fan, have you checked out Firefly? It roools. I need to go watch Buffy from the beginning.. I don’t think I’ve seen a full episode of it yet..
Caught an error. The Mayor in Season 3 tells Angelus not to kill Buffy because we don’t need another slayer running around here any time soon because she may not turn out as well as Faith did. So, this is first real inconsistency I’ve found. Unless we just assume the mayor doesn’t understand the process.