Glory - Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Ah Glory Glory Glory... she was a god that was trapped on Earth in a man's body. Don't ask me the name, I really don't remember what it was... sure I could google it. Ben!

Yep Ben was his name. Poor chap, he didn't survive... Giles killed him at the end of the season. Good times that one.

Anywhoo... I found Glory to be quite an interesting character. For the first time in the series, I felt she would actually be unstoppable. Sure I knew Buffy would find a way to stop her, which she eventually did... I just didn't know how she would stop her. It's a good thing she did stop her. Who knows what would have happened. Well aside from Hell being opened and brought to earth.

Personally I enjoyed how she could stick her fingers in a person's head and kablamo mess with them. No really, that was quite the trick.

She did have some of the most ugly people working for her too. They were some interesting people... were they people? Not really sure. They were something, that's for sure.

But yeah, one hell of a season baddy. Loved her!

Anya - Buffy The Vampire Slayer

So during Season 3 we're introduced to Anya. She's a vengeance demon. She grants wishes based off of the desires of people. At first she granted Cordelia's wish that Buffy never came to Sunnydale. She was then stuck with little to no powers for a bit.

Near the end she became quite an interesting character. She fell in love with Xander, had sex with Spike. Just a full rounded character.

I'm not sure if I liked the fact that they killed her off. Was it a good closure to her character? I'm not sure of that either.

She did grow as a character though and as a person.

She was afraid of bunnies.

Dawn - Buffy The Vampire Slayer

I never really was a fan of Dawn. Yeah I get the whole thing about her being the key and why Glory wanted her dead and all of that. How she was incorporated into Buffy's life and everything else. But I never really bought it. Come on now. Really? A kid is basically the key to weather the Earth gets destroyed or not?

The arc of stories was brilliant, don't get me wrong, but I honestly wouldn't have been sad if they had gotten rid of her after the season was over. Of course those are just my two cents on the matter and all, but yeah. She seemed to be more trouble than it was worth. Sure it brought in some interesting side story lines, but nothing of great value for her as a character overall.

Oh well, it is what it is... and she was a part of it all.

Well there was one thing that I did find... good about her. I enjoyed how Spike and Xander rallied around her in a way. They were there to protect her. That was cool. I suppose it helped boost their characters. So she wasn't really that of a useless character after all.

The Grammys

So... I started watching the Grammys. Kinda stopped after a half hour. The show just didn't really catch me for some reason. Don't get me wrong, I love music... but it just wasn't enough to keep my attention last night.

Oh well.

Principals - Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Sunnydale High had some interesting principals while Buffy attended school there.

First there was Principal Flutie.

Flutie was alright... kinda sorta. Okay maybe not. But well he was a principal. At first he commented to Buffy about letting the past be in the past and he ripped up her school transcripts allowing her to start over again. Well that is until he saw that she burned down the gym at her old place. We never really got to know this principal. He was killed off rather quickly in The Pack when a couple of students ate him. Yes you read that correctly, they ate him.

What are you to do when a bunch of students become hyenas and they're hungry? Exactly. You become dinner. Nom nom nom.

I think Principal Snyder was my favorite in the show. Sure he was basically mean and could be considered evil... but not as evil as the Mayor. Oh no, the Mayer was someone who was much more... evil. But we'll discuss him at a later date and time for sure.

So Principal Snyder comes in after Flutie's demise. He would run the school for the rest of Buffy's High School Career, all the way up until graduation day. Or night as the case may seem. No he didn't last after that though. He was killed on graduation day by the Mayor. See the Mayor was trying to ascend... and well let's face it, he got hungry. So he ate the man. Poor guy. Oh well, I guess once your main stars of the show graduate from high school, you don't need a principal anymore. Good times that one.

Of course Principal Snyder was played by Armin Shimerman, you might recognize his mug from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Yes that Ferengi.

Giles - Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Every slayer has a watcher. Giles is Buffys' watcher. She really needed him in the beginning.She was still new to the entire slaying gig. After a few years, she really didn't need him anymore... but couldn't realize it for herself. He knew he wasn't needed. She relied on him too much and too often. It took him leaving and going away that made her realize things. Yet I really don't think she fully ever realized it.

Giles was more than a watcher. He was a father figure for Buffy. He was someone she could turn to whenever she had a problem. We were introduced to Buffys' father in an episode here and there, but he never really stuck around. Giles was always there for her no matter what.

He also had a way of getting the job done. Remember Glory? He killed the human that she was imprisoned in. Just so she wouldn't be able to escape again. Giles knew what risks were around and he would always deal with those threats no matter what it took.

Movies / TV / Books

Been looking over my various forms of media as of late. I really should do something more with them. Watch them more. I still need to finish Buffy The Vampire Slayer, at least the first season. Stopped watching that for some reason. I was on a roll with it. Will def have to pick it up again.

More stickers from Get Glue came in the mail the other day. I'm excited about that. I of course have to decide on what to do with all of the stickers I'm getting. Do I put them in a book? Do I put them all over the place? Yeah I need to figure out what to do with all of those.