Be forewarned, this post contains spoilers!
So, a good friend came over this afternoon, and together we braved the last ever episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. I'm so relieved that Season Seven is over and done with. Though it had its good moments, all in all I was not a fan of this season whatsoever.
Granted, I came into it with a bias (I'm a HUGE Tara fan, and thus after Season Six, nothing was ever really the same again.) But even without that slant, many parts of this season just bothered me. Namely, the Potentials. Many of them are so whiny, and though I was glad with what happened in the end (all of them being activated and such) I didn't like them. Especially Kennedy. Never mind that she was Willow's new girlfriend (NO ONE can top Tara, so I was set up to dislike Kennedy) but she is so annoying even ignoring my bias, and a self-confessed "brat". She's also not Willow's type.
Willow's other relationships (Oz and Tara) were quiet, caring, compassionate, and selfless individuals. They put others first, and helped Willow to mature and discover who she really was/her place in the world. Kennedy was nearly the opposite. She whined, she was too loud, and she pushed Willow to points where she (Willow) felt quite uncomfortable. Though there are some things she did right (she gave Willow someone after she lost her true love [Tara]), it just felt too wrong.
I did like the unity of the Potentials and the Scoobies in the last episode, and the fight against The First, which was quite a good Big Bad. (My favorite Big Bads are still Glory and Dark Willow though.) Unity is a good message for a show like Buffy to end on- Unity and the power of women. Which is, after all, what the show's premise is: a seemingly ordinary girl who fights demons. I liked how they made all the girls who could possibly be Slayers into Slayers. To me that says: anyone can be whatever they want to be, so long as they wish it and try.
Basically, I'm glad I finished up Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but I will not being watching Season Seven again.
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