Buffy....bitch?
We talked about the nuances of Spike, so let's focus on Buffy. She's an extremely complex character as well. Maybe a female version of Spike, except with her default being good while his is evil. She straddles both sides
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She's adaptable and recognizes her different roles and responsibilities.
She is true to herself and her personality while still being able to adjust accordingly, she's not a chameleon, just doing what she has to to fit in. She's strong enough to be herself whether it gains approval or not.
That being said, yup, she can be a bitch when she needs to be.
S6 is her struggling with what is appropriate and not being as adaptable as she once was. Even in S7 she still didn't have that adaptibility but she seemed to feel like it wasn't warranted. The people she was used to taking care of had grown up and she no longer felt responsible for their feelings, though she still felt responsible for their lives.
The only person who's feelings she seemed to take into account in S7 were Spike's, she was sort of a mother hen to him for a lot of that season. I didn't really like that. But it was probably good that she still had someone she could really feel things with or about. She was his champion and it felt good to her to be so. Then he was her champion and she felt good about having seen that in him.
Spike was there for her in S6 and S7, maybe not in pretty ways, but in ways she needed him to be. Their S6 relationship wasn't healthy, but it did get her from point A to point B.
In substance abuse recovery I often heard people say that in the end they were grateful for their addictions because it had, ultimately, gotten them to the place they were now, which was a better person than they had ever been. Without the addiction they felt they never would have been pushed to work on themselves. I thought that was nuts when I first heard it, but now some years down the line I see what they meant. Going through the pain, seeing my dark side and overcoming it got me to a better place I doubt I would have gotten to otherwise.
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