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ONTD Original: Top Episodes with Powerful Messages from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Apr 21, 2021 17:50

Greetings, ONTD.
It's been a while. I'm back after an ONTD hiatus for the 11th installment of the ONTD Original Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Today, I'm doing an installment that reflects what I've needed over the past few weeks: Episodes with Powerful Messages.

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buffyverse / whedonverse, ontd original, alyson hannigan, sarah michelle gellar

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setsuna16 April 22 2021, 01:57:10 UTC

Was Checkpoint the episode where she gets Giles back pay?

Because that moment was so amusing.

vibeology_e April 22 2021, 02:05:13 UTC

Yes. Giles gets paid and Buffy, who risks her life every single night, gets nothing.

setsuna16 April 22 2021, 02:07:12 UTC

I never thought of it like that.

That's some bull!

slayer4915 April 22 2021, 02:17:05 UTC

She really should have demanded they pay her, especially after Joyce died and she started having money issues. If they can pay the watcher (who also had another paying job and then his own business...) there's no reason they couldn't have paid her! But also, like where do they even get their funding?? lol

marywebgirl April 22 2021, 02:29:10 UTC

I always found it sad that Faith lived so crappily, and was part of the reason the mayor could turn her. You think that would have come up before and be good reason to support the slayers.

slayer4915 April 22 2021, 03:28:06 UTC

Seriously! They just thought of slayers as expendable tools though, barely human. :/

archersangel April 22 2021, 04:13:34 UTC

I guess they never thought about paying the Slayers because most of them killed before they were 18.
And historically, a woman was dependent on her family or husband for support, the Watchers were so old-fashioned they never considered it.

ummnothx April 22 2021, 06:31:02 UTC

It truly is infuriating. I kind of hate to give Whedon or his team this much clever-credit, but I kind of think it might've been a representation of the society we live in: high-up, born-into-power old men dictate how things are done because 'thats just how its always been', and the fact that Buffy (i.e. the work force and majority of the population) actually HAVE the power and DO the work (aka make the profit) means next to nothing. The money and real compensation goes to the higher ups, the mid-level management, but not to the people on the frontline.
It's so annoying! Much like the US government and most major corporations, tbh.

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