Dawn and Rini

Mar 24, 2008 23:24

I am suddenly struck by how much Dawn of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has in common with Rini of Sailor Moon.  Swap sister for mother, a likely crush on Spike for a barely subtexted Electra complex, Scouts for Scoobies, and the crystal for the key/gate.  Each tumbles late into her series full-formed...  Dawn never got a "Dark Lady" storyline, but boy! would she not have taken that offer just like Rini did? and would it not have fit?  I'm drawn to using Wolfram & Hart for the Doom Phantom in this scenario, but any of a zillion other powerful black hats could serve.  Another for the list of overlapping archetypes there.

Of course, the big difference -- besides Rini not being a construct (she's just from the future) -- is that "Mini Moon" eventually gets super powers, too.  "Little Bit" does not, unless the comics have changed that.

tv:sailormoon, tv:buffyverse

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