The Slayer’s first interesting move when she went to Sunnydale was her choice in friends. On arriving at her new school she was instantly befriended by the most popular girl in school, Cordelia. Instead she chose the shy and nerdy Willow Rosenberg to be her companion. Buffy stated to Giles in Welcome to the Hellmouth that she was sick of being a slayer and wanted to lead a normal life (which in American High Schools, by default, means to be popular). Buffy’s choice of friends is therefore notable as an insight into her character. She saw through Cordelia’s guise immediately and instead chose more genuine and yet ostracised people, a brave move when she wanted to be popular. We saw via flashback in Becoming (Part 1) that Buffy was quite shallow before she was called as a Slayer. Her choice of friends in her new school could be a signal that as much as she hates it, being a Slayer has changed her.
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:34 pm
Just wanna say thanks for this piece of trivia! it was quite insightful and very interesting :-) definitley made me think