Oy, favorite villains. Dru's up there, I'd also say Angelus, because though I desperately missed Angel, he was everything a villian should be. Though with Dru, I actually liked her and found her seemingly more insane when she was weak. And I also thought it was quite weird that she never changed out of the white dress until she got strong and then never wore it again.
Harmony was pretty funny as a villian, and I just watched "Real Me" on FX yesterday.
Favorite slayer: Kendra. Even though it was only really one episode, her and Buffy really connected in different ways, and I was pretty sad when she died. At first, I actually really hated Fait, for some reason she just really annoyed me, I didn't warm to the character until she went bad.
Fav line: Oy, so many. I love ones where they like try to make it all like old-fashioned vampire movies than just totally throw in a line to make fun of it. A lot of these took place between Buffy and Giles, I think Spike had a few too. Xander had great ones...Cordy, ahh way too many!
But on the Bored now, Dol and I were talking about this a couple of nights ago, Buffy's continuity just rules. Like how dopplegang Willow was gay, and Angel made a quick mention of vampire's personalities to reflect the person. Faith making references to Dawn at the end of season 3, and the other way too. They were always referring back to earlier episodes, like in "I Was Made To Love You," Xander was making a guy joke and then randomly said "I miss Oz. He probably wouldn't have said anything, but I still miss him." Obviously continuously bringing characters like Jonathan around, and a lot of the high schoolers.
Also, the way the show just so incredibly understood its characters, as illustrated by episodes like "Earshot"(one of my all-time favs) when you read all their minds--I still love that library scene. Every character got a chance to shine, even Xander in "Grave." The way with the exception of stupid events in seasons 6 and 7, Giles became a father to Buffy. Ahh, I love this show!
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