Buffy nitpicks
POSTED BY: Spideyslinger
UPDATED: Saturday, October 15, 2005 05:46
VIEWED: 6193
PAGE 3 of 3
A couple small points to add and consider:
1) Vampires, according to the traditional lore, have absolutely no use for "dead blood". You kill the person (or slayer), and their blood is now useless. You can't drink them once they're dead, or you (the vamp) will die as well!
2) Going off what Spike says, Slayer blood is the absolute BEST, an amazing rush. So any vamp who knows of Spike (and how many don't?) will have heard of this (he does brag a bit...), and of Spike's having bested two Slayers through the years and fed off their blood.
I think it's these couple of simple reasons (Joss never really seemed to address or acknowledge the "dead blood" part of Vampiria, but it's pretty common in most of the serious Vampire lore) that keep the Slayers "safe"... well, safER.
If you just want the Slayer dead and out of your way, a well-placed bullet is just the ticket. If you want her blood or if you want the "clean kill" mano-a-mano for style points or street cred, then it's gotta be done the old-fashioned way. Save the guns and bullets for Werewolves.
Now, I suppose if you could load your ammo with wooden bullets, you'd really have something... ;)
Personally, I like guns. I like 'em a lot. But I also liked that they were never really an integral part of the Buffyverse. When they do come up, they're usually dispensed with pretty quickly and efficiently; it's almost as if Joss is telling us, "If you've got super Slayer powers, a gun is no threat at all." Someone pulls a gun on a Slayer, and it usually gets taken away, looked at like a dead fish, and tossed aside as useless.
Mike
NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME