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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 1268320" data-attributes="member: 2020">QuestionsSPOILER WARNING  -  -  -  SPOILER WARNING  -  -  -  SPOILER WARNING  -  -  -SEASON ONE QUESTIONS  - Why didn't Buffy simply kill the vampires threatening Xander and Willow, then tell Giles where to go, and live her life?  Giles could not force her to do her job as the Slayer, could he?  He certainly offered no incentive to her (and yes, people are selfish.)  - Why didn't Buffy demand terms and conditions favorable to her?  Such as a reduced (or no) schoolwork, automatic A grades (yes, that's cheating), personal protection from the principal and others, etc.?    - Why didn't the authorities (remember, this is season 1, not 3 or 4) bring in the National Guard and/or Army to deal with the problem in Sunnydale?  (Not that they could have handled it, but the authorities could have tried.)  - WHY is the Watcher's Council a bunch of incompetents and idiots?  (They shouldn't be, since they have centuries of experience dealing with this situation.)  - Why didn't Giles force Buffy to sit down and actually TALK with him??  I mean, a long and serious talk where hard terms and conditions were hammered out.  It was a serious life and death situation, the kind of situation where people do tend to sit down and make plans concerning it, and hammer out terms for dealing with it.  - Why didn't Buffy force Giles to sit down and actually talk with her??  (as per above)  - Why didn't the vampires use guns, bludgeoning weapons, and knives?  That one female vampire did ... vampires may be mostly stupid, but not all are.  - Why didn't the vampires attack and kill Joyce, to strike at Buffy indirectly, or take her hostage, to entice Buffy into a deathtrap?  (The same applies to Xander, Willow, and Cordelia.)  - WHY didn't Xander and Willow not also travel around with holy water, stakes, and other life protecting equipment? (including heavy weapons Buffy could have given them - why didn't she?)  Now, I'm looking for analogies to Real Life here.  Obviously, you can say they did not do these things because the show would not have worked had they done so.  The plotline would have failed.  Characters would have died.  This is obvious (I could argue a full government military takeover of Sunnydale was inevitable ...)  I'm looking for the more subtle stuff.  The Joss Whedon stuff, which made this show so special.  Here's a question you need not answer:  WHY do I always come to like something AFTER it's over?  (I only came to like Buffy this year, and this was it's last year.)</blockquote>

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