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you know when Andrew was all 'a boy Slayer would be so cool'
(actually when was that, am I remembering right? clearly I must rewatch if memorisation has slipped)

So mostly that's an :eyeroll: because duh, male stabby violence, not in short supply.

But I was thinking, key to being a Slayer is she's both bait and trap. She's the one no one would suspect, the one who looks like the typical victim, so vampires follow her down dark alleys.

And key to being Buffy is not wanting to do violence, because cheer and clothes and dances and being voted queen. Wanting to be normal, meaning not stabby.

Soooo. A guy who was all that? Actually not all that common.

Closer now than then, obvs.



I'm also wondering what vampire stories I'd want when I've gone off the whole Slayer concept. I mean I'm not keen on law enforcement executing criminals, I don't see why that should change if the criminals have bumpy faces and a sun allergy.

A reluctant Slayer who just, you know, refuses to Slay, and sticks to that?
... I mean making it interesting is the trick, but you'd have something like that space marine story, where they replace war with law.

which should rock.

Date: 2019-09-09 06:50 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] executrix
I like BtVS better than AtS as a show, but I think AtS is much more nuanced in distinguishing between "demons" and "evil creatures" and emphasizing that what matter is how you play the hand you were dealt. A True Blood xover would also change the equation by making it easier for vampires to not bite humans. (In BtVS/AtS obviously there are alternatives, but they're a hassle.)

Since there are both male and female vampires, depending on their preferences, some might not find young female Slayers all that attractive, so males might be better bait. Mostly, though, since Andrew is such a Slayer stan, I can understand his thinking that being a Slayer is cool and he wishes he could have full membership instead of just being fray-adjacent.

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