From: madlove@arkham.dc   
      
   Morgoth's Curse wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 19 Dec 2013, "David"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> http://io9.com/whos-the-most-unfairly-maligned-character-of-a   
   l-time-1485987110   
   >>   
   >> Sure, Dawn wasn't likable, but I also don't know that she warranted the hate   
   >> she received. I mean, Buffy was also behaving pretty horribly in season 6,   
   >> and Willow even turned into the season's villain, but it's Dawn who gets all   
   >> the scorn.   
      
   > 	I still think a stepsister could have been written into BtVS if   
   > Joss had only had the sense to avoid the magical incarnation meme.   
   > Sure, it might have been a cliche, but BtVS was full of cliches: Some   
   > were just more cleverly written than others. Unfortunately, the fifth   
   > season was a bad joke and Tractenberg's talent was largely wasted.   
   >   
   > Morgoth's Curse   
      
   Not as bad a joke as season 6 when they made the nerds into villains.   
      
   Two changes could have made the show more interesting:   
      
   1. making Will the bad gal for several eps and let Buff deal with having to   
   fight her friend, possibly to the death. Like when she fought Anya.   
      
   And...   
      
   2. making Drac the bad guy for the whole season, perhaps the final season,   
   and have his demise end *all* vamps. Since the show was ending soon, this   
   plot "might" have worked.   
      
   At least that would've been much more interesting that having eps where the   
   girls just sat around Buff's place making plans.   
      
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