From: morgothscurse2002@nospam.yahoo.com   
      
   On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 18:48:54 -0500, "David"    
   wrote:   
      
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   >http://io9.com/whos-the-most-unfairly-maligned-character-of-all   
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   >Today's discussion  raised some good questions about why certain characters   
   >are or aren't hated, and how much that hate is actually warranted. Which   
   >character do you think gets way too much hate and grief from people? To   
   >start the Open Channel, let's take a look at Dawn from Buffy the Vampire   
   >Slayer.   
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   >Dawn was added in BtVS season 5 more as a plot device than an actual   
   >character, so the odds were stacked against her anyways. In season 6, the   
   >writers couldn't think of anything good for her to do, so they let her be   
   >who she was: A regular teen surrounded by mostly super-powered people who   
   >had far more important things to do than pay attention to her, no parents to   
   >speak of, and no one watching her (and no decent story arcs to work with).   
   >So she did what any teen would likely do in that situation — dumb shit   
   >and/or stealing things — because teenagers are horrible and insane.   
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   >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.   
      
   	Count me among those who never warmed up to Dawn.  Michelle   
   Trachtenberg is not a terrible actress and probably did a better job   
   than half of her peers could have, but the role was definitely a plot   
   device and even the most talented actress would have had trouble with   
   it.  It was as jarring as the introduction of the role of Seven in   
   Married with Children.   
   	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.   
      
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