From: madlove@arkham.dc   
      
   Madlove wrote:   
   > I know what you mean, but on at least two occasions they made it clear that   
   > vamps aren't the people they seem to be. Giles told Buffy that a vamp   
   > isn't a person at all.   
   >   
   > And in the ep where goths planned to sacrifice Buffy in exchange for   
   > being made into a vamp, she said "It doesn't work like that. You die and   
   > something takes over your body. It looks like you, and it has your memories   
   > but it isn't you."   
      
   David wrote:   
   > I'm pretty sure that was kind of forgotten about.   
      
   I agree, the writers forgot about vamp nature (among other things) as   
   the series progressed.   
      
   David wrote:   
   > Except for being bloodthirsty again, Darla pretty much seemed to be the same   
   > person she was before Dru sired her. Just happier.   
      
   But that's true of all the vamps. They're basically the same person,   
   except for the   
   vamp part. Recall "Conversations With Dead People" when Buff met the   
   undead psych   
   student?   
      
   He was mostly the same as he was before he changed.   
      
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