From: daviderl31@yahoo.com   
      
    https://screenrant.com/buffy-vampire-slayer-most-tragic-deaths/   
      
   Buffy Summers, she saved the world. A lot. Over the span of seven seasons,   
   Buffy the Vampire Slayer saw the Scooby Gang stop a barrage of apocalypses.   
   Their bravery saved billions of lives. But you can't save everyone. Every   
   war has its casualties, particularly war on the Hellmouth. One would think   
   that being exposed to so much carnage would numb the Scooby's. Yet no amount   
   of death via vampire, demon, or hell goddess can prepare somebody for the   
   mortality of everyday life.   
      
   Though many of the deaths on Buffy were the results of senseless violence,   
   the show handled the concept of mortality with grace and respect. Watching   
   it, you felt every tear, every wall punch, every clenched hug. Buffy   
   characters were some of the best TV has ever seen; losing them felt like   
   losing one of your own. So get a tissue ready, because here is Buffy The   
   Vampire Slayer: 10 Most Tragic Deaths, Ranked.   
      
   10 MAGGIE WALSH   
       Her death is a tragedy? She was a schemer, a manipulator, as evil as   
   they come, and...she was mean to Giles. Maggie was bad. Exactly. Maggie had   
   real potential to be Season 4's Big Bad, which would have been fascinating.   
   Not only would she have been the first female Big Bad, she would have been   
   the first human one too. She had Riley wrapped around her little finger and   
   she had an indestructible mercenary in Adam...until he skewered her to   
   death. Season 4 was considered to be one of, if not the, worst season of   
   Buffy. Adam, for all his brute strength, was a terrible villain. He spoke   
   like a robot and his personality was even blander. Never send Frankenstein's   
   monster to do Frankenstein's job.   
      
   9 JONATHAN LEVINSON   
           Jonathan's only wish was to fit in. That led to some terrible   
   decisions, mainly everything he did with the Trio. On a redemption quest   
   with Andrew, the two dig up the Seal of Danzalthar, after which Jonathan   
   plans to inform Buffy about its evil powers. However, Andrew is brainwashed   
   by the First and stabs Jonathan to death in an attempt to open the Seal.   
   This was in vain, as Jonathan was anemic and didn't shed enough blood for   
   the ritual to work. Jonathan had a lot of tear-jerking moments on the show,   
   but his biggest was right at the end, and not because he was about to die.   
   After years of searching for acceptance, being mocked and ridiculed, trying   
   in futility to join the Scooby Gang, Jonathan let it go. He had reached   
   peace with the fact that his dreams had not happened but wished everyone the   
   best, from Buffy and her friends to his tormentors in high school. For a man   
   who suffered so much pain, his last moments were truly his happiest.   
      
           [Odd that all of Jonathan's blood wouldn't open the seal, but just   
   few drops of blood from Spike (or was it Xander?) started it opening. And,   
   of course from the new Slayers in the final episode.]   
      
   8 KATRINA SILBER   
        Her death was the first instance on the show of a human intentionally   
   killing another human. Katrina had the good sense to dump Warren after she   
   found out what a misogynistic sleazebag he is only for him to pop back into   
   her life a year later in the most disturbing of circumstances. Warren and   
   the Trio used a Cerebral Dampener on her, making her believe she was their   
   compliant sex slave. Right as she was about to perform oral sex on Warren,   
   the spell broke.  Katrina was beyond outraged, as anyone would be. She told   
   off the Trio for their sick behavior, likening them to rapists, which   
   shocked and horrified Jonathan—even in 2002, he should have known better.   
   When Katrina turned to leave, Warren cracked her over the head with a wine   
   bottle. Katrina died in Warren's mom's basement, wearing a French maid   
   costume. She deserved to live or at least, a more dignified death.   
      
   7 SPIKE   
       Talk about coming full circle. Spike started off as an anarchistic punk   
   rock vampire who thought of humans as "Happy Meals with legs". One brain   
   chip, a soul, and some love for the Slayer later, and Spike was sacrificing   
   himself to save the world. The amulet Spike wore, meant for a champion,   
   created daylight and killed all the Turok-Han vampires, sealing the   
   Hellmouth. In an ending that was more awkward than sweet, Buffy finally   
   confessed her love for Spike, which he flat-out didn't believe. Hey, Season   
   7 wasn't perfect. This death of a major fan favorite left viewers a little   
   cold. Many Kleenexes remained in the box. But at least Spike was resurrected   
   and returned to star on Angel.   
      
   6 ANYA   
       As a former vengeance demon, Anya went from despising humans to falling   
   in love with one. She even fell in love with the idea of humanity itself.   
   She told Andrew how much she admired humans' resolve when the chips are down   
   and how so many will fight for what's right, even if it's foolish and   
   deadly. Which is exactly what she did. Anya and Andrew were partnered up—a   
   fatal pairing if ever there was one—to fight the Harbingers, the weakest   
   link in the First's army. Still, they were strong enough, as one dragged his   
   sword right through Anya's body. Maybe Anya died doing the "stupid thing",   
   but she died a hero.   
      
   5 JENNY CALENDAR   
        Hers was the first impactful death of the show and remained one of the   
   most heartbreaking throughout the entire series. Jenny was this close to   
   translating the spell to restore Angel's soul—and to consummating her   
   relationship with Giles—when evil Angelus intervened. He chased her   
   throughout the school, a sadistic cat teasing his prey. When he finally   
   caught her, he didn't even feed off her; Angelus just snapped her neck as if   
   she wasn't even worthy of being bitten, as if she were nothing. The fallout   
   was even more brutal to watch. Angelus staged a perfect seduction scene at   
   Giles' apartment complete with wine and roses. An amorous Giles ascended the   
   stairs to his bedroom, only to find Jenny's corpse waiting in his bed.   
   Jenny's was a death Giles never really got over; nor did the fans.   
      
   4 ANGEL   
       This is tragedy of a Shakespearean level. It almost didn't have to   
   happen. Angelus wanted to wake up Acathla to send the world to hell. While   
   Buffy went to fight him, Willow worked on performing the spell to restore   
   his soul, the one Jenny never got to complete. Her spell worked and Angel   
   came back, but it was too late. Acathla was already awake. In the most   
   gut-wrenching breakup ever ever, Buffy told Angel she loved him, she kissed   
      
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