From Chris Snellgrove
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In Buffy the Vampire SlayerThe trio are among the most hated villains, especially after one of its members (Warren) accidentally killed Willow’s girlfriend Tara. Most fans now consider these bad guys to be perfect for the problematic and otherwise below average sixth season of the show. However, the trio is actually that perfect Buffy bad guys because they emphasize one of the most powerful topics when horror: Ultimately, unpredictable people are far more dangerous than any monster.
The trio
Those who have been Buffy From the beginning, fans have often said that the trio are poor bad guys because they are not as metaphorical as other iconic characters. This is a show in which the fantastic was always a mirror for everyday life. For example, angel that has evil after sex with buffy is a deliberate metaphor for young men who reveal themselves after sleeping with their friends to be idiots. Compared to Buffy‘S Many other metaphors (such as magic sayings that represent sex and the master for Buffy’s alienated father), a trio annoyed nerds can appear a little boring.
However, these evil boys were secretly one Brilliant Creation of the authors of the show because they embody one of the longest ongoing topics in horror. These people are more dangerous than the monsters against whom they are fighting. Like zombie films Dawn of the dead And shows like The changing deadFor example, the unpredictability of man underline it more dangerous than the foreseeable danger of a zombie. In BuffyThis idea is shown by the fact that vampires are driven by instinct, but that human threats also cause chaos beyond that anything A vamp can do with its dark magic.
There are many other examples of people in Buffy To be more dangerous than the check of the show of the show. Principal Synde was an early example of an human enemy that was able to successfully threaten our characters in daylight, and Caleb’s appealable affability made it possible for him to kill many victims (including the observer council!), Which could possibly give another senseless monster. And while both have been redeemed, both Willow and Faith prove that people who accept their inner dark side can cause more damage than even the smartest vamps.
Great villains
So what does that do? Buffy The lesson for the history of history of villain has to do with why the trio are so great bad guys? On the one hand, Warren fits directly into the shape of the human villains mentioned above. He kept the hunter almost the entire sixth season on her toes by using a series of schemes that were driven by both magic and technology. How many vampires or werewolves in their opinion would have been able to (even temporarily) catch our favorite district in one Groundhog Day Time loop?
For another thing Buffy‘S Evil Trio fit for a season that threw difficulties on our title hero for the good or bad. Sure, the Slayer still fought against fantastic monsters from week to week, but these boys were a cake walk compared to challenges such as the payment of the mortgage, playing surrogate and demolishing their poisonous friend. In a season in which the everyday life was processed into the monstrous, a pitiful human villain fits directly like Warren.
Finally, BuffyThe trio was a perfect reflection of a large topic of season 6: the dangers of magic. The same season in which Willow was addicted by dark powers also showed the dangers of hateful small interventions that gain access to their own magical skills. Sure, season 7 this controversial action decreased (magic was suddenly no longer addicted), but at that time the trio served as reflections in this story, even when they distracted us from the growing threat of Willow.
Nobody can deny that Warren who shoots Tara is a potion of tragic moment, but this terrible scene brings us back to the ever -dressing topic that people are more dangerous than monsters. You can call a number of magical stations to protect yourself from things that come to the night, but nobody can prevent Warren from showing up with a weapon and accidentally killing a mighty witch. The lesson is clear: the monstativity in humans is something that Buffy can never kill, and it is something that everyone is in Sunnydale And Anyone who watches has to be careful forever.
If that sounds bleak, well … what else did you expect from season 6?
