Abby27
Potential
I think there was a big difference between how the plot was furthered in season 1 versus season 2.
S1 felt driven more by prophecy and old folklore while S2 switched it up and no longer relied on traditional prophecy to more the plot forward: In season 1 Buffy had more prophetic dreams, there were more references to prophecies (the anointed one and the master), and the rules of vampires and demons were still getting established so they didn't deviate from the norm of the monsters too much. At the end of season 1 when Buffy comes back to life, the Master tells her, "I killed you, it was written" to which Buffy replies, "What can I say, I flunked the written." I think this was the turning point. Buffy defied prophecy. Buffy takes what tradition had set up to be the way slaying works and redefined it her way which is an overall theme of the show.
In season 2 after Buffy deals with the aftermath of the Master, Spike comes along as a sort of foil for the Master: The Master loved prophecy and definitely resembled a classic vampire god. Spike was the new age, rock and roll, "play by his own rules" vampires who didn't care too much for tradition, as seen when he kills the anointed one. His line "A little less ritual and a little more fun" I think this defines the transition between the first season and the rest of the series: in the second season the plot was less driven by Giles reading a prophecy from the codex, but more by a character's action and redefining what folklore sets up as the way vampires and demons work.
What do ya'll think? I'm a little tired so maybe I'm not expressing my thoughts on this clearly but let's see what we can come up with!
S1 felt driven more by prophecy and old folklore while S2 switched it up and no longer relied on traditional prophecy to more the plot forward: In season 1 Buffy had more prophetic dreams, there were more references to prophecies (the anointed one and the master), and the rules of vampires and demons were still getting established so they didn't deviate from the norm of the monsters too much. At the end of season 1 when Buffy comes back to life, the Master tells her, "I killed you, it was written" to which Buffy replies, "What can I say, I flunked the written." I think this was the turning point. Buffy defied prophecy. Buffy takes what tradition had set up to be the way slaying works and redefined it her way which is an overall theme of the show.
In season 2 after Buffy deals with the aftermath of the Master, Spike comes along as a sort of foil for the Master: The Master loved prophecy and definitely resembled a classic vampire god. Spike was the new age, rock and roll, "play by his own rules" vampires who didn't care too much for tradition, as seen when he kills the anointed one. His line "A little less ritual and a little more fun" I think this defines the transition between the first season and the rest of the series: in the second season the plot was less driven by Giles reading a prophecy from the codex, but more by a character's action and redefining what folklore sets up as the way vampires and demons work.
What do ya'll think? I'm a little tired so maybe I'm not expressing my thoughts on this clearly but let's see what we can come up with!
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TheVoid68
Perfectly said
PassionBecoming
Sounds about right!