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Buffy Summers
These days, if someone even mentions the word "heroine" in regards to fantasy entertainment, the first character that springs to mind, for many, many fanboys, is Buffy Summers.
In no small part, one has to lay responsibility for Buffy's popularity at the feet of her creator, fanboy deity Joss Whedon. Buffy, under the pen of Whedon, was strong-willed and sassy, spewing Whedon's trademark (and sometimes tiresome) "witty" one-liners and sarcasm with fervor. Equally adept dishing out the wisecracks and the ass-whipping, it was easy to see why her show drew in viewers from a decidedly disparate audience (everything from comic book nerds to militant feminists). However, one also has to credit Sarah Michelle Gellar, whose combination of stunning good looks and clever dialogue delivery made Buffy so endearing to so many people.
In any case, the Buffy formula of choreographed action combined with realistic melodrama has become the gold standard these days for a new breed of female-driven fantasy entertainment series.
Buffy Summers
These days, if someone even mentions the word "heroine" in regards to fantasy entertainment, the first character that springs to mind, for many, many fanboys, is Buffy Summers.
In no small part, one has to lay responsibility for Buffy's popularity at the feet of her creator, fanboy deity Joss Whedon. Buffy, under the pen of Whedon, was strong-willed and sassy, spewing Whedon's trademark (and sometimes tiresome) "witty" one-liners and sarcasm with fervor. Equally adept dishing out the wisecracks and the ass-whipping, it was easy to see why her show drew in viewers from a decidedly disparate audience (everything from comic book nerds to militant feminists). However, one also has to credit Sarah Michelle Gellar, whose combination of stunning good looks and clever dialogue delivery made Buffy so endearing to so many people.
In any case, the Buffy formula of choreographed action combined with realistic melodrama has become the gold standard these days for a new breed of female-driven fantasy entertainment series.
