Could A Doll Be The Slayer?

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Could a doll be programmed to become the Slayer? What this would come down to, basically, is, is the Slayer just a collection of enhanced abilities, like strength and accelerated healing, or is it something more, something like attitude, courage, dedication, and commitment? Superior fighting skills don't necessarily require superior strength. We see that in characters like Batman and the Black Widow, neither of whom have any sort of super powers, but both have sought and overcome opponents far more powerful than themselves. So, the question is, could a Doll be programmed to be, or at least effectively fulfill the duties of, the Slayer?
 
Skanky Vamp
Skanky Vamp
Not to be that nerd but Black Widow was dosed with a super serum just like Captain America.. so she has super powers.
I don't think so . She has supernatural abilities like being able to detect Vampires . Plus don't forgot the Slayers dreams . That just 2 things .
Also according to Spike there something different about Slayers blood .
 
Agreed . There a big mystic part of being a slayer .
 
Slayers definitely have super strength, alongside other sets of skills like accuracy, balance, etc. They are made of demon essence, so a doll could never match a slayer. But you could have a doll that is pretty much trained in all those aspects, but it would never compete with the skills of the slayer.

(actually this made me wonder, I imagine the dolls have to work out loads, or else you'd get dolls that are black belts in 4 different type of martial art, but that are so out of shape they can't do anything).
 
Blaze said:
But you could have a doll that is pretty much trained in all those aspects
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Wouldn't a doll trained in all of those aspects be Riley? He was the (male) human equivalent to the Slayer.
 
Mr. Pole said:
Wouldn't a doll trained in all of those aspects be Riley? He was the (male) human equivalent to the Slayer.
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That's actually exactly what I was thinking. Riley is a male "slayer" that isn't actually a slayer.
 
Agreed . They couldn't be a Slayer but they make a great watcher for one .
And they wouldn't have to spends years training one.
 
You know what. I was wrong. Yes, they can be a Slayer. In fact it is canon. All a doll would have to do to be a Slayer is to want to be one really bad.
 
You right. We see Buffy beginning to pick up Dawn & next we see what looks like Buffy carrying what looks like Fawn but we don't see either of their faces.
 
That mjolnir-like hammer, tho...
The prophetic dreams and feeling the presence of evil... i think the slayers inspired Dragon Age's Grey Wardens.
 
Blaze said:
(actually this made me wonder, I imagine the dolls have to work out loads, or else you'd get dolls that are black belts in 4 different type of martial art, but that are so out of shape they can't do anything).
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One would assume so. That or they somehow program their bodies to somehow keep themselves physically in top shape.
Blaze said:
That's actually exactly what I was thinking. Riley is a male "slayer" that isn't actually a slayer.
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Eh, after his downgrade Riley was no longer close to Buffy. He could kill (minor) vampires but his training wouldn't let him go toe to toe with, say, Angel and come out on top (as we saw in one episode).

I imagine with greater resources and willingness to use them though that various modern weapons could've been of great use against demons and vampires. Riley does demonstrate the capability of grenades in one episode and while Wesley doesn't usually fair too well with his weapons military level weapons may have been more successful. Even high powered hunting rifles would've taken down most demons. An actual machine gun would blow vampires and the like apart. It was one of the things I was disappointed with the Initiative. Rather than just tasering Hostile Subterrestials I would have liked to see them break out heavy equipment.

In short, I think Dolls with proper equipment would have been unable to mimic Buffy's prowess but could have done similar amounts of damage against most foes when not caught by surprise. That said whichever side surprised the other would like win.
 
"Graduation Day II" showed that people, appropriately armed, could take on vampires, so a doll could be trained to use sunlight, a stake through the heart, holy water, a cross, fire or decapitation without a great deal of need for fitness. And vampires are not necessarily all that perceptive - a ninja could easily take out a vampire before any of them could see it and there are schools of ninjitsu (from what I hear, there is one in Toronto) that could add this to their list of capabilities. Even Cordy staked a vampire. The dolls appeared to be physically fit - training would be needed but the conditioning is already there.
 
True anyone could take down a vampire . But I don't think they could just program them . You need to train them & you still wont have the Slayer package just someone who could take them from the shadows .
 
If they could take Whiskey and give her the medical package in one easy programming session, I doubt there is as much in the slayer package. The rapid recovery may be off the table because it is demonic in origin, but you might be surprised what can be done there - some people have shown rapid recuperation under hypnosis and the programming session is largely that.
 
I don't think it was as easy at that with Whiskey . And I think it not just the rapid recovery that demonic but not being injured as easy as a human too.
Don't forgot the speed & strength as well.
 
(Mr Pole--Not to be that nerd but Black Widow was dosed with a super serum just like Captain America.. so she has super powers)

Originally (way, way back in the long ago, when I was just a little Avenger) Captain America's serum was supposed to make him the perfect soldier, the optimum development in human perfection. He didn't have any superhuman powers, instead, he had no human, sort of what I always envisioned Buffy as being. He was, literally, the "be all that you can be" guy, with even his great strength and speed explained as being the same thing as the father who could lift an automobile off of his child, except that it could be done at will.

I know that that's not exactly the way that the movies, or even the newer comics present it, but that's the way that I remember it.

Come to think of it, though, that would have to have been the infamous "Captain America of the '50's" not the original Steve Rogers, so maybe his super soldier formula was lacking some key ingredient.
 
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