Evolution...?

[Lyri]

ok, i know this might come out a little strange sounding, but just hear me out, ok?
i just finished watching 'Get it Done' (think that's the ep) when Buffy went to talk to the Shadow Men. they offered her more power, by infecting(?) her with the spirit of the same demon that was used to create the first Slayer. Buffy rejects the offer, and the Shadow Men tell her 'This is how it was then. How it must me now.' to which Buffy replies 'By making me less human?'
so that got me thinking. When the First Slayer was infected with the demon, she was almost comepletely taken over by it. she was animalistic, the farthest thing from human and still BE human. now, maybe this was a sign of her times, of her world. maybe all the people from her time were like that, i don't know. but lets say that the demon dust made her like this. what happened to the Slayers that came after her? Where they the same? or did the demon dust 'evolve' with every new Slayer? making them a little bit less demon. was every Slayer a little bit more human than the one to some before them, until it resulted in Buffy?
as far as we know, every Slayer to come before Buffy gave up her family and her life to be the Chosen One, apart from Nikki Wood, and she didn't really have a choice in the matter. Well, i guess she did, but we'll leave that for another discussion.
Buffy refused to give up her friends and family, and, at one point, she gave up her life because she refused to let her being the Chosen One take Dawn.
so does this mean that Buffy was the 'most human' Slayer? and if so, what does that mean for all the new Slayers?

i know i got a bit long winded there, but i open the topic for discussion.

 

[Black Eye Guy]

I don't think the demon side of the slayer evolved, but adapted. Every girl was different, and they grew up in different situations and different eras that would effect who the slayer was.

Like I think the first slayer was the way she was because of the time she was in, she had to be animalistic because that's what the people where like back then.

Take Kendra for example she came after Buffy, but she had given up everything, this was because of the society she was in. While Buffy who was brought up in a more rebellious type of society, where teenagers question the people that give them instructions and often don't follow peoples advise.

 

[Schillaci]

so does this mean that Buffy was the 'most human' Slayer?

No, "most human" would be a perception based on the societal standards of the day.

and if so, what does that mean for all the new Slayers?.

They'd have a hell of a reputation to live up to.

Here's how I currently like to look at the 'three wise men' in that episode. Let us imagine they are christians, and the power they offer is the bible. Buffy tells them that slayers have progressed and what might have been useful in the past is now outdated, backward, and mostly only harmful. They don't listen and try force their harmful power onto her.

You could also relate it to current events, like a govt(this would be the three "wise" men.. I heard their names were Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Cheney)believing force is the only option to get the job done. Buffy realising that the times have changed prefers to get the job done with the understanding she has gained through her gathering of knowledge and her experience.

 

[nerd4hire]

Did anyone ever read the Tales of the Slayers comic TPB? I think the First Slayer story is by Joss Whedon. In it the First Slayer, or I think she's sometimes called the primal has just slayed a demon for a village. This girl comes outside the village to offer her some food, and deliver a message from the people. Basically the message is, "Thanks for the demon-slaying, but get lost."

We're led to believe that was the life of the primal - a solitary existence of vampire slaying rejected by human society. That's bound to drive you a little nuts.