Soulless vampire Buffy
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I think the closest thing to that was her Wishverse version. I imagine her soulless self would dress and behave the same way, only she'd be actually evil and target humans instead of vampires.
Do we actually know if she'd retain her Slayer powers while being technically dead, though? Not sure about that.
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I don't know. Just my own personal theory (like Giles, I've got one...)
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I actually think the opposite would be true; VampBuffy would be more into clothes. Though she might well pick a fashion era and stick with it, no matter what. Though that isn't certain. Both Darla and Drusilla showed an interest in clothing, and I think VampBuffy, given she already liked fashion, would be the same way. Vampires, in general, seem more shallow and unable to grow and develop.
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In Buffy's case, I see her interest in fashion as a way to keep a sense of normalcy in her life. I imagine a soulless version of her wouldn't give a damn about anything and the more practical, nonchalant side of her that we've occasionally seen would be more prevalent. She was that way in the Wishverse because it was a darker version of her, the soulless version would be even darker.
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Shallow and unable to grow? It sounds like a vampire Cordy would be just the ticket and she can pal around with vampire Harmony.
I think vampire Buffy would have reversed the "traditional roles" of couples like she did as a Slayer, even more (differently from Darla and Drusilla or theoretical vampire Cordelia and vampire Harmony)
The main characters (Buffy with Giles, Xander and Willow) were specular to the main vampires (The Master, Spike and Drusilla) the same as Cordelia and Harmony (as "cool" girls) that were specular to Angelus and Spike (as "cool" vampires): The couples Angel-Cordelia and Spike-Harmony aren't a casualty.
The Master =Giles: The old patriarchs (as vampires)
Spike and Drusilla = Xander and Willow (as vampires
Buffy's relationship with Giles (symbolically as "daughter") was specular to The Mayor-Faith in season 3 and The Master-Darla in season 1 (metaphorically "father-daughter" relationships):
-The Master ("father") - Darla ("daughter") (Season 1 villains).
-The Mayor ("father") - Faith ("daughter") (Season 3 villains).
The Master and the Mayor were the main antagonists, instead Darla and Faith were the "secondary/passive role" as antagonists. Buffy's role was reversed since Buffy had the "main/active role" compared to Giles (the father figure)
Buffy's relationship with Angel was specular to Spike-Drusilla in season 2 (boyfriend-girlfriend's relationship).
At the beginning of season 2, Spike and Drusilla represented a typical standard of male-female couple: metaphorical "strong man"- "weak woman" protected by the boy/man.
Buffy and Angel's relationship represented the reverse of it: instead of the man/boy that saves the girl, there is the girl (Buffy) that saves the boy/man (Angel), in order to change the stereotypical representation of "damsel in distress" saved by the boy/man.
Angel had the "traditional feminine role" in his relationship with Buffy, like Drusilla with Spike. Angel/Drusilla were always saved by Buffy/Spike in the first half of season 2.
When Spike got handicapped, Drusilla regained strength and Angel turned Angelus; the roles reversed:
-Angelus had a "more traditional masculine" role with Drusilla (also the gendered masculine ending -us of the name "Angelus" compared to the name "Angel" that doesn't have a gendered ending, and it can be used for both male and female)
-Spike, instead, in a wheelchair was "in a weak role" like Drusilla was in the beginning (the injured)
The ending fights of season 2 (where Spike allied himself with Buffy):
1) Angelus vs Buffy: The main role
2) Drusilla vs Spike
The same for Darla had the traditional role of the "damsel in distress" that must be protected and saved by Angel in ATS Season 2 (The Trial, etc.)
As said before, The Master-Darla in season 1 represented a metaphorically a "father-daughter" relationships with The Master as traditional, old and authoritarian (in a bad kind of way) "father" and Darla as the secondary antagonist, with the typical subservient role of the woman.
Differently, Buffy (a girl) defeated and killed The Master that represented "patriarchal authority". Buffy's role was reversed since Buffy had the "main/active role" compared to Giles (the father figure)
She would do the same as a vampire (even more) by killing or rejecting the "patriarchal authority" and reversing the "traditional roles"
In short: for the antagonist, the writers wanted to represent the traditional roles with "man in primary position" (The Master, Spike/Angelus and the Mayor) and woman in "secondary position" (Darla, Drusilla and Faith). The same for Season 4: Adam-Maggie Walsh ("mother-son" relationship) with Adam in the primary role as main antagonist and Maggie Walsh, the secondary villain.
Buffy would have reversed this role as a vampire like she did as a Slayer (even more), by probably killing The Master or Angelus or Spike or rejecting them (depending on the one that "sire" her): similarly to Darla, Drusilla or William's mother but reversed since Buffy had the "active role" not being the "traditional secondary" role of the girl/woman.
Buffy-Giles-Willow-Xander (the 4 main characters) are a similar/specular version of the Fanged Four (Angelus-Darla-Spike-Drusilla) with Buffy as Angel/Angelus as the main character of the group.
So, I think vampire Buffy would have tormented and turned Giles-Xander-Willow as another version of the Fanged Four (like Angelus did) or she would have rejected and killed them (like William's mother Anne did).
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