When was Buffy an antihero?

[Chosen Enemy]

Every hero has his antihero moments. Well, the good written ones, anyway.
What was Buffy's?

*Antihero, for those who don't know, is:
A protagonist who lacks the attributes that make a heroic figure, as nobility of mind and spirit, a life or attitude marked by action or purpose, and the like.

(Credit for the defination to some dictionary site...)

 

[ashleigh]

I would say season 5. She made it very clear that she would rather let the world be destroyed than let Dawn be killed Dawn to save it. (Which was kind of dumb because Dawn would have died anyway). Of course there was the loophole that Buffy could sacrifice herself, but she wasn't aware of that when she told Giles she wouldn't let anyone kill Dawn.

Or have I completely missed the meaning of antihero?

 

[EvilBuffy]

The definition doesn't exactly sway me in one way or another. I think we all have different views and opinions on who is (or should be) considered a hero and who is an anti-hero. I felt Buffy had a very anti-hero-ish moment when she stabbed Faith. Maybe anti-hero isn't the best word(s?) to describe her actions then, but in that moment, I didn't see a hero. I didn't see her as a villain either though, which is probably why I just consider it my main 'anti-hero Buffy' moment.

 

[Taake]

For me it's probably season 6, she loses her way there and just kind of "goes through the motions" (😉) but has kind of lost her Slayer drive for a big part of the season. Obviously for understandable reasons and she bounces back from it which is incredible of her but I do think that's the season when she struggles the most with being a hero.

 

[dexeded]

Normal Again. You can't get more antihero than trying to kill all your friends.

 

[Xin Rong]

The Season 5 unwillingness to let Dawn die, and the stabbing of Faith seem pretty fair examples. Also Buffy in Angel, where she encounters Faith.

Season 7 also springs to mind, she wasn't very noble, she was constantly willing to do what had to be done, despite the cost of lives, that doesn't seem altogether heroic... for me a real 'heroic figure' is someone categorical, such as superman or captain america (in most cases) someone who is steadfast in their opinion of right and wrong, no matter what the cost. In short, Noble.