Your first impression of Dawn

I think she was exactly what she was supposed to be. She came across as annoying and irritating. That's exactly what younger siblings are like. They get away with everything, take credit for things they didn't do and basically cause trouble for no reason without even trying too!! (Can you tell I'm an older sibling lol)
 
Well, I was very confused. I just started watching the show last summer (I came in at the end of season 2) so already had no clue what was going on. Then I stopped watching (because we moved) midway through season 3. But I had read some fanfiction that kept mentioning Dawn and I'm like "who the heck is Dawn? I'm missing something." I finally figured out she was some plot mechanic. But I was still kind of shocked when I finally saw the episode. They just kind of threw her in there. I can only imagine how confused and freaked people were when it originally aired.

By the next episode I was ready to smack her. I don't remember my younger brother ever being that annoying. And I hope my kids aren't that annoying to each other. Dawn needed some friends of her own. She just kept getting in the way.
 
Yeah, like in the episode "Real Me" in the very beginning, when Dawn interrupted Buffy's meditation&concentration I wanted to beat Dawn up. rrr..
 
UlaGan said:
Yeah, like in the episode "Real Me" in the very beginning, when Dawn interrupted Buffy's meditation&concentration I wanted to beat Dawn up. rrr..
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yes, exactly. She was so nosey. I'm not sure how Buffy got anything done and it made no sense that her mother would have Buffy keeping tabs on Dawn when she knows how dangerous Buffy's life is.

Maybe I don't get it since my brother was only 2 years younger then me and Dawn is supposed to be like 5 years younger then Buffy. Maybe that makes a difference. Or, Dawn is just so freaking annoying she can't make friends of her own so she has to annoy her sister. Either way they needed to tie her up in a closet so they could actually get anything done.
 
justanotherjen said:
yes, exactly. She was so nosey. I'm not sure how Buffy got anything done and it made no sense that her mother would have Buffy keeping tabs on Dawn when she knows how dangerous Buffy's life is.

Maybe I don't get it since my brother was only 2 years younger then me and Dawn is supposed to be like 5 years younger then Buffy. Maybe that makes a difference. Or, Dawn is just so freaking annoying she can't make friends of her own so she has to annoy her sister. Either way they needed to tie her up in a closet so they could actually get anything done.
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LOl.. Upon watching 'Real Me' I felt lucky being the only child in family. I don't even know what would I do if I had such Dawn as a sister...
 
I probably would have strangled her as a toddler, lol. My brother was never that annoying. In fact he was and is one of my best friends. We pretty much went around with the same group of friends until high school. But we were 3 years apart so I was off in college not too long after that. I even did a speech about him in college. We were supposed to do it on an influential person in our lives. Most people did it on their parents, grandparents or a teacher, but I spoke about him.

Okay, now I miss him. He lives on the other side of the country and i've only seen him twice in the last 7 1/2 years. Wah!
 
When Dawn first popped up I me and my younger sis were like "what the??" and then I started to think she was evil.....what episode was it.....?? where she offers Joyce tea and I was like NOOO don't drink it!!! I think it's the episode where buffy finds out from the monk about what Dawn is. but..she has grown on me as a character....... somewhat..
 
hmmmmmmmm i cant remember.... i wasnt annoyed like some other people i knew who watched it... i was intrigued i guess
 
Dawn? First impression?

Waste of talent on the writer's behalf. Waste of space.

Later on?

Repeat!
 
The first Buffy seasons I watched were 1 and 6, so this led to slight confusion characterwise. Also, I had read enough books of Buffy to she did in fact not have a sister.
So when I saw the episode for the first time I thought 'That's it? Did I miss an episode or two?'
 
Based on her, "Boy, is she in for a surprise." I assumed Dawn was some sort of reality warping demon whose true purpose wouldn't be revealed for some time... and not necessarily bode well for Buffy and crew. I could be wrong, but I recall reading somewhere not even the writers were sure what she was at this point. It was a surprise having the audience more clued in about what Dawn was before the character herself, but I think it played out very well.
 
I didnt like her at first... she annoyed me lol... but i later grew to like her lol... she wasnt so bad after all
 
I love the storyline of Dawn, the purpose of Dawn, why Dawn exists... but Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn bugged me to holy hell in Season 5. Her face on the screen would bug me occasionally - it was hard for me to watch her scenes sometimes. Even more so the second time I watched the series. But, thankfully, she bugged me a lot less in S:6, and even less than that in S:7. I like that she grew up with the seasons. Yay for the fantasticalness of the Buffy writers! 😉

I liked her most in S:7 and having just finished that season again for the second time the other night I think a lot of that has to do with her whining ratio going from like, 90/10 to about, eh, 20/80. I liked that she got into Demonology and became an asset, a mini-scooby, to be precise.

So really, kudos to Michelle T. for being sooo good at being annoying, and being sooo good at 'growing up'.
 
I couldn't stand her and I wanted Buffy to get rid of her. But in season 7, I loved her! She was actually really funny and very helpful.
 
Y'know, watching through a few episodes of Season Five, I sort of started to wonder if I should re-evaluate my feelings about Dawn. I mean, she was after all, some innocent kid, created by powers and beings larger than herself, larger than anyone could seem to understand.

I realized then that it was actually the actress I couldn't stomach, not the character.
 
At first viewing: "Huh? -- Did I missing something? -- What the $%&! are they doing to my show? ::grrr::"

On rewatching, I am one of the (obviously, very, very) few who like Dawn right from the beginning... and I'm 180° on the opposite from Elithustras last sentence - MT is one of my favorite "eye candies" in the show. :wink:
 
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