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Two Buffy Characters that Get a Lot of Dislike, But I Like

Dawn Summers:  She is Buffy's sister, who is introduced in season 5 and she turns out to be the "key" to open up into a demon dimension.  I know Dawn is seen as "annoying" and "whiny", but she is, to quote Spike, a hormonal time bomb that a demon God wants to bleed to death to open up the door to her home dimension.   She is also the younger sister to the slayer, seen as just a kid that is seen as someone they need to baby-sit, and is desperate to prove herself.  Next to Willow, she's the character I can relate the most too.  I have an older sister just like Dawn and can relate to wanting to be taken seriously. Riley Finn: He is Buffy's boyfriend in season 4 and half-way through 5.  Riley gets a lot of hate, especially after his actions in season 5.  I agree it was a dumb choice, but cannot help his insecurities or at least he won't get over it overnight.  I feel like it was partly Buffy's fault too, the problems they had.  Riley was

What I Read in March!

March  Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb (5) Persuasion by Jane Austen (2) A Secret Rage by Charlaine Harris (2) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (5) If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (5) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (3) Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson (5)

What I Read in April!

April I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (4) Revival by Stephen King (3) Nevernight by Jay Kristoff (5) Rules of Civility By Amor Towles (4) The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, & Maureen Johnson (3) The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski (3) Gotham Sirens Book One  by Paul Dini, Guillem March, Tony Bedard, Andres Guinaldo (5) Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (5)