Talk:Buffy Summers

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Buffy IS gay

That is not a conjecture or vandalism, it's a FACT.

When we see Buffy and an Asian girl in the middle of a sex scene, she IS a lesbian, regardless of what she says.

This is not "original research". There is a comic book, a canon comic book, written by the creator of the show himself, that depicts Buffy as a lesbian. Thus, it is a fact backed by canon material BY THE CREATOR OF THE CHARACTER.

This is NOT "vandalism", either. Stating a truthful fact, backed by canon evidence, is not vandalism. Thus, I am deeply insulted and offended that you take a truthful contribution as "vandalism".

Now, you may not agree with lesbianism, you may think it degrades the character, but the fact still stands: Buffy is a lesbian.

I'm planning to edit again the article to include this truthful fact.

~~Agustinaldo~~

Joss Whedon says, and I quote, “We’re not going to make her gay, nor are we going to take the next 50 issues explaining that she’s not. She’s young and experimenting, and did I mention open-minded?”[1] Buffy doesn't identify as lesbian in the issue, her creator states she isn't a lesbian... she's not a lesbian. It is original reseach because it's your personal interpretation of said scene in comic; I interpretate it differently to you and neither of our interpretations go in the article because we're not reliable sources. Find a reliable source describing Buffy as a lesbian and maybe it can go in with the right context. That you consider Buffy a lesbian doesn't make it fact. Paul 730 14:57, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

To add to Paul730's statement, Buffy also made it clear to Satsu that it was a one-time deal. She didn't feel about women that way; the girl was lonely and the fact that her knowing Satsu's feelings for her made it easier to release all the sexual tension built within. Don't expect anymore encounters between Buffy and Satsu, or Buffy with any other girl for that matter.--The Scourge (talk) 01:18, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If it was a one-time deal and "experimentation", she really doesn't belong in the Category:Fictional LGBT characters. That category is for The L Word characters and Xandir (and Willow) where the sexuality of the character is significant to the character. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 00:30, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, it was on newsarama where Joss said that "sexuality is a scale", and everyone has tendencies, but Buffy is straight. Maybe not 100% would-never-kiss-a-girl straight, but she likes men. Not much with the lesbiany. Now, it's not a matter of people keeping the category off having a homophobic motivation, it's simply trying to be true to Whedon's intent and Wikipedia policy. Anyway, "either a lesbian or she isn't"? Does bisexuality not exist at all in your world? ~Zythe^{Talk to me!} 21:21, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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It is mentioned in the Season 1 episode Welcome to the Hellmouth and the Season 2 episode School Hard, that Buffy burnt down more than one building at Hemery High.

I missed any such mention in "WttH". – When Buffy said in "School Hard" that she didn't burn down a school building one time, I took it as referring to the old science lab in "Some Assembly Required", rather than to a second building at Hemery. —Tamfang (talk) 06:57, 18 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Buffy burnt down the gym at Hemery High, and she burnt down an old disused building at Sunnydale High, that used to house science labs, and that was being used by a pair of teenage Frankensteins to make a girl in Some Assembly Required. It is no doubt that fire to which Snyder refers in School Hard.Don Sample (talk) 02:08, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]