Random Fandom Fun Poll #7

[gryfndor_godess]

[Poll #1808986]

My Answers:

Willow: Only in certain seasons: S1-S4.  I could probably deal with her in S5, too, and she's okay in S7.
Xander: Only in certain season: S4, S5, S7.
Giles: Only in certain seasons: S1-S5.
Anya: Yes, for the long haul.
Cordelia: Only in certain seasons: S2-S3
Tara: Yes, for the long haul.
Oz: Yes, for the long haul.
Riley: Only in certain seasons: S4.

Comments

[eilowyn.livejournal.com]

I can't help but think Riley would make a good friend. FRIEND, not boyfriend. Though he was a good boyfriend, even if he wasn't right for Buffy.

Xander and Willow are the only ones I have strong opinions about. Xander's too "nice guy" for me, and I only like Willow when she's awkward teen!Willow, not super badass wicca mind controlling!Willow. I'd like Giles as a favorite uncle, but I'm with Anya, Cordelia, Oz and Tara for the long haul. And Dawn, if you put Dawn down (which I think you did deliberately because she's Buffy's sister, not her friend. Though they are friends. Just not external of family bonding friends).

[gryfndor-godess.livejournal.com]

I agree with you about Riley. However, in S5 he bears the brunt of my resentment toward the writers for framing the deterioration of the relationship as Buffy's fault, and I loathe him so much in "All the Way" that I could only put S4.

Ditto on Willow! Awkward Willow is my favorite. :)

Yup, I left Dawn out because she's a sister first and Scooby second. Same on the manpires being love interests/enemies first and Scoobies second (at least in the generalized sense; I guess Spike's a borderline-Scooby at some points after he's an enemy and before he's a viable love interest).

[pocochina.livejournal.com]

I think I'd like Willow and Xander best later on. Willow especially is the BFF/roomie everyone should have during freshman year of college. I wouldn't really want to be friends with Cordelia until AtS. Tara I would be friends with always, <3

[gryfndor-godess.livejournal.com]

Willow is great in that department during S4. I love how much she ships Buffy with whoever-will-make-her-happy, whether that's a vampire in early S2 or Riley in S4, and how vocally she despises Parker. I like your choice of icon!

[quinara]

Willow would drive drives me up the wall; I wouldn't mind being one of the people who says 'hey, Xander' in school or a workmate, but we don't have enough in common to get on as friends; Giles for always, even when we argued; Anya for always, for the lulz and good business decisions; Cordelia for always, if she'd have me because I'd never be a Cordette; Tara for always, because she's Tara and excellent, though we probably wouldn't be very close friends until she came more out of her shell; Oz and I would get on, but we could never hang out without me getting massively frustrated with the silences and wanting to go fuck some shit up; Riley and I have so little in common that being friends would be difficult, plus he's so Normal that I would never feel comfortable talking about most of my life with him.

[gryfndor-godess.livejournal.com]

I like your point on Anya and business decisions. Definitely for the lulz, too. Oh Anya. :)

Ditto on getting closer to Tara after she came out of her shell. I wouldn't be at all opposed to knowing her in S4, but we'd be far from bosom buddies.

[kwritten.livejournal.com]

I think I'm opposed to being super-friends with Willow because of her relationship with Xander, I'd never really want to have to deal with him - and they seem to come equipped with the other at all times.

Tara and I would be epic friends. Like, shy nerdy girls in the corner whispering about things other people don't understand while the whole world is drunk/not paying attention. Epic. Also - her dad = my dad. There's an understanding there that would make us inseperable for life.

Anya and Cordy are like the "cool girls" that I'd always consider my friends, but would agonize over whether or not they considered me one as well. They would, but I'd be really anxious about it.

The two not here - Faith and Dawn? They would be like family.

And I just don't see any long-term bond forming with the men here.

[gryfndor-godess.livejournal.com]

Hee, that is an interesting reason for eschewing Willow!

Tara could use more friends like that, considering how cut off from the Scoobies she seems to be after she and Willow break up; she didn't seem to have a lot of individual friends.

[devilscrayon.livejournal.com]

I said "long haul" for Xander, Giles, Tara and Oz. I think they are faithful and loyal friends and I could actually see having stuff in common with them. Plus I'm quiet, introverted and a music lover, so I see excellent friendships with Tara and Oz!
"Casual acquaintances for the long haul" for Riley, Cordy and Anya. Riley seems like a nice enough guy, but not one I'd bond with. Cordy and Anya I would always want around (they are hilarious and fierce!) but again I don't have much in common with them.
For poor Willow, I put "only in certain seasons"... cause I love her most of the time, but in S6 she quite honestly frightens me!

[gryfndor-godess.livejournal.com]

She frightens me, too, in S6. I feel bad saying I don't want to be friends with her then even though I do in the other seasons b/c the mark of a good friend is one who helps you during the rough patches, too, but her rough patches are so incredibly destructive and selfish and harmful to others. :/

[treadingthedark.livejournal.com]

I could be friends with all of them except Riley. Guys who belong to secret military organizations make me uncomfortable. You never know when it could suddenly be "chips all around then" plus, he's probably always armed, and plus he's just too big. He'd take up too much room in my Yaris.

I'll have sex with him once though if I'm not busy, see what he can do. ;)

[gryfndor-godess.livejournal.com]

Hee! :D Sounds like a good plan to me...

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

Really don't think I could be friends with Xander. Total personality conflict and no common interests. Plus he's too fidgety and high-strung. I prefer laid back people like Giles or Tara.

Others I could take or leave. I could be friends with S7 Willow maybe. But seasons 3-6, noooo way.

[gryfndor-godess.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I could be friends with S7 Willow. I feel conflicted because I don't like how she gets to S7 or her redemption arc in it, but taken on its own, out of context of the rest of the seasons, I like her just fine.

[tennyo-elf.livejournal.com]

I like friends! I'd be happy with knowing everyone, however I'd find a lot of happiness in a long haul friendship with everyone but Xander and Riley. Both are good guys but something about them leaves me on edge. I feel uncomfortable with them. But I'd still like to know them and be there for them come sleet or snow...just not hang with them often.

[gryfndor-godess.livejournal.com]

That's an interesting way to put it, saying you'd be there for them but wouldn't want to actually hang out with them. It reminds me of family relationships- you love them and want to help them because they're your family, but you don't necessarily want to see them apart from the holidays. :)

[tennyo-elf.livejournal.com]

Well, not to be overly serious about it, but I have very little family irl. My friends I tend to view as family and even acquaintances I tend to overly care about. I didn't get to make a large group of friends earlier in life so any friend I make now I want to be there for, even if I don't see them or hang out with them very much.

So the more friends the better, and they are good guys, which is why I'd like to know them. And because they are good people, I want to be there for them if they need. Otherwise I wouldn't go out of my way to see them...so basically yup, they would be like family I don't see apart from holidays. (lol! I just rewrote what you wrote.)

[gryfndor-godess.livejournal.com]

:) I'm glad you have a good group of friends now!

[tennyo-elf.livejournal.com]

:D