Buffy the vampire slayer

[JD10367]

Originally Posted by J-Town Fan 1988

What irks me is Whedon seems to have a thing for killing off / harming his male characters that some dudes might identify with. See: Xander in Buffy's last season, Doyle, Wesley, and perhaps Lindsey in Angel, and Wash in the Firefly movie. The only thing I can imagine it to be a part of his feminist leanings, though I've forgotten my reasoning why he makes a point to this. Maybe it's because he himself identifies with his female characters than their opposites. Or he just chooses to sacrifice the men for dramatic effect. Maybe college has trained me to over analyze, I dunno. But to me it seems like Whedon has it out for his stable of Everymen.

A slanted viewpoint to justify your theory. You forgot to mention...

He offed Willow's girlfriend Tara.
He offed Xander's girlfriend Anya.
He offed Cordelia after she moved to "Angel".
He offed Buffy's mom with a brain tumor.
He offed the third slayer (that hot Spanishy looking chick).
He offed Darla, then brought her back in "Angel", then offed her again.
He offed a bunch of Slayerettes at the end of the show.
Hell, he even offed Buffy herself. Twice. (End of Season 1, end of Season 5.)

Methinks Joss just likes to kill people in general.