Look, I had a *thought*!

[elisi]

First though, I must wish the Happiest of Birthdays to earth_vexer! May you continue to vex the earth for many, many years to come! :)

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But! The Queen of Polls, gabrielleabelle, made a poll about which show is more adult/mature/dark - Buffy or Angel? Now it's tempting to go for Angel, but otoh there's few things as dark as S6 of BtVS... So, instead of doing the poll, I started turning the problem over in my head, because the shows are both dark, but in different way. And then I had a minor epiphany - the main character of each series is a reflection of the show overall:

BtVS is about a good person who's had darkness forced upon her.

AtS is about a bad person who's had goodness forced upon him.

I think everything springs from this.

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[elisi]

Obviously it's not the whole story, but it's a good way to encapsulate it.
Yes, I thought so too - when looking at the aspects Gabs was pondering! :)

I love them both without reason, but I do think AtS is darker in a lot of ways. I've never been able to re-watch the last half of season 3 for example.
*nods* The fact that they brought in a child (not to mention Angel in S2), really took the show places Buffy couldn't go. And I love S3! It's amazing! (Well, parts of it... *g*)

It's what makes the fluffy little cheerleader dark, but it's what makes her interesting!
Oh yes. Human AUs do nothing for me either.