"DavidW" <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> As I mentioned in another thread, I am new to BTVS. I am just coming up
to
> the
> end of season 2. I am thinking back to the episode with the other
slayer,
> Kendra. She turned up because Buffy had died, very briefly, earlier on.
> This
> implies that when one slayer dies, another will soon replace her.
Yes.
> From the
> vamps' point of view then, there's no point in killing a slayer unless
> that
> slayer is a particularly strong one like Buffy, since the replacement is
> most
> likely not going to be as strong. Conversely, if the current slayer is a
> particularly weak one, wouldn't it be in the vamps' interests to protect
> her,
> since if they kill her the next one is likely to be stronger?
If there were an organized nation of vampires, then that would make a lot
of
sense. But there's not. And vampires aren't terribly sensible anyway.
Just blood thirsty in a very literal way. (The Master probably would have
liked an organized nation of vampires, but he had to settle for one group
of
minions and a local Slayer problem. Besides, from his point of view,
killing Buffy fulfilled a prophecy to his advantage.)
From an individual vampire's point of view, the Slayer that matters is the
one that's in its face. However weak or strong this one is, it's still
better for the next Slayer to be in some other vampire's face.
Some vampires probably like to kill Slayers to wear as a badge of pride.
Do
you remember what Spike said in School Hard?
Spike: You've got Slayer problems. That's a bad piece of luck. Do you
know
what I find works real good with Slayers? Killing them. ... Yeah, I did
a
couple Slayers in my time. I don't like to brag. Who am I kidding? I
*love*
to brag!
In mythic terms, Slayer vs. vampire is a perpetual battle. They're
supposed
to fight each other. It's what they are.
> Also, there seems to be a contradiction between having a new slayer as
> soon as
> one dies and one slayer per "generation", unless "generation" is just
the
> average time they last rather than a rule set down by the powers that
be.
> If
> there's really only one per generation then vampires should try to kill
> them all
> as soon as possible so they can have up to about 20 years slayer free.
"Generation" means the life span of an individual Slayer after she's
called.
It's not an average. One generation might last seven years. Another
might
last seven weeks. But it's a straight sequence, one after the other,
which
each Slayer representing one generation. (Until Kendra anyway. Buffy
seems
to have messed things up by being brought back to life.)
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