Forgot the why.


Buffy is my favorite because her whole story is built on the trope of "Mugging the Monster".    She's just the unassuming pretty blonde girl who monsters think are helpless.  ...At least until they learn who she is, and then she's the thing they search under their beds at night before going to bed.  (or as the case may be, in the morning before going to bed)  Everyone except her friends and enemies have no idea just how tough she is.  And few people know just how often she saves the world.  On top of it she's also a bit of a tragic character who nobody expects to live a very long life.  That she makes it to eighteen is nothing short of a miracle.  And at the same time she doesn't really brood.  She's got pep and other cheerleadery attributes in spite of everything.  The puns also help.  Even the bad ones.  It's kind of like her secret wea-pun.


To be honest I was never into super heroes much growing up.  I didn't like Superman.  I preferred the villains really.  The whole idea of world domination sounded cool to me.  But Buffy clicked with me.  

 

I do like Batman now.  He and The Flash are probably two of my favorite more traditional heroes.  I might have to give it to the Flash overall (of traditional heroes) because his super speed is awesome, especially his uses of it.  Though I think the recent TV show has gotten me more into him than anything else.  

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