Speaking of friendship and Buffy, I am not sure that it's less close to reality than VM at the end of the day. I think that the last seasons actually showed very well what you said. They all grew apart. And in a way, Buffy/Giles relationship as a child/parent pattern eventually rings truer than Veronica/Keith (from what I've seen so far...season 1 that is). Buffy had to distance herself from Giles, she had to face his flaws and close that door on his face in LMPTM. It's a pivotal moment when you grow-up.
As for her friends, no matter how much they tried to mimmick "The Harvest" before the last battle in "Chosen", the former Scooby Gang will never be again. The last scene suggested it and Ats seemed to confirm that loss. Many Buffy fans were bitter about that and we argued a lot on the C&S on that topic. They mourned the first seasons and didn't want the gang to part. I thought they were wrong. BTVS showed a fantasy world with a metaphorical language, but the main themes told what happened when you grew up, pointed out all the steps on took, and the necessary changes that occured. A Scooby Gang frozen in a season 2-3 stasis would have been wrong.
You're right, as painful as it is to lose such friendship, it's part fo the changes we go through in life, and it isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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But you spoiled me about VM!!!
Speaking of friendship and Buffy, I am not sure that it's less close to reality than VM at the end of the day. I think that the last seasons actually showed very well what you said. They all grew apart. And in a way, Buffy/Giles relationship as a child/parent pattern eventually rings truer than Veronica/Keith (from what I've seen so far...season 1 that is). Buffy had to distance herself from Giles, she had to face his flaws and close that door on his face in LMPTM. It's a pivotal moment when you grow-up.
As for her friends, no matter how much they tried to mimmick "The Harvest" before the last battle in "Chosen", the former Scooby Gang will never be again. The last scene suggested it and Ats seemed to confirm that loss. Many Buffy fans were bitter about that and we argued a lot on the C&S on that topic. They mourned the first seasons and didn't want the gang to part. I thought they were wrong. BTVS showed a fantasy world with a metaphorical language, but the main themes told what happened when you grew up, pointed out all the steps on took, and the necessary changes that occured. A Scooby Gang frozen in a season 2-3 stasis would have been wrong.
You're right, as painful as it is to lose such friendship, it's part fo the changes we go through in life, and it isn't necessarily a bad thing.