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One of my favorite quotes from Buffy is “How’d you know that would work?” Buffy-“you’d be surprised how many things a stake through the heart will kill”
In The Wish she says Buffy: "Why don't I just put a stake through her heart?" Giles: "She isn't a vampire" Buffy: "eh, you'd be surprised how many things that'll kill"
Isn't it also stated openly in the series that Dracula's "powers" also came from Roma-Gypsies? Which... might be a nod to how in Bram Stoker's novels it was gypsies who served Dracula... but still. Is that bit by Spike not cannon?
@@sakulaeyr9819 Drusilla wasn't the Kalderash girl that Angel killed she has no affiliation to "Gypsy's" I think you're confused. Angel was given a soul because of a romani curse Drusilla had her psychic abilities LONG before they encountered the Kalderash clan
@@SjofnBM1989 I'm not sure where you're getting Drusilla in all this? I never made a connection to Dru and the Gypsy girl Angelus killed. I made a connection to Spike telling the Scoobies that Dracula learned his magic from gypsies. The question was whether or not Dracula learned magic from Gypsies or if Spike were lying / exaggerating about it. Perhaps poorly worded on my part but I was trying to imply to the OP that vampires could have learned their magic AFTER they were turned - as is implied by Spike regarding Dracula.
@@jeraldisme My memory fails me on the exact episode but I believe Riley shows up to question Spike and he goes on a rant about Dracula ruining things for vampires - either that scene or the one with Giles. Either way. Its mentioned in no uncertain terms that Dracula's 'powers' were learned by Romani. It isn't stated if this was BEFORE or AFTER he was turned, however and Spike mentions it... so I'm not sure if we're meant to take it seriously or not. (Because Spike does love to lie)
Unlike Angel, Spike willingly had his soul restored through "The Demon Trials". The Demon who oversaw his trials called himself "Lloyd", possibly an agent for the Senior Partners, because he spoke in plural. Spike is unique in that he CHOSE his hero path, as opposed to Angel who was punished.
Yes Angel was cursed with a soul to live in eternal torment. Spike willingly chose torment to earn back his soul. So Spike could be happy and live more or less as a human (apart from going out in the sunlight) while Angel couldn't because he'd lose his soul if he experienced true happiness. Angelus would never have fought to get his own soul back, but Spike did. Then again, Spike never would have if he hadn't spent a couple years unable to be a vampire because of the chip holding him back allowing him to be harmless and allowed him to fall in love with Buffy. In the end Spike was way too good for her and he deserved better.
Yeah, I love those shows too but the vampires there weren't as strong as other vampire from other shows, super speed and healing factor should have been better in Buffy and Angel
Buffy has to be the TV show with the best vampire/Demon makeup even to this day...most of the other tv shows with vampires have horrible makeup and most of it clearly looks fake...but with Buffy it still looks very natural and has a certain beauty and aesthetic to it.
@@NotBizarro watched a few scenes on CZcams and it looked very artificial. Don't get me wrong, it's quite a unique design but it looks fake as opposed to some vampires/demons in Buffy where the makeup/prosthetics are almost naturally integrated into the face/body. In addition the makeup in Buffy has a certain aesthetic to it where it's still beautiful to look at whereas the vampires in the Strain are simply disgusting...but I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder 😬
@@Wonderlandhype Indeed, they are basically the same makeup with the bump on the forehead with no eyebrows, the vampire eyes and the fangs. I still think Buffy perfected the look.
As a Buffy fan, this presentation made me notice how vampire fangs may have evolved over the series. For example, the season 1&2 shots show Darla and Angel with a bunch of gnarly teeth but by season 4, Dracula is depicted as having the normal two fangs in a mouth of otherwise perfect pearly whites. Anyone else notice this? Now I want to go check pics on how the fangs evolved in the show!
@@coganLollins In response to your video, I re-watched scenes one of my favorite season 4 eps "Freshman" and some of the vampires, like Sunday and "Keanu", also have nice-looking teeth, except for the fangs. I haven't had time to re-watch full eps, but I'll be on the lookout thanks to you! You made me realize how most shows, like True Blood, always depict perfect teeth among fangs but Buffy didn't.
OMG Yesss please 🙌🏻 angel somehow was so overlooked & i personally thought the “Illyria the ancient”s arc was so fascinating & we only got to see so few of her.
@@venus_333 To this day, Illyria is still my favorite character of any fantasy/vampire/demon etc series. Her character was so perfect. Her backstory. Everything
Huge about the fan of Buffy have seen every episode of 1 million times and I don’t ever recall them talking about the zombie vampires, the vampires you were referring to Are called Turok-Hans..they are the vampires that vampires fear, Giles referred to them as like caveman version of vampires , an ancient breed, stronger scarier etc. Great video by the way I just wanted to add that lol keep up the good work! The Buffy series has tons of Material you could work with! It’s great to see my girl Buffy get some recognition she is an icon
After seeing this I remembered that being "The Champion" allows Angel his superior healing & better reflexes than most Vampires, the show inferred this or out right said so. Angel and Spike's soul must boost them over soulless Vamps too
@@anubis8181 Yup and, well... most vampires don't live as long as Angel and Spike did. Spike is about a 120 years younger than Angel (well unless you don't that Angel was stuck in a demon dimension for a 100 years to between season 2 and 3) but still. Spike was trained by Angelus and he has drunk the blood of a slayer, not once, but twice. Clearly boosting his powers aswell. Angel and Spike are also physically pretty buff compared to most other vampires.
I don’t recall the show ever inferring that Angel’s “champion” status gave him any enhanced abilities over other vampires. However, I’m pretty sure it is stated that vampires become more powerful with age, and Angel is at an advanced age even by vampire standards, which explains his superior abilities over most vampires.
technically Angel did feed on humans again, Buffy made him feed on her in season three to cure the poison and he bit Kate when he was undercover and Wesley gave him some blood because he had been at the bottom of the sea too long, also it may not count but he did drink from a dead guy who had been shot in a robbery.
I know you've never seen it, but to bypass William (aka Spike) by simply baking him "a man who still loved his mother". Spike was the only vampire to kill not just one, but two slayers. And could've easily killed Buffy (making a third slayer) several times but rather fell in love with her.
I love the show! I’ve been rewatching it too. I’m on season 6. I just love how the story and the lore keeps getting added onto without it being like, “Oh yea, that can happen just because.”
They are Demons yes. But the Demon part is entirely metaphysical, a demon possessing a dead body, different than say a demon that is part human and scaly.
Only three Slayers became vampires? In Tales of the slayer there is two Slayers - Britta and Zoe who became slaypires. It wasn’t stated if Britta was ever dusted either as she was entombed with her watcher so she would kill him. Zoe was tricked by her watcher upon her crucimentum and fed to a vampire. Like Buffy she still had some humanity as a slaypire and exposed herself to the sun to stop from killing. Yuki was turned by the master as featured in the comics . Xx
It was never confirmed in cannon that the slayer's line isn't genetic and it WAS confirmed that the Watcher's council DID keep track of specific family lines for potential slayers. The only time inheritance was confirmed as not being possible was in the case of Robin Wood and that was because his mother activated AFTER he was born AND he was born a man. Both factors which were confirmed to affect the slayer line.
It’s clearly not genetic. There are at least 1500 potentials at any given time all over the world. It was never confirmed as to why one is chosen or the order they are called. I assume this was to say anyone could be a potential slayer but it does stick out in retrospect when we know how the 1st slayer came to be.
@@ateam404 Not quite. Your missing a VERY big point from the cannon. When a slayer dies the next one is chosen from the line of potentials, yes, but ALSO by GEOGRAPHY! Giles canonically confirms in the very first season of Buffy that the NEWEST slayer is ALWAYS chosen by her proximity to what is considered to be the next highest threat by the world itself. Its actually why Buffy was chosen despite not being from any of the watched line of potentials. She WAS a potential, but her bloodline made the chances of her inheriting vanishingly small. Her proximity to Lothas AND an active hellmouth pretty much shit all over those odds and turned it into an all hands on deck situation. So yes, it is influenced by genes but while the original spell was in place the next slayer was always chosen by need, which as the Milena, passed and the number of decendants increased, made keeping track of the potentials and predicting the next chosen one that much harder. As for Sineya's appearance, well that is hardly a factor. I invite you to look up the genetic principal of Mitochondrial Eve. About around 30.000 years ago, around Sineays's time, the human population dropped to about 3000-10,000 people. Its why nearly EVERYONE today is related if you go back far enough and probably why you find slayers in EVERY culture and ethnicity.
@@grantpflum6844 It's been made clear that the Slayer line is completely random, it is not inherited. Watchers have been around since the dawn of Humans, if there was any blood connection it would have been known by them. While geography may play a part in who The Powers That Be decide which potential to activate next, it has nothing to do with genes.
Awesome video. Just a quick mention that the master was 600 years old, the oldest vampire was kakistos A.K.A “kissing toast” who was from Greek antiquity so around 2800 years old
That was what Joss said in season 1 about the pilot but it was never brought up in the series, The Master is also mentioned as the oldest vampire in recorded history and given kokistos was in a old research book(recorded history), I'd say that Joss retconned his earlier quote.
If you're "currently still watching" Buffy, then I don't want to spoil anything for you, and I'm also curious as to why you would make this video before finishing BOTH series. There are some errors that are factually incorrect in this video that others have pointed out, (the mispronunciation of "Pylea", Lorne surviving decapitation, etc.) and a few that I don't feel comfortable correcting for fear of spoiling, especially re: Spike/William.🤷♀️
@@ziggykatze Also, the man who went to Pylea for 5 years and time moved at that rate...was Fred...i.e. Winnifred Berkel...who may sometimes be a god, but was never a man.
Buffy is the only show that I can go back to and watch again and again. It’s funny because each time the show means different things to me depending on where I am in my life. Great video I really enjoyed it!
It's a somewhat unaddressed point in both his shows but, when you take into account all the time he spent in alternate dimensions, Angel is around 1,000 years old but is relatively the same until he drinks the Senior Partners blood at the end of his show.
The show was better than I expected when I finally started watching it. The writing in some episodes like Normal Again, and The body were very well done, the same with Angel.
It's because he used information learned throughout the series. If you start watching Buffy from season 1, you don't learn all this. The Scythe, for example, wasn't part of the mythos until season 7.
That made for some funny moments but ultimately doesn't make sense. How does the head get nourishment from the heart if it is dethatched? Scien... wait, MAGICK!
You did a great job of presenting comprehensive information that it took the whole series to reveal. I always found it strange/convenient that the potentials weren't introduced as a concept until season 7. Also, they acted like only a few potentials existed. Then, in the last episode, it looked like there were thousands across the globe.
@@balthazarlordofwamphyri1435 True but that was unusual. Buffy wasnt taken as a child to train. Compare it to the last episode where thousands of potentials become slayers. They weren't all being trained like Kendra. It was also never explained why some girls were potentials and others werent. Who made that call and how were they found? How do the Watchers know who the next slayer is?
@@Nepthu Fate chooses aka The Powers That Be, there are rituals to identify potential slayers like the one used in the last season when everyone thought it was dawn, there are other tell tale signs like innate physical prowess, confidence and adaptive learning just to name a few but not all potentials have these innate skills and some are just not identified at all like Buffy who had no clue, even when she had been Called and became the new slayer, a Watcher (Merrick i believe) had to tell her and even then she didn't believe him straight away.
@@Nepthu also the don't know who the next one will be, they just hope that its one of the girls/women who they have been training, if not, then on your bike Mr Watcher and go induct the new slayer.
@@balthazarlordofwamphyri1435 Who chooses the potentials and how are they identified? Why are some, like Kendra, trained from childhood while others aren't?
It's the internet so spelling isn't a big deal to most, even though spellcheck has been a feature for years, but reading all these misspellings of Buffy as "Bobby" and "Buddy" are priceless!
Can't remember where, but there was a vampire mythology that had vampires survive decapitation, but it was the most effective way to stop them just because of the fact that they would be just a living head. They were as vulnerable to sunlight as a corpse in decomposition would be, nothing could really kill them, but they could become weak from starvation, sunlight and so on. It was really interesting, most of the usual weaknesses were fabricated just so they could prove that they weren't vampires, but they were just a living corpse vulnerable to everything that a regular undead would be. It's a shame that I can't remember, but I'll make an effort and return is something crosses my mind.
Ever notice Buffy’s swords or axes never had defined edges where they were sharpened like they were formed perfectly sharp, you have to lament that having an edge with no damaged wear from sharpening would be fucking convenient af
I'm not sure you've actually watched this show lol... Pyliea is pronounced Pie-Lee-ah not Pie-Lay and Fred (the 'man' who was trapped for five years was a woman..). Oh, and the Sythe was called M-Glottal stop (Gulping sound)
What about the Leviathans from Supernatural, if their head is cut off they don’t die, and if the head is near enough that they can get a hold of it, they just reattach it. Great video! Thank you ❤️
I would also like to point out that your presumption that vampires maintain their original personalities just a corrupted evil version of it is not always the case. And the strength of the individual vampire varies a lot depending on the demon that possesses their corpse. Spikes original human form it was a massive pacifist dork who had more in common with Giles. But is an incredibly capable hand-to-hand combatant known for having kill the Slayer. Angel with his soul is a noble Paragon hero. He was a drunken lecherous jerk before becoming a vampire. His full soulless vampire form and jealous is so terrifying other vampires are scared of him.
Angel was fast enough save willow from a bolt of lightning. He is literally able to dodge lightning if he wants. Buffy and faith are fast enough to do so. Spike also shows vamps can literally catch glimpse of beings moving at ft Speeds. He was able to catch a glimpse of illyria when she slowed time to a crawl.
I always thought that there should've been vampires who wanted to capture the slayer & not kill her (so her powers couldn't be passed down....at least for a while). At least that way there could be a new danger to Buffy, aside from merely being killed (& replaced).
@@grantpflum6844 I totally forgot what happened since it was a long time since I’ve read the series. But yes omg, Giles as a vampire i can definitely see as very dangerous as he’s really intelligent and knows a lot about vampires and Slayers.
@@bobbythejetsetter The scariest part about it was you could still see the REAL Giles in his character. For example, he didn't kill Buffy not only because it was smart but because he still loved her. When she started to go crazy from the isolation he arranged for her to escape. And when she started to become a threat to his plans he decided to turn her into a vampire so he would still have her in his life but she would no longer see him as an enemy. And lets not forget what he did to Angel. Something tells me that staking Angel through the heart while he was inside a magic circle that stopped time but also kept him conscious was something Giles took more than a little pleasure in. Cough cough, Jenny.
I would love a part 2 for this. Your analysis so far I'd say is spot on, and your commentary is very good. Buffy was one of my favorite shows growing up and Angel was a decent spin off show, with a good number of collaborating episodes that seemed to expand more on the relationship of the 2 but also lore and history of the paranormal that didn't involve the Slayer. I cant wait if you do decide to continue.
I really hate to be this guy but... ...the narrator said "I've yet to find a supernatural that isn't weak to decapitation." Really? So, what about Lorne, AKA the Host from Angel or the Judge from Buffy? Both supernatural beings had their heads cut off, survived perfectly well without them, and later had their heads reattached. Hell, Lorne's head was even talking, holding full conversations.
I’m starting to realise how old I am now 😂 my mind went “wait how can a vampire fan not have watched buffy, it only finished like 5 years go…” yeesh im old lol
Correction! In Angel i specifally remember that Angel litterally tore of the head of some sort of a demon, who did not die from that :P He even laughed outright at the demon in disbelief "how the!? *laughs* I'm holding your head!!!" Can't remember what episode it was..... But i think it was one of the earlier ones where Fred was introduced?
The "Killer of the dead" poison is really clever, because, if the slayer misses the heart and the vampire escapes, the vampire has to go to the slayer if it hopes to survive, giving the slayer another chance to destroy it.
in qor'toth time also runs faster than on earth. Angels soul was restored via ritual but temporarily so as long as he doesn't experience true happiness he won't lose his soul, spike's case is different because spike's soul was restored by a demon so there are no restrictions for him.
Angel and spike was able to move fast enough to dodge lightning and lasers. Plus anime vampires like alucard can survive decapitation. Plus in the season 10 comics willow had a priest blessed a building to use as a stake for. meloker
I worked as a Louisiana State Special Officer during and after Hurricane Katrina and us and the National Guard Units we worked with experienced and encountered real Vampires in New Orleans and multiple other paranormal entities.
I remember watching the premiere of Buffy on the WB network in 1997 when I was 9 years old. I was already a fan of the movie, and a general vampire and witch junkie.
Please do Dusk till Dawn. One of my fav Movies ever. bit over the top, but I love it, and I think you'd like it too. Also, if you need more Lore, there is a TV Show.
I'd like to see you cover the film Near Dark! it came out the same year as Lost Boys, and was largely looked over. and for TV, I wonder if you've seen What We Do In The Shadows yet?
Can you make a video about all the different dimensions mentioned in Buffy and angel and all the different things coming from those dimensions like glory , Jasmine, dahofreen, etc
Spike actually goes and completes a series of trials in order to regain his soul. He didn’t understand the guilt and disgust he felt with himself after he assaulted Buffy and so he got his soul back in order to be worthy of her. This happened at the end of season 6, and his redemption arc is throughout 7 because of this.
Vampires can also be brought back by wishes from demons who posses that power (seasons 3 the wish, the timeline is changed so buffy never went to sunnydale bringing back the master - although he had no recollection of dying) also vampires can gain their soul from a demon who possess the power to do so (which was what spike did) loved the video
This was an Incredible Video for The Vampires and Demons from The Buffyverse. Hey Coagan Lollins could you please do Character Lore for The Master from The Buffyverse?
Was hoping you would do this one. One other show to look for is being human but make sure it's the USA version of the show. It's got vampires, werewolf and ghost.
17:30 if you are still looking for a creature that isn't weak to decapitation, don't forget about Lornes species. We got an entire episode and a great jump scare out of it.
When you watch enough of Angel you'll he did drink human blood again with his soul when he was at a really desperate time, he watched someone get shot and chose to do nothing instead of help them and drank just before they died, and he also drank from a sailor during WW2. Both memories stayed with him but only the desperate time one really haunted him
Okay it's a huge Bobby fan I want to point out that technically the Slayer line is genetic. It's just not directly inheritable. As each individual potential we see in The Buffy universe is a distant descendant of the first Slayer. And only her extended bloodline has the ability to become slayers and only a specific part of the ritual that created the first Slayer makes its letter powers are only inherited by one girl at a time. One of the last acts in the actual TV series is Willow who's basically a magic god at this point changes the rules of the Slayer curse allowing any woman who was a direct descendant of the original Slayer to inherit the Slayer Powers activating all the potentials at once. It is this genetic inheritability that actually allows the watchers to find potentials but because there are so many people who are distant descendants of an African-American woman who lived hundreds of thousands of years ago at this point could be almost any woman on Earth. That's how you get rogue slayers like Buffy.
Dude Good Job! But Important CORRECTION(and some extra info) on a couple of mistakes/omissions: You have totally CONFUSED The sunlight ONLY removal weakness Rings from The Vampire Diaries/Originals mythology WITH the Gem Of Amara Of The Whedonverse...The former ONLY removes sunlight weakness nothing else(as you said it that they can walk in sunlight but nothing of the other weaknesses hence the critique by me).Those Vampires can still be killed by fire,decap and wooden Stake in the heart.HOWEVER in the Whedonverse the Gem of Amara removes ALL weaknesses from Vampires making them INDESTRUCTABLE!!(as long as they wear the ring which holds the Gem). This is confirmed by Gilles who calls it the "The Holy Grail of Vampirism". Staking(no matter how big or thick the stake as we have seen in Angel Tv series),decap,sunlight,fire GONE. Not only that But the vampire is also freed from physical pain or bleeding. It becomes a Terminator basically but also possessed of an instant healing factor to boot(something the T-800 Terminators cannot do.even though they feel no pain). Now you also forgot to mention that Dracula by gaining those special powers has also gained TRUE IMMORTALITY and INVULNERABILITY. If staked or dusted in any way he will regenarate in a matter of seconds.With no need from something like The Gem Ring. Crosses: Vampires are only affected(not that much either) by either touching the cross or having it waved in their face at close proximity by a believer.They can also pick up a cross(even a big silver one) and move it around(like Spike did when he fought Angel). it only affects them by burning them(slightly) but with no faith behind it doesnt do ANYTHING to their psyche. ALSO they can easily enter a room or even a Church FULL of crosses on the walls with no ill effect(as long as they stay away from them). Jumping: By the Angel season 4 we see Angel(and other vampires) being able to jump(from a standstill) several stories high worth. not just ten feet. Spike as well(however we never see those things on Buffy). Other important mentions as well.They dont have a daytime sleep coma like cycle like many of the classic vampires. Not only that but they dont need to sleep AT ALL(as Angel explained).They can stay awake and focused for eternity if they so choose. HOWEVER if they are warriors(Like Angel) who push their undead bodies to unthinkable extremes then they can indeed enjoy sleep to regenarate damages faster. BUT its a choice not a pre-requisite.This is a HUGE advantage over classical and/or semi-classical(such as Anne Rices)vampires. Vampires also have the ability to adapt to a stronger opponent if their will power is strong enough(Both Angel and Spike can do this).ALSO the fact that their physical structural integrity is so great(apart from allergens such as wooden stake in the heart) that they can fall from literally the top of a skyscraper on solid concrete and get up in a few seconds with no broken bones,concussions or anything. Astounding!!(But I guess you kind of covered this with Angel being run by a two ton truck multiple times and beaten with a sledgehammer-he was run over by the truck over his skull AND body several times with no ill effect).They can ALSO easily free dive to ANY depth of the ocean with no ill effect from the pressure(or lack of air obviously).In any case these Vampires CANNOT really be killed as you mentioned. ANY vampire can be regenarated back through black magic rituals(like Darla in Angel season 2) but it takes a lot to make it happen.Weaknesses ALSO DISSAPEAR naturally with great age(with no need from magic like Dracula used OR The Gem). Such as Stake weakness,fire.Kakistos could not be killed by a normal stake etc.Most likely and logically The Master.should be the same..a normal stake should not kill him...remember he died by falling and being impaled on a big table leg shard similar in thickness to the pole that killed Kakistos.AND he(The Master) left his skeleton completelly intact behind(something Kakistos could not do). Thats about all. Being a genx-er I watched both Buffy and Angel in their original airdated on the WB back in the 1990s.Those were the times.Nothing like experiencing an EPIC tv series as it unfolds over the years. Cheers.
id like to see a video on the vamps and wolves of being human (US). Funny cause I randomly found that show on syfy some years ago and I got hooks on it
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I don't know about them,vampires being demons but I guess its true. But in the angel spin off,they are Definitely very different
It wasn't a man trapped in Pylea it Fred, as in Winifred. Go watch Angel.
can you please do a video about Stake Land 2010, its a hidden gem
can you do supernatural?
@@damonknight2494 you have a good sense of taste
One of my favorite quotes from Buffy is “How’d you know that would work?” Buffy-“you’d be surprised how many things a stake through the heart will kill”
It cannot be that hard when it appears like the ribcage is made of balsa wood.
Lol 😂
In The Wish she says
Buffy: "Why don't I just put a stake through her heart?"
Giles: "She isn't a vampire"
Buffy: "eh, you'd be surprised how many things that'll kill"
I love Buffy Vampire Slayer also Angel
Actually I think that was hope
When the vampires have extra powers like psychic abilities, it's usually because they had those abilities when they were human. For ex. Drusilla
Isn't it also stated openly in the series that Dracula's "powers" also came from Roma-Gypsies? Which... might be a nod to how in Bram Stoker's novels it was gypsies who served Dracula... but still. Is that bit by Spike not cannon?
@@sakulaeyr9819 Drusilla wasn't the Kalderash girl that Angel killed she has no affiliation to "Gypsy's"
I think you're confused. Angel was given a soul because of a romani curse Drusilla had her psychic abilities LONG before they encountered the Kalderash clan
@@SjofnBM1989 I'm not sure where you're getting Drusilla in all this? I never made a connection to Dru and the Gypsy girl Angelus killed.
I made a connection to Spike telling the Scoobies that Dracula learned his magic from gypsies.
The question was whether or not Dracula learned magic from Gypsies or if Spike were lying / exaggerating about it.
Perhaps poorly worded on my part but I was trying to imply to the OP that vampires could have learned their magic AFTER they were turned - as is implied by Spike regarding Dracula.
@@sakulaeyr9819 It's seen in the show that Drusilla had her powers before being turned. I haven't a clue about Dracula
@@jeraldisme My memory fails me on the exact episode but I believe Riley shows up to question Spike and he goes on a rant about Dracula ruining things for vampires - either that scene or the one with Giles.
Either way. Its mentioned in no uncertain terms that Dracula's 'powers' were learned by Romani. It isn't stated if this was BEFORE or AFTER he was turned, however and Spike mentions it... so I'm not sure if we're meant to take it seriously or not. (Because Spike does love to lie)
Unlike Angel, Spike willingly had his soul restored through "The Demon Trials". The Demon who oversaw his trials called himself "Lloyd", possibly an agent for the Senior Partners, because he spoke in plural. Spike is unique in that he CHOSE his hero path, as opposed to Angel who was punished.
Yes Angel was cursed with a soul to live in eternal torment. Spike willingly chose torment to earn back his soul. So Spike could be happy and live more or less as a human (apart from going out in the sunlight) while Angel couldn't because he'd lose his soul if he experienced true happiness. Angelus would never have fought to get his own soul back, but Spike did.
Then again, Spike never would have if he hadn't spent a couple years unable to be a vampire because of the chip holding him back allowing him to be harmless and allowed him to fall in love with Buffy. In the end Spike was way too good for her and he deserved better.
I'm not a huge vampire fan, but Buffy is a big exception for me. To this day, it still has the best vampire lore, in my opinion.
Yeah, I love those shows too but the vampires there weren't as strong as other vampire from other shows, super speed and healing factor should have been better in Buffy and Angel
@@Nico42_ Angel and Spike, and The Old One, are able to take a lot more damage than others.
Buffy has to be the TV show with the best vampire/Demon makeup even to this day...most of the other tv shows with vampires have horrible makeup and most of it clearly looks fake...but with Buffy it still looks very natural and has a certain beauty and aesthetic to it.
I dunno, man, I think the Strain has Buffy best on vampire makeup
@@NotBizarro watched a few scenes on CZcams and it looked very artificial. Don't get me wrong, it's quite a unique design but it looks fake as opposed to some vampires/demons in Buffy where the makeup/prosthetics are almost naturally integrated into the face/body. In addition the makeup in Buffy has a certain aesthetic to it where it's still beautiful to look at whereas the vampires in the Strain are simply disgusting...but I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder 😬
I think that it looks similar the the vampires from The Lost Boys so I really like the 'homage'.
@@Wonderlandhype Indeed, they are basically the same makeup with the bump on the forehead with no eyebrows, the vampire eyes and the fangs. I still think Buffy perfected the look.
I agree the vampires look awesome, darla looks creepy like the exorcist or something
As a Buffy fan, this presentation made me notice how vampire fangs may have evolved over the series. For example, the season 1&2 shots show Darla and Angel with a bunch of gnarly teeth but by season 4, Dracula is depicted as having the normal two fangs in a mouth of otherwise perfect pearly whites. Anyone else notice this? Now I want to go check pics on how the fangs evolved in the show!
I did notice that! I think Dracula was special so he had a unique transformation
@@coganLollins In response to your video, I re-watched scenes one of my favorite season 4 eps "Freshman" and some of the vampires, like Sunday and "Keanu", also have nice-looking teeth, except for the fangs. I haven't had time to re-watch full eps, but I'll be on the lookout thanks to you! You made me realize how most shows, like True Blood, always depict perfect teeth among fangs but Buffy didn't.
Dracula was different because of Gypsy magic… it’s well explained as to why he’s unique
@@OfAngelsAndAnarchist True but the didn't specifically mention fangs.
@@Nepthu if you need stuff spelled out man, maybe go back to Sesame Street
Please do more on Angel. The senior partners, demons, apocalypse.. there's so much there. I enjoyed that show much more than Buffy
I might have to make a video on angel, like you said there’s so much there
OMG Yesss please 🙌🏻 angel somehow was so overlooked & i personally thought the “Illyria the ancient”s arc was so fascinating
& we only got to see so few of her.
@@venus_333 To this day, Illyria is still my favorite character of any fantasy/vampire/demon etc series. Her character was so perfect. Her backstory. Everything
The senior partners were a bunch cowards hiding in their space ship in later angel stories when bigger enemies kept showing up.
Connor, Illyra, Skip, The Beast, Hamilton, Lindsey
Huge about the fan of Buffy have seen every episode of 1 million times and I don’t ever recall them talking about the zombie vampires, the vampires you were referring to Are called Turok-Hans..they are the vampires that vampires fear, Giles referred to them as like caveman version of vampires , an ancient breed, stronger scarier etc. Great video by the way I just wanted to add that lol keep up the good work! The Buffy series has tons of Material you could work with! It’s great to see my girl Buffy get some recognition she is an icon
I'm pretty sure Whedon meant Turok-Hans to be to vampires, what Uruk-Hai were to orcs in LOTR.
And they were popularly known as ‘Uber-vamps’
They zompire appeared in the comic book continuation of Buffy!
After seeing this I remembered that being "The Champion" allows Angel his superior healing & better reflexes than most Vampires, the show inferred this or out right said so. Angel and Spike's soul must boost them over soulless Vamps too
They aren't far from the Masters bloodline as others also.
@@anubis8181 Yup and, well... most vampires don't live as long as Angel and Spike did. Spike is about a 120 years younger than Angel (well unless you don't that Angel was stuck in a demon dimension for a 100 years to between season 2 and 3) but still. Spike was trained by Angelus and he has drunk the blood of a slayer, not once, but twice. Clearly boosting his powers aswell.
Angel and Spike are also physically pretty buff compared to most other vampires.
@@Mukation or put another way, spike binged the side missions and levelled up like a beast before the main mission.
I don’t recall the show ever inferring that Angel’s “champion” status gave him any enhanced abilities over other vampires. However, I’m pretty sure it is stated that vampires become more powerful with age, and Angel is at an advanced age even by vampire standards, which explains his superior abilities over most vampires.
Angel is cannonically thousands of years old. He spent thousands of years in hell. The older a vampire is, the stronger they get.
technically Angel did feed on humans again, Buffy made him feed on her in season three to cure the poison and he bit Kate when he was undercover and Wesley gave him some blood because he had been at the bottom of the sea too long, also it may not count but he did drink from a dead guy who had been shot in a robbery.
the show has aged well. i rewatched it not too long ago
I like how the vampires of Buffy and Angel were humanised they felt more like actual people who couldn't control their emotions its great
I know you've never seen it, but to bypass William (aka Spike) by simply baking him "a man who still loved his mother". Spike was the only vampire to kill not just one, but two slayers. And could've easily killed Buffy (making a third slayer) several times but rather fell in love with her.
So is spike the strongest ?
@@MWMTEE no. He beat them mentally then physically. But he isn’t the strongest.
@@MWMTEE not the strongest, just the best.
Idk if you watch anime, but spike is a much weaker version of Aizen from bleach. Using mental warfare to get the advantage of everybody
@@ladyfaeryj5108 not sure I agree with the analogy, but hello fellow Bleach fan! 👋
I love the show! I’ve been rewatching it too. I’m on season 6. I just love how the story and the lore keeps getting added onto without it being like, “Oh yea, that can happen just because.”
They are Demons yes. But the Demon part is entirely metaphysical, a demon possessing a dead body, different than say a demon that is part human and scaly.
Which he also said
Only three Slayers became vampires?
In Tales of the slayer there is two Slayers - Britta and Zoe who became slaypires. It wasn’t stated if Britta was ever dusted either as she was entombed with her watcher so she would kill him.
Zoe was tricked by her watcher upon her crucimentum and fed to a vampire. Like Buffy she still had some humanity as a slaypire and exposed herself to the sun to stop from killing.
Yuki was turned by the master as featured in the comics . Xx
I loved this show growing up. Spike has one of the best character arcs I have seen.
😁👍👏👏👏👏
It was never confirmed in cannon that the slayer's line isn't genetic and it WAS confirmed that the Watcher's council DID keep track of specific family lines for potential slayers. The only time inheritance was confirmed as not being possible was in the case of Robin Wood and that was because his mother activated AFTER he was born AND he was born a man. Both factors which were confirmed to affect the slayer line.
That’s cool thanks for the info 🙏
@@coganLollins 😜 Love your videos. Keep up the great work!
It’s clearly not genetic. There are at least 1500 potentials at any given time all over the world. It was never confirmed as to why one is chosen or the order they are called. I assume this was to say anyone could be a potential slayer but it does stick out in retrospect when we know how the 1st slayer came to be.
@@ateam404 Not quite. Your missing a VERY big point from the cannon. When a slayer dies the next one is chosen from the line of potentials, yes, but ALSO by GEOGRAPHY! Giles canonically confirms in the very first season of Buffy that the NEWEST slayer is ALWAYS chosen by her proximity to what is considered to be the next highest threat by the world itself. Its actually why Buffy was chosen despite not being from any of the watched line of potentials. She WAS a
potential, but her bloodline made the chances of her inheriting vanishingly small. Her proximity to Lothas AND an active hellmouth pretty much shit all over those odds and turned it into an all hands on deck situation. So yes, it is influenced by genes but while the original spell was in place the next slayer was always chosen by need, which as the Milena, passed and the number of decendants increased, made keeping track of the potentials and predicting the next chosen one that much harder. As for Sineya's appearance, well that is hardly a factor. I invite you to look up the genetic principal of Mitochondrial Eve. About around 30.000 years ago, around Sineays's time, the human population dropped to about 3000-10,000 people. Its why nearly EVERYONE today is related if you go back far enough and probably why you find slayers in EVERY culture and ethnicity.
@@grantpflum6844 It's been made clear that the Slayer line is completely random, it is not inherited. Watchers have been around since the dawn of Humans, if there was any blood connection it would have been known by them. While geography may play a part in who The Powers That Be decide which potential to activate next, it has nothing to do with genes.
Awesome video. Just a quick mention that the master was 600 years old, the oldest vampire was kakistos A.K.A “kissing toast” who was from Greek antiquity so around 2800 years old
That was what Joss said in season 1 about the pilot but it was never brought up in the series, The Master is also mentioned as the oldest vampire in recorded history and given kokistos was in a old research book(recorded history), I'd say that Joss retconned his earlier quote.
From a 20 year old. I started watching the show just before Halloween last year. And I've been hooked ever since!
Is it on Netflix if you know?
From a 32 ye old that started watching it when she was 10, I’m soooooo happy to know younger people love the show today!!
@@robertoleary5470 it’s on hulu
It's an awesome, well-written show.
Buffy, Angel and Supernatural are my favorite series I rewatch at least once every year. They are timeless.
The craziest thing is you can watch all of Buffy and Angel, and STILL have another full 3 seasons of Supernatural by comparison
If you're "currently still watching" Buffy, then I don't want to spoil anything for you, and I'm also curious as to why you would make this video before finishing BOTH series. There are some errors that are factually incorrect in this video that others have pointed out, (the mispronunciation of "Pylea", Lorne surviving decapitation, etc.) and a few that I don't feel comfortable correcting for fear of spoiling, especially re: Spike/William.🤷♀️
Thank you, saved me a long comment, although you forgot to mention the correction to a "man" that survived 5 years in Pylia
THIS! 100% what *@Heather in Kansas* said! 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻
Factoring in all the time travel shenanigans from alternate dimensions Angel is well over 500 years old.
Those slayers did not lose their powers. They were in an episode of Angel and all of them were referred to as Slayers.
Also Buffy never became a vampire, even temporarily. That was a nightmare.
@@ziggykatze Also, the man who went to Pylea for 5 years and time moved at that rate...was Fred...i.e. Winnifred Berkel...who may sometimes be a god, but was never a man.
Buffy is the only show that I can go back to and watch again and again. It’s funny because each time the show means different things to me depending on where I am in my life. Great video I really enjoyed it!
It's a somewhat unaddressed point in both his shows but, when you take into account all the time he spent in alternate dimensions, Angel is around 1,000 years old but is relatively the same until he drinks the Senior Partners blood at the end of his show.
The show was better than I expected when I finally started watching it. The writing in some episodes like Normal Again, and The body were very well done, the same with Angel.
Fantastic job! I've been a longtime fan of the Buffyverse for several years and yet I felt like I learned a few things from your video.
It's because he used information learned throughout the series. If you start watching Buffy from season 1, you don't learn all this. The Scythe, for example, wasn't part of the mythos until season 7.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed 🙏
Lorne's type of Pylean demon could survive decapitation... but only so long as their body remained intact.
That made for some funny moments but ultimately doesn't make sense. How does the head get nourishment from the heart if it is dethatched? Scien... wait, MAGICK!
Angel had such a sick intro.
That violin goes hard AF
You did a great job of presenting comprehensive information that it took the whole series to reveal. I always found it strange/convenient that the potentials weren't introduced as a concept until season 7. Also, they acted like only a few potentials existed. Then, in the last episode, it looked like there were thousands across the globe.
Kendra was a potential, and she states that she was taken as a child to train. And that was season 2. So it was established very early on 👍
@@balthazarlordofwamphyri1435 True but that was unusual. Buffy wasnt taken as a child to train. Compare it to the last episode where thousands of potentials become slayers. They weren't all being trained like Kendra. It was also never explained why some girls were potentials and others werent. Who made that call and how were they found? How do the Watchers know who the next slayer is?
@@Nepthu Fate chooses aka The Powers That Be, there are rituals to identify potential slayers like the one used in the last season when everyone thought it was dawn, there are other tell tale signs like innate physical prowess, confidence and adaptive learning just to name a few but not all potentials have these innate skills and some are just not identified at all like Buffy who had no clue, even when she had been Called and became the new slayer, a Watcher (Merrick i believe) had to tell her and even then she didn't believe him straight away.
@@Nepthu also the don't know who the next one will be, they just hope that its one of the girls/women who they have been training, if not, then on your bike Mr Watcher and go induct the new slayer.
@@balthazarlordofwamphyri1435 Who chooses the potentials and how are they identified? Why are some, like Kendra, trained from childhood while others aren't?
I would like to see about the vampires from "Moonlight"
When multiple slayers were activated it was permanent. They all kept their powers.
I assume he meant the two slayers at a time thing wasn't permanent because eventually all slayers were activated.
Wasn't that taken back during the comics though?
Or maybe I'm thinking of a completely different franchise all together
This was such a fun video, thanks for making it. A video on the Master’s bloodline alone would be super cool. Master-Darla-Angel-Dru-Spike.
Moonlight 2007 is a great Vampire show and Dracula 2000 is something!
Oh yeah Helsing is an awesome anime/manga too!
Hellsing*
It's the internet so spelling isn't a big deal to most, even though spellcheck has been a feature for years, but reading all these misspellings of Buffy as "Bobby" and "Buddy" are priceless!
I love how every time you try to make a point about "a" vampire being different, it's Spike. Damn I love that boy
Can't remember where, but there was a vampire mythology that had vampires survive decapitation, but it was the most effective way to stop them just because of the fact that they would be just a living head. They were as vulnerable to sunlight as a corpse in decomposition would be, nothing could really kill them, but they could become weak from starvation, sunlight and so on. It was really interesting, most of the usual weaknesses were fabricated just so they could prove that they weren't vampires, but they were just a living corpse vulnerable to everything that a regular undead would be. It's a shame that I can't remember, but I'll make an effort and return is something crosses my mind.
Ever notice Buffy’s swords or axes never had defined edges where they were sharpened like they were formed perfectly sharp, you have to lament that having an edge with no damaged wear from sharpening would be fucking convenient af
Iconic. Absolutely massive In cultural recognition in the 90s/00s. It laid the ground for so many tv shows years later
I'm not sure you've actually watched this show lol... Pyliea is pronounced Pie-Lee-ah not Pie-Lay and Fred (the 'man' who was trapped for five years was a woman..). Oh, and the Sythe was called M-Glottal stop (Gulping sound)
I was looking for this comment! 👏
He's VERY bad at pronunciation.
Um ok go off pronunciation police
What about the Leviathans from Supernatural, if their head is cut off they don’t die, and if the head is near enough that they can get a hold of it, they just reattach it. Great video! Thank you ❤️
Are they considered vampires? I thought that vampires called vampires exist in SPN?
I would also like to point out that your presumption that vampires maintain their original personalities just a corrupted evil version of it is not always the case. And the strength of the individual vampire varies a lot depending on the demon that possesses their corpse.
Spikes original human form it was a massive pacifist dork who had more in common with Giles. But is an incredibly capable hand-to-hand combatant known for having kill the Slayer.
Angel with his soul is a noble Paragon hero. He was a drunken lecherous jerk before becoming a vampire. His full soulless vampire form and jealous is so terrifying other vampires are scared of him.
BTVS is one of the BEST shows from 90s-00s EVER to have supernatural, horror and dramedy.
It feels like much more than 5 years passed between the movie and the series.
Angel was fast enough save willow from a bolt of lightning. He is literally able to dodge lightning if he wants. Buffy and faith are fast enough to do so.
Spike also shows vamps can literally catch glimpse of beings moving at ft Speeds. He was able to catch a glimpse of illyria when she slowed time to a crawl.
Good stuff I was looking forward to you eventually doing this one. You didn’t disappoint 🤟🏻
I really enjoyed Buffy and angel, loved the video!!
I always thought that there should've been vampires who wanted to capture the slayer & not kill her (so her powers couldn't be passed down....at least for a while). At least that way there could be a new danger to Buffy, aside from merely being killed (& replaced).
They actually have a really good book that features that concept where Giles gets made into a vampire and his Ripper side takes over.
@@grantpflum6844 Yesss 'The Lost Slayer' mini book series.
@@bobbythejetsetter I thought the twist with Angel was the best part! Even as a vampire Giles really knew how to hold a grudge.
@@grantpflum6844 I totally forgot what happened since it was a long time since I’ve read the series. But yes omg, Giles as a vampire i can definitely see as very dangerous as he’s really intelligent and knows a lot about vampires and Slayers.
@@bobbythejetsetter The scariest part about it was you could still see the REAL Giles in his character. For example, he didn't kill Buffy not only because it was smart but because he still loved her. When she started to go crazy from the isolation he arranged for her to escape. And when she started to become a threat to his plans he decided to turn her into a vampire so he would still have her in his life but she would no longer see him as an enemy. And lets not forget what he did to Angel. Something tells me that staking Angel through the heart while he was inside a magic circle that stopped time but also kept him conscious was something Giles took more than a little pleasure in. Cough cough, Jenny.
21:35 correction: they cursed and Angelis. Angel is just Liam's cursed Soul forced back into its body.
I would love a part 2 for this. Your analysis so far I'd say is spot on, and your commentary is very good. Buffy was one of my favorite shows growing up and Angel was a decent spin off show, with a good number of collaborating episodes that seemed to expand more on the relationship of the 2 but also lore and history of the paranormal that didn't involve the Slayer. I cant wait if you do decide to continue.
I’d be interested to see a look into the Teen Wolf series and the supernaturals from that lore !!
I really hate to be this guy but...
...the narrator said "I've yet to find a supernatural that isn't weak to decapitation." Really?
So, what about Lorne, AKA the Host from Angel or the Judge from Buffy? Both supernatural beings had their heads cut off, survived perfectly well without them, and later had their heads reattached. Hell, Lorne's head was even talking, holding full conversations.
Im guessing he just hasn’t got to those parts of the series?
@@____________838 Good point.
Yesss!!! Finally, thanks for this!! 🙌🏻
My fovorite show of all time.
I’m starting to realise how old I am now 😂 my mind went “wait how can a vampire fan not have watched buffy, it only finished like 5 years go…” yeesh im old lol
The episode that was called Hush (I think) was creepy, but damn good!!!
Be safe and be 😎
That episode creeped that crap out of me. Love it
You could make a vid about the culebra vampires from movie and TV series " From dusk till dawn "
The vaporwave soundtrack fits so well with the 90s buffy’s clips
Best quote from the first episode of Angel " Can you fly?"
Whoop whopp, glad you did this. Buffy n angel are still my favorite shows. Please can you do us version of being human next
The British version, great show.
Correction! In Angel i specifally remember that Angel litterally tore of the head of some sort of a demon, who did not die from that :P He even laughed outright at the demon in disbelief "how the!? *laughs* I'm holding your head!!!"
Can't remember what episode it was..... But i think it was one of the earlier ones where Fred was introduced?
Ahh yes, I think it was from season 4, Supersymmetry, when Fred discovers it was her old professor who had sent her to Pylea!
The irony that the horned demon he repeatedly put on the screen was Giles, Buffy's Watcher, who was cursed into demon form in one of the episodes. :)
Thanks for listening to your viewers! Loved this video so much. Keep up the good work.
I appreciate that 🙏
@@coganLollins you are welcome, Cogan.
The "Killer of the dead" poison is really clever, because, if the slayer misses the heart and the vampire escapes, the vampire has to go to the slayer if it hopes to survive, giving the slayer another chance to destroy it.
in qor'toth time also runs faster than on earth. Angels soul was restored via ritual but temporarily so as long as he doesn't experience true happiness he won't lose his soul, spike's case is different because spike's soul was restored by a demon so there are no restrictions for him.
Angel and spike was able to move fast enough to dodge lightning and lasers. Plus anime vampires like alucard can survive decapitation. Plus in the season 10 comics willow had a priest blessed a building to use as a stake for. meloker
Wow!!! You Nailed the vampire, and demons of Angel, and the Blessings of the Slayer!!!
Good Job 👏🏽!
I worked as a Louisiana State Special Officer during and after Hurricane Katrina and us and the National Guard Units we worked with experienced and encountered real Vampires in New Orleans and multiple other paranormal entities.
20:55 I believe the amulet only worked on Spike because he had a soul
I remember watching the premiere of Buffy on the WB network in 1997 when I was 9 years old. I was already a fan of the movie, and a general vampire and witch junkie.
Please do Dusk till Dawn. One of my fav Movies ever.
bit over the top, but I love it, and I think you'd like it too. Also, if you need more Lore, there is a TV Show.
i hate those vamps
vampires as demons living in a corpse is what vampires actually are in southern Slavic folklore.
I'd like to see you cover the film Near Dark! it came out the same year as Lost Boys, and was largely looked over. and for TV, I wonder if you've seen What We Do In The Shadows yet?
great movie better then lost boys
Can you make a video about all the different dimensions mentioned in Buffy and angel and all the different things coming from those dimensions like glory , Jasmine, dahofreen, etc
Angel did feed on human at least a couple times in the shows and how do you explain Spike fighting to get his soul back
I think you should cover how spike got his soul cause I missed that season sadly
Spike actually goes and completes a series of trials in order to regain his soul. He didn’t understand the guilt and disgust he felt with himself after he assaulted Buffy and so he got his soul back in order to be worthy of her. This happened at the end of season 6, and his redemption arc is throughout 7 because of this.
Vampires can also be brought back by wishes from demons who posses that power (seasons 3 the wish, the timeline is changed so buffy never went to sunnydale bringing back the master - although he had no recollection of dying) also vampires can gain their soul from a demon who possess the power to do so (which was what spike did) loved the video
Angel was my FAVORITE series, such a GOOD series
I thought Dracula learned Magic from witches in the Buffy universe
The one thing on vampires I recommend is a anime named vampire knight. It's really good and it's on the topic of vampires and a vampire hierarchy
The essence of power a pure demon 😈
This was an Incredible Video for The Vampires and Demons from The Buffyverse. Hey Coagan Lollins could you please do Character Lore for The Master from The Buffyverse?
Was hoping you would do this one. One other show to look for is being human but make sure it's the USA version of the show. It's got vampires, werewolf and ghost.
17:30 if you are still looking for a creature that isn't weak to decapitation, don't forget about Lornes species. We got an entire episode and a great jump scare out of it.
Also, the judge in BTVS S2
I watched Buffy and Angel in chronological order and now I just think of them as one show
Vampires from Supernatural... that's what you should do next. After tackling Buffy/Angel it only makes sense.
Been waiting for Buffy !!!!! My favorite show in the world !!!
I grew up watching this with my older sister when we were young. I love this show.
Finally, the one I've been waiting for 🙂
Great video! I can’t believe I hadn’t seen this one. Buffy was my favorite show growing up and you were spot on.
Buffy is a slayer for sure
When you watch enough of Angel you'll he did drink human blood again with his soul when he was at a really desperate time, he watched someone get shot and chose to do nothing instead of help them and drank just before they died, and he also drank from a sailor during WW2. Both memories stayed with him but only the desperate time one really haunted him
Okay it's a huge Bobby fan I want to point out that technically the Slayer line is genetic. It's just not directly inheritable. As each individual potential we see in The Buffy universe is a distant descendant of the first Slayer. And only her extended bloodline has the ability to become slayers and only a specific part of the ritual that created the first Slayer makes its letter powers are only inherited by one girl at a time.
One of the last acts in the actual TV series is Willow who's basically a magic god at this point changes the rules of the Slayer curse allowing any woman who was a direct descendant of the original Slayer to inherit the Slayer Powers activating all the potentials at once.
It is this genetic inheritability that actually allows the watchers to find potentials but because there are so many people who are distant descendants of an African-American woman who lived hundreds of thousands of years ago at this point could be almost any woman on Earth. That's how you get rogue slayers like Buffy.
She wasn't an African American woman, she was just African.
I remember as a kid I get so excited when the new ep come out. I always rush home from school too make it in time lol
Dude Good Job! But Important CORRECTION(and some extra info) on a couple of mistakes/omissions: You have totally CONFUSED The sunlight ONLY removal weakness Rings from The Vampire Diaries/Originals mythology WITH the Gem Of Amara Of The Whedonverse...The former ONLY removes sunlight weakness nothing else(as you said it that they can walk in sunlight but nothing of the other weaknesses hence the critique by me).Those Vampires can still be killed by fire,decap and wooden Stake in the heart.HOWEVER in the Whedonverse the Gem of Amara removes ALL weaknesses from Vampires making them INDESTRUCTABLE!!(as long as they wear the ring which holds the Gem). This is confirmed by Gilles who calls it the "The Holy Grail of Vampirism". Staking(no matter how big or thick the stake as we have seen in Angel Tv series),decap,sunlight,fire GONE. Not only that But the vampire is also freed from physical pain or bleeding. It becomes a Terminator basically but also possessed of an instant healing factor to boot(something the T-800 Terminators cannot do.even though they feel no pain).
Now you also forgot to mention that Dracula by gaining those special powers has also gained TRUE IMMORTALITY and INVULNERABILITY. If staked or dusted in any way he will regenarate in a matter of seconds.With no need from something like The Gem Ring.
Crosses: Vampires are only affected(not that much either) by either touching the cross or having it waved in their face at close proximity by a believer.They can also pick up a cross(even a big silver one) and move it around(like Spike did when he fought Angel). it only affects them by burning them(slightly) but with no faith behind it doesnt do ANYTHING to their psyche. ALSO they can easily enter a room or even a Church FULL of crosses on the walls with no ill effect(as long as they stay away from them).
Jumping: By the Angel season 4 we see Angel(and other vampires) being able to jump(from a standstill) several stories high worth. not just ten feet. Spike as well(however we never see those things on Buffy).
Other important mentions as well.They dont have a daytime sleep coma like cycle like many of the classic vampires. Not only that but they dont need to sleep AT ALL(as Angel explained).They can stay awake and focused for eternity if they so choose. HOWEVER if they are warriors(Like Angel) who push their undead bodies to unthinkable extremes then they can indeed enjoy sleep to regenarate damages faster. BUT its a choice not a pre-requisite.This is a HUGE advantage over classical and/or semi-classical(such as Anne Rices)vampires.
Vampires also have the ability to adapt to a stronger opponent if their will power is strong enough(Both Angel and Spike can do this).ALSO the fact that their physical structural integrity is so great(apart from allergens such as wooden stake in the heart) that they can fall from literally the top of a skyscraper on solid concrete and get up in a few seconds with no broken bones,concussions or anything. Astounding!!(But I guess you kind of covered this with Angel being run by a two ton truck multiple times and beaten with a sledgehammer-he was run over by the truck over his skull AND body several times with no ill effect).They can ALSO easily free dive to ANY depth of the ocean with no ill effect from the pressure(or lack of air obviously).In any case these Vampires CANNOT really be killed as you mentioned. ANY vampire can be regenarated back through black magic rituals(like Darla in Angel season 2) but it takes a lot to make it happen.Weaknesses ALSO DISSAPEAR naturally with great age(with no need from magic like Dracula used OR The Gem). Such as Stake weakness,fire.Kakistos could not be killed by a normal stake etc.Most likely and logically The Master.should be the same..a normal stake should not kill him...remember he died by falling and being impaled on a big table leg shard similar in thickness to the pole that killed Kakistos.AND he(The Master) left his skeleton completelly intact behind(something Kakistos could not do).
Thats about all. Being a genx-er I watched both Buffy and Angel in their original airdated on the WB back in the 1990s.Those were the times.Nothing like experiencing an EPIC tv series as it unfolds over the years.
Cheers.
Also it was Fred who got trapped in Pliea for 5 years. And she had been gone the same amount of time on earth. Time moves at the same rate.
Jerry Dandridge was brought back in the Fright Night comic book series.
Thank you. I’m glad I found your channel. I enjoy your content! After watching this, it’s looking like I need to binge BUFFY 🤣 and then ANGEL .
id like to see a video on the vamps and wolves of being human (US). Funny cause I randomly found that show on syfy some years ago and I got hooks on it