A question about Buffy

[joanne0012]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "jenny_ravenclaw" <meboriqua at a...> wrote:
>   I've 
> been trying to explain to him what it is about Buffy that has so 
> completely reeled me in.  Can any other Buffy fans here email me and 
> explain why you think it's such a great show?  If I can explain it 
> better to Raul, maybe I can get him hooked too.

Sorry to ignore your request to e-mail offlist, but my theory is less OT than 
you'd expect.  I think Buffy has a lot in commmon with Harry.  Both creations 
feature wistful little individuals who have been specially selected (by mysterious 
processes) to go up against major bad guys in a world-within-a-world that most 
people around them are oblivious to, even though it's right under their noses.  
Buffy's world isn't entirely consistent with cultural myths (just as Harry's world 
isn't) but it *does* posess a tremendously complex and consistent structure of 
its own that enables the audience to suspend disbelief, since they can identify as 
being one of the "outsiders" who are being permitted a peek at this special 
supernatural world.  Also, Buffy has a great sense of humor and irony.