WHAT IF? Kendra Got Vamped

[Faith5byFive]

What do you think would of happened if Kendra
Got vamped at the end of Becoming Part 1? By Drusilla

[joxerlives]

The idea of a Vamped Slayer as a big bad was rumoured for one of the later seasons but we never saw it. Supposedly one idea was that Buffy herself was sired by Dru or Dracula and would eventually give Dawn a little bite and be returned to normal by the taste of The Key's blood

I figure if Buffy could bring herself to kill Angel she'd be able to kill Kendra. That's IF you can sire a Slayer and even if you could, would she be evil or maybe more like Lawson in Why We Fight?

[drusillacakes]

Hmm, that's an interesting question. My thinking is that Faith would still have been called because technically Kendra is dead. Buffy and Kendra would become enemies, and S3 would be drastically different. Buffy would either be hunting down someone she considers her friend, or dealing with the consequences of killing one of her own. I think before Faith was introduced, to Buffy, Kendra was really the only person who understands what it means to be a slayer, and she helped Buffy understand her identity.

Another possible scenario for S3, we'd have Faith who would be very adamant about killing Kendra, and Buffy and Faith would clash on that.

[willowsummers]

I think Kendra would have made a really cool vampire but it would have made me sad. Her and Buffy would definitely be enemies and her and Faith would have to track Kendra down.

[Faith5byFive]

My thoughts are Kendra would become season 3's big bad. Faith would of been called. But doesn't appear in season 3 meaing all other seasons would get pushed back a season.

I think Kendra would have been a tough big bad because she would of had all the Slayers abilitys and all the Vampire abilitys. Drusilla & Spike would of stayed together. And hung around Sunnydale. I think it'd been cool if Drusilla killed her since she sired her.

Or....

If she was vamped and Faith was still called. Buffy at first wouldn't want to kill Kendra. Then Angel comes back and tells her she must. Faith & Angel get togehter. Fangel ftw! And then Buffy ends up killing Kendra then in season 4 she clashes with Faith and the Mayors the big bad as he was in season 3.

At the end of season 4 Angel has to leave then.....

[joxerlives]

Feb 13, 2010 15:45:49 GMT -5 Faith5byFive said:

My thoughts are Kendra would become season 3's big bad. Faith would of been called. But doesn't appear in season 3 meaing all other seasons would get pushed back a season.

I think Kendra would have been a tough big bad because she would of had all the Slayers abilitys and all the Vampire abilitys. Drusilla & Spike would of stayed together. And hung around Sunnydale. I think it'd been cool if Drusilla killed her since she sired her.

Or....

If she was vamped and Faith was still called. Buffy at first wouldn't want to kill Kendra. Then Angel comes back and tells her she must. Faith & Angel get togehter. Fangel ftw! And then Buffy ends up killing Kendra then in season 4 she clashes with Faith and the Mayors the big bad as he was in season 3.

At the end of season 4 Angel has to leave then.....

Remember a vamped Slayer has many disadvantanges. All Buffy would need to do is lure her into the sunlight or bathe them both in Holy Water/garlic and it's game over. The vamp has advantages, sure, but it's weaknesses far outweigh them

[tkts]

Actually, this raises an interesting question. Has a slayer ever been turned?

Slayers have notoriously short lifespans. The timeline on the Buffy wiki lists 33 of them in the 20th century alone. If killing a slayer wins a vampire major bragging rights, wouldn't turning one be even better? Unless either (a) slayers can't be turned, or (b) a slayer is hard enough to kill that a vamp nearly always has to deliver an instantly-killing blow, not leaving enough time to turn her.

[CourtneyDax]

Feb 13, 2010 23:51:30 GMT -5 tkts said:

Actually, this raises an interesting question. Has a slayer ever been turned?

Slayers have notoriously short lifespans. The timeline on the Buffy wiki lists 33 of them in the 20th century alone. If killing a slayer wins a vampire major bragging rights, wouldn't turning one be even better? Unless either (a) slayers can't be turned, or (b) a slayer is hard enough to kill that a vamp nearly always has to deliver an instantly-killing blow, not leaving enough time to turn her.

There was a Buffy comic about a slayer vamp. She was Japanese and she tried to ressurect The Master by trying sacrificing Xander. She was defeated of course. This isn't canon but I just thought it was worth mentioning that there is a possibility that Slayers can be turned.

When I read this title, initially I thought Kendra wouldn't last a day. She failed as a Slayer, and I don't think she'd fare any better as a Vampire. But y'all bring up interesting points about Slayer strength factoring into the equation. But honestly, I think it would be another story arc that would be solved in a two parter, ending with her demise somewhere early season 3 as Buffy triumphs once again.

[Faith5byFive]

I don't know i think Kendra would of been a awsome Vampire/Slayer i think it would of been interesting if she was stuck between the two.

Kinda like Angel and Angelus

[Hallow Thorn]

If she got vamped that would mean that she would have been around more, and that alone would have kicked ass!

[Faith5byFive]

Yeah i agree. Kendra was totally awsome everytime she spoke i laughed.
And especially when she gave Buffy Mr Pointy.

Maybe we should do a Kendra fanfiction if she got vamped?

[Tea - Total]

I think i prefer Faith as vamp, she would be awesome. Plus brutal, plus she was evil in season 3 which she had a soul imagine her as a vampire she would probably be bad ass .

[Faith5byFive]

I'll Karma you for that. BUT how would Faith get turned? i don't think she'd be easy to sire.

[Tea - Total]

I think she would be easier to sire then Buffy.
Angelus in season 4 , when Faith put drugs in her system imagine she didnt do that.

[joxerlives]

yeah but I don't think Faith would have been content to be Angelus' lackey any more than he was going to be Jasmines. It would be interesting if Willow then turns up and resouls vamp Faith (who of course doesn't have her soul trapped anywhere so she can do that easily) and she then captures Angelus, Faith's struggle less metaphysical and more literal. But that would mean Orpheus wouldn't be half so good and it's my favourite Angel ep.

After that, who knows, the shows would be overrun with vamps with souls. I think Angel would be tempted to keep Faith as an undead girlfriend but in honesty he'd break out the Mohra demon blood and send her human back to SunnyD

[Faith5byFive]

Faith as a vampire & Dating Angel would be amazing.

But again the three vampires with souls? , im not sure Spike should of got a soul either tbh.

[buffyfan21]

Hmm, I think Kendra as a vamp would have been an interesting thing to explore story wise. The young girl who dedicated her life to the mission being turned into the very thing she loathed and was raised to fight against would have been the ultimate tragedy. And it would have been a perfect way for Drusilla and Co to make Buffy suffer even more. Having her fellow slayer not only lose her life, but to see her body taken over by a demon. This certainly would have thrown Buffy into orbit, which would be made worse by the fact that she would then have to bring herself to kill her fellow ally, someone she had grown to care for. With this in mind, I think it's for the best that Kendra was killed immediately by Dru. In a warped way, you might think of it as a mercy on Dru's part that she did not prolong Kendra's suffering.

Something I've never understood, though, Kendra being a slayer, you would think that Dru would want to feed off of her blood rather than simply slit her throat. The vamps always talk about how powerful slayers blood is. Maybe Dru was just in a hurry? Or she wasn't hungry?

[jellymoff]

Feb 16, 2010 12:45:16 GMT -5 buffyfan21 said:

Something I've never understood, though, Kendra being a slayer, you would think that Dru would want to feed off of her blood rather than simply slit her throat. The vamps always talk about how powerful slayers blood is. Maybe Dru was just in a hurry? Or she wasn't hungry?

I think that was done in the interest of time, because I always thought the same thing. You'd think Dru would have drained her completly.

[Faith5byFive]

I think it was just something different and Dru just fancied killing someone to hurt Buffy not actually drain her or sire her which would of been interesting

[joxerlives]

Feb 16, 2010 12:45:16 GMT -5 buffyfan21 said:

Hmm, I think Kendra as a vamp would have been an interesting thing to explore story wise. The young girl who dedicated her life to the mission being turned into the very thing she loathed and was raised to fight against would have been the ultimate tragedy. And it would have been a perfect way for Drusilla and Co to make Buffy suffer even more. Having her fellow slayer not only lose her life, but to see her body taken over by a demon. This certainly would have thrown Buffy into orbit, which would be made worse by the fact that she would then have to bring herself to kill her fellow ally, someone she had grown to care for. With this in mind, I think it's for the best that Kendra was killed immediately by Dru. In a warped way, you might think of it as a mercy on Dru's part that she did not prolong Kendra's suffering.

Something I've never understood, though, Kendra being a slayer, you would think that Dru would want to feed off of her blood rather than simply slit her throat. The vamps always talk about how powerful slayers blood is. Maybe Dru was just in a hurry? Or she wasn't hungry?

Maybe his drinking of Slayer's blood is one of the reasons Spike is more human than other vamps? Maybe that's why Dru didn't take any?