Mathieu
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Post by Mathieu on May 13, 2008 15:03:39 GMT -5
Just figured I would ask. As far as I am concerned I am TORN. I love them all!
Maybe going with Andrew and Harmony.
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Post by Mathieu on May 13, 2008 15:21:56 GMT -5
Ok that was a little to short a message to start off. I'm going to write a little more here.
Xander: I like his character but I never found any of his jokes funny. I am not really into the geeky references. I guess he was considered as the comic relief by the writers though.
Cordelia : She was hillarious with her snappy comments. Very sarcastic. Loved her conversation (and her body but that's a different story, sorry).
Oz: Not really funny in terms of ahaha funny, more weird funny.
Harmony: I absolutely loved her as a vamp. She was still that brainless girl, only more dangerous. Well, not that dangerous.
Anya: Almost picked her. I really enjoyed her character when she was "providing very much needed sarcasm". When she sucked at reacting as a normal person.
Andrew: He's the best. Such a neeeerd and still he fitted so well in the Scooby gang. Simply the funniest.
Buffybot: I realized they refer to the Buffybot as a character in the Buffyverse in Wikipedia. Given that it/she was a huge comic relief I decided to include it/her in the poll.
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Post by BennyTheKey on May 13, 2008 15:21:57 GMT -5
Cordillia and Anya, were my fravs ! so hard to pick from that list
I agree with the cordillia body thing !
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Post by Enisy on May 13, 2008 15:25:10 GMT -5
Why is Spike not on the list...? Ohwell. I'll vote for Xander and the Buffybot. ("That'll put Marzipan in your pie, bingo!")  |
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Post by Mathieu on May 13, 2008 15:30:44 GMT -5
Why is Spike not on the list...? Ohwell. I'll vote for Xander and the Buffybot. ("That'll put Marzipan in your pie, bingo!")  I hesitated about including Spike in the list (personnally I don't think he's a funny character) but I considered that his role in the show has been a lot more that just being a comic relief (not that the other characters were only that either) but with all the drama surrounding Spike I decided to not include him in the list. Seriously, in Season 6 and 7 Spike was anything but funny! |
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Post by themaleslayer on May 13, 2008 15:33:48 GMT -5
Anya and Andrew, without a doubt.
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Post by Emmie on May 13, 2008 15:42:47 GMT -5
Wow I disagree about Spike not being funny for the last 2 seasons. He's not as funny as earlier in seasons 4 and 5 because they were busy tearing down his rep as the big bad. And I don't think any of the characters are purely there for comic relief, but Anya and Andrew certainly have a majority of comic lines for their arc history.
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Post by Mathieu on May 13, 2008 15:48:27 GMT -5
Wow I disagree about Spike not being funny for the last 2 seasons. He's not as funny as earlier in seasons 4 and 5 because they were busy tearing down his rep as the big bad. And I don't think any of the characters are purely there for comic relief, but Anya and Andrew certainly have a majority of comic lines for their arc history. Well, I think that we can say without a doubt that Anya, Andrew and Harmony were there for comic relief. Cordelia kinda was too. They were the characters who would come up with a funny line when things were tough. I guess Xander and Oz were a lot more than that. Ok now I feel bad for not including Spike. But was he that funny?? Has anyone here ever laughed to one of his lines?? |
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Post by Enisy on May 13, 2008 15:53:34 GMT -5
You mean you haven't?  Not even with the Spike/Giles interaction in Tabula Rasa? |
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Post by BennyTheKey on May 13, 2008 15:56:30 GMT -5
I think some (and i emphasis "some") of his lines are funny, but hes not really there to add funny lines, like anya and the rest of the people in the poll were
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Post by Enisy on May 13, 2008 16:25:07 GMT -5
They actually intended Spike to be Cordelia's replacement in Season 4 -- to kind of stand in the background and make funny/sarcastic remarks about the Scoobies' decisions and/or actions -- before they realized Anya worked better in that role. And yeah, Season 5-7 he got a deeper arc, but that doesn't make him any less funny. That's like saying Cordelia shouldn't be on that list because she grew more selfless and heroic in Seasons 2-3 & 5 of Angel, or Xander because he was a bit more reserved in Seasons 5-7 of Buffy. As a matter of fact, I find that their funny lines sometimes stand even better in that context... as opposed to, say, Andrew, whose humor was so time-consuming and in-your-face in Season 7.
One argument I could buy is that the serious tone of Season 7 of Buffy and Season 3 of Angel -- specifically -- sucked Spike's, Xander's and Cordelia's humor near-dry, but I can't see how that outweighs ~ four other seasons of Buffy and one season of Angel for Spike (+ Lover's Walk), six other seasons of Buffy for Xander, and three seasons of Buffy and two other seasons of Angel for Cordelia (+ You're Welcome).
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Post by Mathieu on May 13, 2008 16:26:07 GMT -5
I am not a big laugher. I only laugh at stupid lines. Andrew made me laugh a lot. Harmony runs as a close second. Anya and Cordelia were sometimes funny, not to say hilarious. The Buffybot really was HILARIOUS, but only for a few episodes. However Xander and Spike never made me laugh. Not even the funny Giles/Spike relationship in Tabula Rasa. I couldn't explain why though, I guess my brain only reacts at a very precise kind of humor.
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Post by Mathieu on May 13, 2008 16:30:16 GMT -5
They actually intended Spike to be Cordelia's replacement in Season 4 -- to kind of stand in the background and make funny/sarcastic remarks about the Scoobies' decisions and/or actions -- before they realized Anya worked better in that role. And yeah, Season 5-7 he got a deeper arc, but that doesn't make him any less funny. That's like saying Cordelia shouldn't be on that list because she grew more selfless and heroic in Seasons 2-3 & 5 of Angel, or Xander because he was a bit more reserved in Seasons 5-7 of Buffy. As a matter of fact, I find that their funny lines sometimes stand even better in that context... as opposed to, say, Andrew, whose humor was so time-consuming and in-your-face in Season 7. One argument I could buy is that the serious tone of Season 7 of Buffy and Season 3 of Angel -- specifically -- sucked Spike's, Xander's and Cordelia's humor near-dry, but I can't see how that outweighs ~ four other seasons of Buffy and one season of Angel for Spike (+ Lover's Walk), six other seasons of Buffy for Xander, and three seasons of Buffy and two other seasons of Angel for Cordelia (+ You're Welcome). Don't agree here. Indeed they tried to use Spike as the comic relief in Season 4 and realized that the sarcasm worked better with Anya. I don't really remember Spike being that funny in season 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7. Cordelia may have gone her own dark path in Angel but it doesn't take back her three years of funny Cordy in BTVS. |
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Post by Enisy on May 13, 2008 16:30:36 GMT -5
Well, humor is a matter of taste. Just saying that Spike is considered at least as funny as the listed characters, in the fandom as a whole.
Gotta say, I didn't find Harmony funny until she guest-starred and then became a regular in Angel. I think it's because Mercedes's acting had improved so much by then.
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Post by themaleslayer on May 13, 2008 16:31:41 GMT -5
Awww no one rooting for Oz? Was it him and Willow who had the discussion on pantsed animal crackers?
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Post by Mathieu on May 13, 2008 16:32:34 GMT -5
Well, humor is a matter of taste. Just saying that Spike is considered at least as funny as the listed characters, in the fandom as a whole. Gotta say, I didn't find Harmony funny until she guest-starred and then became a regular in Angel. I think it's because Mercedes's acting had improved so much by then. I think you should create a new poll "Is Spike a funny character?"!!! I promise I will answer it! Just kidding. |
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Post by Enisy on May 13, 2008 16:37:53 GMT -5
Brian Lynch: Plus, reduced to the very basics, [Spike]'s a bad-ass and a romantic. And he's really funny and charming. Something for everyone.
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Post by Rachster on May 13, 2008 16:42:32 GMT -5
hard choice between Cordelia and Anya i loved them both but i do think Spike should be up there he is one of the funniest characters on Buffy & angel
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Post by Mathieu on May 13, 2008 16:54:08 GMT -5
Seriously, would anyone choose Spike over Anya, Cordelia or Andrew for comic relief? Ok he's cool and charming and funny. But he's far from being a clown in BTVS. He's more the tormented character type.
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Post by Wyndam on May 13, 2008 16:59:21 GMT -5
Cordelia and Anya for me. I would have liked to see Wesley on the list as well. For the first two and a half seasons of Angel, he was very much the comic relief on that show (more so in Season 1, but he was still very funny during Season 2 and 3).
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