11 Questions About Joyce

[willowsummers]

1. Do you like Joyce earlier in the show or later?
The first time I watched the show, it took a while for Joyce to grow on me, but now I pretty much like her all the time. We get to know her better, certainly, as the show progresses.

2. Do you think she's sexy?
I think she's an attractive woman.

3. Did you like her single, with Giles, or wish her husband was still with her?
I always kind of liked the idea of her getting with Giles. I do wish we could have seen more about of the man she was dating before she died and that she could have spent more time with him. He seemed to make her happy.

4. What is your favorite Joyce moment?
Her speech with Buffy about sex, when she realized about Dawn being the key and told Buffy how much she loved her in the hospital. I also love it when Angelus comes to the house and she tells him he's scaring Buffy. I alo love it in School Hard when she tells Buffy that she learned she thought of others in a crisis and knew how to take care of herself and how impressed that made her.

5. What is your least favorite Joyce moment?
When she was with Ted, MOO, some of the times she was hardest on Buffy.

6. What is your favorite episode featuring Joyce?
GINGERBREAD! God, I hated that whole MOO thing. lol I try to forget that happened.

7. What is your least favorite episode featuring Joyce?
Ted and the Body. The Body was such a good episode but it's so upsetting. I can't watch it again.

8. Did you like Buffy and Joyce's relationship?
I didn't the first time I watched it, and right at first, because I resented how little time she spent with her and she hadn't proved, showwise, how much she loved Buffy. Later on, I loved their relationship and thought very highly of Joyce as a mother.

9. Did you really hate it when she trusted Ted above Buffy?
Yes, but I do know she was also under the influence of those cookies and everything. lol It is such a metaphor though for what really happens in life. We find someone who makes us feel some way we want to feel and we start to shut out other people and defend that person, sometimes very foolishly and wrongly.

10. What do you think about the way they handled Buffy, Dawn and Joyce, particularly when Joyce was

sick?
I loved it. Joyce always tried to be very fair to both girls. But while she was sick, Joyce figured out about Dawn and was able to deal with it and still love her. This also helped her realize just how special that made Buffy and it was perfect.

11. How would you describe Joyce?
Warm, fiercely protective, adaptable, patient and a woman who may be a little too hard on people sometimes because she's having to do something very tough and can't deal with a whole lot of bull. I'm also surprised because I probably wouldn't have thought to say some of those things until I got ready to write them down.

Thanks BuffyFan21, I don't think I'd realized just how much I liked Joyce until I had to do this Q&A.

[Randi Giles]

1. Do you like Joyce earlier in the show or later?
Later after she found out Buffy was the slayer. We saw more of her.

2. Do you think she's sexy?
Sure

3. Did you like her single, with Giles, or wish her husband was still with her?
Like her single

4. What is your favorite Joyce moment?
Love her moments with Giles and Spike best. On the hood of the police car and Passions.

5. What is your least favorite Joyce moment?
I'll have to go with Ted also.

6. What is your favorite episode featuring Joyce?
Band Candy I had to come switch this.

7. What is your least favorite episode featuring Joyce?
The Body. So sad. and Gingerbread.

8. Did you like Buffy and Joyce's relationship?
Later after she found out Buffy was the slayer it got better. It was nice they were so close before she died.

9. Did you really hate it when she trusted Ted above Buffy?
Yes, hello Buffy is your daughter. Yes at the time to the best of her knowledge Buffy got into trouble alot, but deep down you should believe your daughter over some guy you've only known for a month or so. Or however long she knew him.

10. What do you think about the way they handled Buffy, Dawn and Joyce, particularly when Joyce was sick?
Interesting. It was funny cause I remember Joyce referring to Buffy as an only child.

11. How would you describe Joyce?
Patient kind loving mother

[buffyfan21]

Yay, a Joyce Q&A, awesomeness! ;D

1. Do you like Joyce earlier in the show or later?
I love her character throughout her time on the show.

2. Do you think she's sexy?
I think she's an attractive, very put together woman.

3. Did you like her single, with Giles, or wish her husband was still with her?
I love the fact that Joyce is a single, strong, independent woman and mother, but I also love the idea of she and Giles together, wish they had played around with that more.

4. What is your favorite Joyce moment?
All her scenes in Band Candy. Threatening Spike with the Ax in School Hard, making small talk with Spike in Becoming Part I, the "Have we met?" moment - love that! Watching Passions with Spike - so funny! Sharing hot cocoa with Spike in S3's Lovers Walk and bonding over their relationship issues. The scene with she and Buffy at the end of Innocence. I could go on and on...

5. What is your least favorite Joyce moment?
When she dies in The Body.

6. What is your favorite episode featuring Joyce?
Can't believe no one has mentioned Band Candy yet!

7. What is your least favorite episode featuring Joyce?
The Body. Brilliant episode but I hate that she died. I just can't watch it.

8. Did you like Buffy and Joyce's relationship?
I love, and was often envious of the relationship that Joyce and Buffy shared. I remember watching Buffy as a teenager and wishing that Joyce was my mom! She just seems like such a warm, caring, loving mother. And I love how even when she and Buffy didn't see eye to eye, they always had a connection and bond as mother and daughter that nothing could break. Yes, Joyce was hard on Buffy at times, but in fairness to her, she did not know Buffy was the slayer, after she found out things became a lot less lecturey.

9. Did you really hate it when she trusted Ted above Buffy?
Yes, but in her defense she wasn't exactly thinking clearly, she was practically being brainwashed and drugged.

10. What do you think about the way they handled Buffy, Dawn and Joyce, particularly when Joyce was sick?
Loved it. Very moving storyline. You could clearly see that Joyce loved both girls equally. Even after she found out the truth about Dawn, it didn't stop her from loving her. She continued to embrace and love Dawn as her own, as if nothing had changed. I think of it almost like a metaphor for adoption, just because you did not give birth to a child biologically, doesn't mean you love that child any less. You welcome that child into your family and shower them with love, this is what Buffy and Joyce did for Dawn. They welcomed her into their lives and hearts, provided her with a home, a family, and unconditional love and support. It really is a beautiful thing. I love the relationship that Joyce had with both of her girls.

11. How would you describe Joyce?
Strong, independent, brave, fiercely loyal, loving, kind, warm-hearted, nurturing, stands up for her morals and beliefs, opinionated.

[slayerthorn]

1. Do you like Joyce earlier in the show or later?
I liked her from Season 3 and later.

2. Do you think she's sexy?
No

3. Did you like her single, with Giles, or wish her husband was still with her?
With Giles. I kind of wish they would have done more with that.

4. What is your favorite Joyce moment?
When she realized Dawn was the key but still liked her.

5. What is your least favorite Joyce moment?
MOO

6. What is your favorite episode featuring Joyce?
Band Candy

7. What is your least favorite episode featuring Joyce?
Gingerbread

8. Did you like Buffy and Joyce's relationship?
That eventually Joyce was able to be okay and sometimes even supportive of Buffy being a slayer.

9. Did you really hate it when she trusted Ted above Buffy?
Yes I did. Grr…

10. What do you think about the way they handled Buffy, Dawn and Joyce, particularly when Joyce was sick?
It was good. Joyce seemed to handle the situation really well.

11. How would you describe Joyce?
Protective, emotionally strong, somewhat oblivious, kind, caring

[Inappropriate Starches]

1. Do you like Joyce earlier in the show or later?
Probably best later. I always like her, but in the beginning she's sort of the Mom that tries to hard. She reads parenting books and doesn't really pay attention to what's going on. Though I understand why of course, I just prefer when she knows Buffy is the slayer, and of course the 5th season dealt a lot with their family.

2. Do you think she's sexy?
You know for a Mom she kind of is. I get why Xander would feature her in his dream along with the younger scoobies.

3. Did you like her single, with Giles, or wish her husband was still with her?
I like her on her own just fine, as she is a great single mother, but I always sort of wanted her and Giles to hook up (I mean again...). Especially after his scene in Forever, you just know he was at least a little bit in love with her. It would have been sweet to watch.

4. What is your favorite Joyce moment?
I really like any scene with Spike. I also like that finding out Dawn isn't 'really' her daughter doesn't change how she feels about her. Also Band Candy, great to see what Joyce was like as a teenager. I would have hung out with her.

5. What is your least favorite Joyce moment?
MOO

6. What is your favorite episode featuring Joyce?
Band Candy probably, it's hilarious, and has some of the most scenes in one episode actually featuring her.

7. What is your least favorite episode featuring Joyce?
Probably Gingerbread

8. Did you like Buffy and Joyce's relationship?
Yes I did. Of course they had their rough patches and misunderstandings, but there was real love and support there. Joyce gave Buffy 'the talk' after she found out about Angel, but she turned it lighthearted at the end and still treated her the same. She left during the ascention because Buffy asked her to, and she treated her like an adult when she grew up. I thought they were a great Mother/Daughter team, and Dawn makes a trio.

9. Did you really hate it when she trusted Ted above Buffy?
Yes I did, but I think in the end she would have listened. She just really wanted to be in a relationship again, and to her Ted seemed great and Buffy seemed unreasonable. When Buffy 'killed' Ted she was going to protect her but Buffy confessed.

10. What do you think about the way they handled Buffy, Dawn and Joyce, particularly when Joyce was sick?
I think they did a great job. I think it was realistic to how things would actually go especially with all their characters. Joyce was still strong, Buffy being the oldest took care of things and it weighed on her, and Dawn was the baby both weak and strong and terribly afraid. I thought was both touching and heartbreaking so yeah, excellent job.

11. How would you describe Joyce?
strong, protective, mildly paranoid, sweet, maternal, courageous, fun

[Astray]

1. Do you like Joyce earlier in the show or later?
Later, her character gained more focus.

2. Do you think she's sexy?
Er no? She is a beautiful woman though.


3. Did you like her single, with Giles, or wish her husband was still with her?
I liked her single. I think its where Buffy gets sense of self-reliance.


4. What is your favorite Joyce moment?
When she went back and took on Spike.


5. What is your least favorite Joyce moment?
Ted.


6. What is your favorite episode featuring Joyce?
The Body of course.


7. What is your least favorite episode featuring Joyce?
Ted.


8. Did you like Buffy and Joyce's relationship?
Yes, but at times I wish they would have spoken more and that Joyce had been more in the loop with what Buffy was up to.


9. Did you really hate it when she trusted Ted above Buffy?
Yeh I really do. It seemed out of character.


10. What do you think about the way they handled Buffy, Dawn and Joyce, particularly when Joyce was sick?
I liked it from what I remember. Buffy having to take the torch from Joyce and Dawn being left in dark seemed realistic to me.


11. How would you describe Joyce?
Concerned. Motherly. Kind.

[Skytteflickan88]

1. Do you like Joyce earlier in the show or later?
Later. I got tired of Joyce telling Buffy to grow up and be more responsible about her grades and not sneaking out, when in reality she was saving the world, seeing people die and having her boyfriend try to kill her.

2. Do you think she's sexy?
Yes. But I prefer younger women.

3. Did you like her single, with Giles, or wish her husband was still with her?
I've only ever seen her alone. The Giles thing was a spell, but maybe they should have dated. Hank seems like a loser, so glad she got rid off him.

4. What is your favorite Joyce moment?
Hitting Spike over the head with the axe.

5. What is your least favorite Joyce moment?
Talking to Spike about his broken heart, comforting him. He tried to kill your daughter for Christ Sake!

6. What is your favorite episode featuring Joyce?
Becoming part 2, but not because of Joyce.

7. What is your least favorite episode featuring Joyce?
Not sure.

8. Did you like Buffy and Joyce's relationship?
Yes, it's sweet and nurturing. It's horrible that she sent Buffy to a asylum (and weird that it wasn't brought up when she found out about vamps, but I guess that's because the asylum thing wasn't planned from the start). She seemed nice and nurturing, and balanced being supportive off Buffy and her slayer career while bering worried about her.

9. Did you really hate it when she trusted Ted above Buffy?
It was so aweful. But I blame the drugs and her ignorance. She probably thought she was right, and that Buffy was lying. Many parents seem to be able to make that misstake. People don't know how victims off abuse act.

10. What do you think about the way they handled Buffy, Dawn and Joyce, particularly when Joyce was sick?
It was nice and cry-worthy. I iked how we saw Buffy being weak and worried about her mom, Dawn and Buffy comforting each other. It would have been nice to see Joyce talk about how she was feeling with someone that wasn't Buffy or Dawn. Maybe a scene with Giles about how hard it was, thinking that she might leave her girls behind, alone in the world.

11. How would you describe Joyce?
A caring and warm woman, with a nice sense of humour. Maybe a bit distant to strangers (as she told Buffy in Fear Itself, or another season 4 episode, it took a while for her to get friends in Sunnydale because she was afraid to open herself up), but police and nice. Also a great mom.

[orangejuicepony]

1. Do you like Joyce earlier in the show or later?
Later, when she knew that Buffy was the slayer, before she just seemed like a bit of an idiot (who was also and awesome mom), after, she seemed like an awesome mom (who was not an idiot).

2. Do you think she's sexy?
No, she's too mom-ish.

3. Did you like her single, with Giles, or wish her husband was still with her?
I like her with Giles, I always hoped that they would have gotten together after band candy.

4. What is your favorite Joyce moment?
The one with Spike and the marshmallows.

5. What is your least favorite Joyce moment?
The whole Ted episode.

6. What is your favorite episode featuring Joyce?
Lover's walk.

7. What is your least favorite episode featuring Joyce?
The body, for she was dead

8. Did you like Buffy and Joyce's relationship?
Yeah, she was a great Mom, and always tried her best to be there for her daughter(s).

9. Did you really hate it when she trusted Ted above Buffy?
YES! but I blame Teds magic brainwashing cooking.

10. What do you think about the way they handled Buffy, Dawn and Joyce, particularly when Joyce was sick?
It seemed really realistic to me, like how most families would react to a sick mother.

11. How would you describe Joyce?
Kind, loving, supportive.

[buffyfan21]

Sept 1, 2010 0:06:36 GMT -5 orangejuicepony said:

1. Do you like Joyce earlier in the show or later?
Later, when she knew that Buffy was the slayer, before she just seemed like a bit of an idiot (who was also and awesome mom), after, she seemed like an awesome mom (who was not an idiot).

Haha. This made me laugh.

[iigreenii]

1. Do you like Joyce earlier in the show or later?
Later. She became a lot more open minded about Buffy being a Slayer and it helped both of them connect even more.

2. Do you think she's sexy?
I think beautiful rather than sexy when I look at Joyce.

3. Did you like her single, with Giles, or wish her husband was still with her?
I liked Joyce single. I wouldn't have minded if she had dated Giles though. I loved them in Band Candy.

4. What is your favorite Joyce moment?
My favorite Joyce moment is in Listening to Fear when she tells Buffy keep Dawn safe and "to love her like I love you". The entire speech was beautiful. You could tell Joyce loved Buffy more than anything.

5. What is your least favorite Joyce moment?
When she told Buffy not to come back if she leaves in Becoming pt 2.

6. What is your favorite episode featuring Joyce?
Band Candy. Her & Giles were so funny.

7. What is your least favorite episode featuring Joyce?
The Body. I hate this episode.

8. Did you like Buffy and Joyce's relationship?
I loved it.

9. Did you really hate it when she trusted Ted above Buffy?
Yes.

10. What do you think about the way they handled Buffy, Dawn and Joyce, particularly when Joyce was sick?
I loved that they had Joyce to accept and love Dawn no matter what she was all while showing that Buffy was still the most important person in her life. It was beautifully done.

11. How would you describe Joyce?
Sweet, Protective and very Open-Minded.