Two Buffy Thoughts

[itsnotmymind]

1. I finished Into the Woods and have some thoughts about Riley's romantic background.

In As You Were, Riley says Buffy is the first woman he ever loved. In an S4 episode, one of Riley's buddies tells Buffy that Riley has dated other women. So it would seem Riley dated women he didn't love.

To take it a step further,  I really don't think Buffy was Riley's first time, sexually. Which means Riley dated and slept with women he didn't love.

I wonder if that played a role in his willingness to believe Buffy didn't love him? Because he was projecting from his own past experience of dating people he didn't love?

2. I think the storyline of Joyce's illness is the only major storyline on the show that isn't mystical in nature.

Comments

[trepkos]

Not to sound cynical, but isn't it normal to sleep with people one doesn't love? Especially for guys?

[itsnotmymind]

For some people it is. I have to admit my take on Riley is that while he may have had one night stands, I think he also was the kind of person who would try to have a relationship. So I see him as trying to be seriously involved with someone when he wasn't particularly feeling it.

[trepkos]

True. But I guess you don't always know whether or not you love someone when you first start seeing them ... and the third night thing seems to be a thing, so he could have slept with someone thinking he might fall in love, but then didn't ...? There's so many plot holes in "As You Were" anyway ...!

[itsnotmymind]

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