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So many things about Buffy are contradictory. She's both shallow and deep: part of her is giggly, flippant and superficial. The other side of her has the weight of her responsibility and the world on her shoulders. She feels things deeply while at the same time wanting to close off the part of her that does care. She's not unintelligent, but school-based book learning has never been her forte. She can, however, tell you more about demons than most people, and has a high level of street smarts. She is highly competitive and has a need to be the best at what she does. It colors her life as a Slayer, where she is the focus and center of her circle of friends - and with good reason. While it may sound like teasing when she says she's 'THE slayer' there is a core of truth underlying that pronouncement.

She has deep abandonment issues and that only gets worse as time goes on. Her father left, Angel leaves, she feels that Giles betrayed her, siding with the Watchers during the 'trial' on her eighteenth birthday and even her relationship with her friends can be rife with fights and tension. She cares about these people in her own way, but it is always her way. On her terms. Never too close. Buffy struggles with being a leader, but in her mind she doesn't have a choice. As much as she talks about giving up and walking away from it, Buffy knows that she could never turn her back on protecting people from the darkness that's out there.