Comment on Was a TV show you like ever ruined by the addition of a particular character to the point that you had to quit, or nearly quit?

Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• harsh3466@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Almost quit when Dawn was introduced into Buffy

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  • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m going to disagree with Dawn. I feel like she was the one addition that really worked: the ballsy gaslighting that turned out to be a retcon and her being central to the plot actually sold her for me.

    Plus I grew up on Pete and Pete so I was already a Michelle Trachtenberg fan.

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    • harsh3466@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I should have clarified that in the end I think adding Dawn as a character was great for Buffy, but initially, I hated the idea.

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      • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        That was the point though - they deliberately made her obnoxious af and pushed it in a way that would put the viewers on the back foot before pulling the rug.

        Connor was just a disaster. Even the actor hated the whiny little shit

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