MEME: LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR FEELINGS

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STEP 1: CUT A HOLE IN A BOX
Step 2: Tag in with your characters
Step 3: Other people will ask how your characters feel about THEIR characters.
Step 4: TL;DR AND JOYFULNESS COMMENCE

REMINDER: There is no such thing as tagging in late, so GET IN THE CAR!

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[egregiouslypink.livejournal.com]

TINY TROLL → TINY TROLL

So, the show is called Buffy the Vampire Slayer and not Dawn the Vampire Slayer's Little Sister, so obviously we see more of Buffy's relationships than Dawn's. However, from what we do see it's pretty clear that (in Sunnydale, at least) Dawn doesn't have a ton of friends her own age. (Janice, who ditches her; season seven she makes ~new friends~ who disappear after like one ep sob; the Potentials are more of an invading horde than potential bffs, for the most part.) Some of this can be chalked up to just not concentrating on Dawn, but a lot of it is: Dawn spends a metric fuckton of time with people Buffy's age and older. She's had to grow up fast, and beyond that LOL I'M A TROLL, LOOK AT ME WITH MY TROLLING she's actually concerned with a lot of issues that are... probably not healthy for someone her age to pile on.

She's also the perpetual little sister, always younger and protected and not treated like she's stupid but definitely just. Fragile, needing more of a shield. She's always been the taken care-ee, never the caretaker. River is an equal and Dawn thinks of her as one, but she's also protective of River in a way that unconsciously apes some of the Buffy → Dawn vibe, with Dawn as the Buffy in this situation. That's definitely new for her, but in a good way.

Also, River has moved past Dawn's usual LOL ADOPTED EXTENDED FAMILY thing into that 'part of me' place previously only occupied by Buffy.

[biverbam.livejournal.com]

/keeps these two in my pocket forever ♥

Obviously they are like, five minutes away from an awkward proposal.