BtVS 10th Anniversary

HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY TO
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER!


On this date 10 years ago a show premiered that, though cancelled 4 years ago, still lives on for many of us. It's brought people together from all over the world to discuss the show, to read and write fics, to create beautiful artwork and all this has resulted in some wonderful friendships between fans. Here's to Buffy and to all of us - cheers.

Why Buffy?

I've always wondered why Joyce named her daughter Buffy not Muffy or Cindy Lou or something else. In all my years of fanfic reading I never saw this question addressed so I've decided to try to answer it and I've come up with this scenario: Joyce and her sister Arlene (I'm inclined to think that the Aunt Darlene in "Pangs" was a mispronunciation) were orphans raised by an Uncle Bill. They grew up watching Family Affair and saw themselves as having a sort of FA life and swore they would name their kids after the characters.

Joyce met Hank in her freshman year at college while studying art history and they were soon inseperable. He was a year or so older and when he graduated they married and she became pregnant a short while later never finishing college. By that time Arlene was also married and had a daughter named Cissy. Joyce then gave birth to a girl she named Buffy and a short time later Arlene's second daughter was born and named Celia. A few years passed and Arlene gave birth to a son named Jody. After Celia's death at age 8 Arlene and her family moved to Illinois. Anyway this is my story and I'm sticking to it - anyone have a better idea?