h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, it's that time of the month again and as usual I'm having another one of my profound thoughts, as usual it's a stupid hour of the morning and I really should be in bed dreaming of Sarah, but anyway, here goes!!

How do we define someones character, well I don't know about you, but I find it hard enough to define my own, let alone anyone elses, I choose to think of people either as good people or as bad people.

What I do know about myself, is that my life and character have been profoundly affected by watching Buffy, in the seven years that I have been watching the show, my life has drastically changed, to a stage now where I can safely say that I have a fairly happy life style, and although I can't give all the credit to Buffy, I have to admit that my changes are, in some small part, due to this show.

Then there is my character, as well as life style changes, I have had changed in character, I used to be miserable and very shy, but now I am happy, always have a smile and love to laugh, I'm more confident about myself and my abilities and on occasion, been known to crack the odd funny joke or two, and again, I owe these changes, in some small part, to Buffy, in many ways I am Xander!!

You may laugh, you may think 'What a sad git he is', and as proof of my change in character, I'll say something that I would never had of said 7 years ago, 'I really don't care what mst people think about me', I only care about the people that matter, my family, my girlfriend and my closest friends. In the end, the person I am today and the kind of life that I enjoy, I owe a small part of that to Joss Whedon and his creation.

If it wasn't for Buffy, I probably would not have met my girlfriend or my best friend.

Xander

Who am I? Now that IS a deep one?

I think since I got into Buffy in a big way, that I am becoming more like Willow everyday.

I will go to any lengths to help my closest friends as I tend to think of them more as my family. There is no price I wouldn't pay for them, Im sure I read somewhere that that actually means Im quite insecure. I can be quite loud and outspoken, especially if someone is talking total about something they know nothing about. I tend to say what I think, which often offends people and I dont suffer fools gladly.

Despite popular belief, Im not stupid or rude but I am hugely misunderstood and underappreciated by my family, although my friends have no problems 'getting' me.

To conclude, Im headstrong and stand by my beliefs and friends, if people dont like me, then thats their tough luck as I am loyal and friendly, even if I come across as cold/hard. I can, and do, look after me and mine! (Mine being my close friends, my family come in last, after all, its where they put me)
Life has dealt me quite a bit of but all in all I think it has made me tougher and more together as a person.


This is a great idea, you should put it in the 'Ask the H2G2 Community' conversation forum!!

Willow

Buffy here. That is a good question it made me think about it for a while before answering I suppose i am like buffy due to the fact I like playing the hero and being the one help my friends get on in life I like to share my strength with my friends to make them stronger and help them realise that they are individuals unique in there own way but I also (and my sis will confirm this instantly) say the dumbest things without thinking about it first and I also try and back pedal making the dumb thing sound even worse. I dont owe this all to the show tho I re-discovered Marilyn Manson about 2 years ago I'd heard of him in the eighty's but didnt take much notice then but this time around I noticed manson is no longer Brian warner he has become his character and is happy with that I decided then I was going to do the same. I was gonna be who I really wanted to be (ME) and no matter what anyone thought wether it be that I was different or weird or a freak I didnt care i was doing no-one any harm and I was being Me (the short weird looking hero) funny enough I have alot more close friends now than when i was pretending to be be someone i wasnt. Im also alot more confident and tolarent than i was before (my sis will account for that too ha ha)

hope that makes sense to whomever reads it.

This is very true, I believe that when you finally discover the person that you become, you do become more confident in yourself. When people try to be someone that they are not, then they tend to be alot less confident about themselves, and this is what people accept, not what you have become, be it Xander, Goth or weird, it's the confidence that you have gained by finding yourself.

Xander

Well said if id thought of that i wouldnt have rabbited on for an hour lol!!