She's interesting in theory, but they failed to make her interesting in practice.
And that's the big thing, I think. I find the *idea* of Kendra interesting, but... she's just not. And she has such a brief lifespan as Slayer, too, unfortunately for her.
What I'd like to see, honestly--and I'd never thought of this until you made this post, but now I'd genuinely like to see it--is Kendra after she gets home after her first visit to Sunnydale. It has to have made an impression on her. Does it change her at all? Does she start questioning her Watcher, even a little bit? Does she start wondering whether she can be a little more like Buffy and still do her duty as she's been taught to see it? If she'd lived longer, what would she have become as a result?
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Date: 2005-05-28 10:06 pm (UTC)And that's the big thing, I think. I find the *idea* of Kendra interesting, but... she's just not. And she has such a brief lifespan as Slayer, too, unfortunately for her.
What I'd like to see, honestly--and I'd never thought of this until you made this post, but now I'd genuinely like to see it--is Kendra after she gets home after her first visit to Sunnydale. It has to have made an impression on her. Does it change her at all? Does she start questioning her Watcher, even a little bit? Does she start wondering whether she can be a little more like Buffy and still do her duty as she's been taught to see it? If she'd lived longer, what would she have become as a result?