A year ago, I probably would have said Willow for the last question - but I just keep loving Buffy more and more, these days...

First of all, how DARE you make me choose between Xander and Willow. (I chose Willow, but used my Xander icon in pennance for neglecting him.)

I like X/C, but I think I like X/W more.

Snyder may not have been kept in the dark, so much as he didn't even bother to ask.

I've always assumed that Willow was going to school so she could be a teacher.

I always thought the Willow/Xander of season 3 was weird. Yeah, she'd had a crush on him, but had gotten over it. It just seem contrived to break the couples up.

I always wondered whether Snyder knew or not. It could go either way. I don't think Snyder was evil evil, though, like wanting to kill people evil.

Dopplegangland!

Normal Again is a huge retcon.

In Normal Again we learn that Buffy had been in a mental hospital pre-series...

While it's totally logical that Buffy would have ended up there, it's one of those things that you would think would have been brought up in the montage of Angel stalking her, when Buffy explains to people why her mom can't know, when Joyce actually finds out, by Dawn in a petulant moment, ect.

Willow's the only main Scooby still in school by S7. What type of degree is she going for?

Just going by memory here, but I don't think there's ever a mention of Willow taking a science class except for Psych with Maggie. Not even any computer science or anything. My general impression was that after she went to college she shifted from being really interested in and good at science to being really good at and interested in and good at the social sciences and humanities. I don't know if that's something the show did to make her fit the wicca/lesbian stereotypes or just something my brain did because of those stereotypes, but that was my impression. *waits for people to have canon evidence to contrary*

Best Scooby meeting place?
The library, hands down. The lighting wasn't always the best, but the second level in it made it really easy to set up interesting blocking, and it made sense that there were enough books around to explain whatever people needed to research. This answer was in no way influenced by the fact that I work in a library.

I love your polls!

First off, can I say how much I'm loving it that "Why did Xander and Cordy have to break up?" is currently winning? LOVE. IT.

I could go either way with Snyder, so I'm just going to go with how fantastic Armin Shimerman is, kay?

It's amazing to me just how good the "double" episodes all are. Top notch, every last one, though I went with "Intervention" because A) naked Spike with bedroom hair, B) the Buffybot is the most adorable thing ever, and C) the kiss at the end! So sweet!

The retcon was stupid, but I still like the episode.

How much do I love all the Buffy love in the final question? So much.

The last one was tough for me. Is Buffy a Scooby? Is Scooby a Scooby? Because if yes, then Buffy but if no then VERY CLOSE TIE between Giles (AWESOME and I'm shallow) and Willow (AWESOME). :)

The courses we know Willow was taking at university included psychology, sociology, drama and ethnomusicology. She wanted to take Modern Poetry but the course was full.

She tells Buffy, in relation to Psychology "It's fun, and you can use it for your science requirement."

I think she's pretty clearly on the Arts track. Mind you, if you remember from 'Choices' she actually chose UC Sunnydale partly because they'd let her design her own course.

*is answering in random order of remembering*

Wow, I'm really surprised how few said Willow. Maybe I'm just feeling the gay sisterhood or whatevs, or think she's adorable-then-really hot, but she has such a lovely character arc and is just such a LIKABLE person even when she's doing dumb stuff. You can't help but love her, and the way her control flaw is set up from the beginning is marvelous, even if plenty don't see it.

The mental hospital thing always made sense to me cause I read one of those Buffy comics where she gets sent to the hospital before I saw Normal Again - I actually think it's in a couple of them, so it always 'felt' canon to me.

Durrrh, Doppelgangland! Best ep ever! Although the others are good too.

Science, cause...Willow's science-y.

The Magic Box - it's in my favorite seasons (4-6), and it's full of nice fun stuff and it's an opportunity for funny and it's Anya and...yeah. It's fun. Although the library is cute and homey.

I never thought about the Snyder question before, that's interesting. I just put that he rocks cause I have no idea and...don't really care, honestly. :D

Clothing fluke does not exist. What are you talking about?

Although if it did exist, I may have screamed at my TV and made separating motions with my hands and babbled about how she loves Oz and such. If it had happened.

How dare you make me choose between the awesomeness of vamp!Willow and the awesomeness of the Buffybot! But "Intervention" has Spike with JBF hair, so... yeah, I'm shallow. :)

*sniff* So few of us love Xander. *hugs him*

I am shocked to see you pick Buffy over Willow. Shocked, I say!

The NA retcon only makes sense to me because I always assume the mental institution bit was a Dawn-related fake memory.

I always felt that Xander suddenly being interested in Willow was nothing more than him wanting her because she had someone else. Xander was always the guy in Willow's life, and he has almost zero interest in her until she starts dating Oz. There was the one time with the ice cream on her nose and the almost kiss, but Buffy comes back, and he's right back to ignoring Willow.

As for Willow, I suppose I can see her taking what she could never have before, but she was seriously stupid to risk what she had with Oz for a few makeout sessions with Xander. Oz forgives her 'cause that's his way, but personally, my reaction would have been closer to Cordelia's to Xander. And don't even get me started on how that girl took a chance on him, and he shows his appreciation by macking on another girl. Grr! >:-(

Willow does have a very sciencey mind, but I always saw her designing her own curriculum. She's one of those people who's good at everything, and I don't see her resigning herself to just one discipline. She'd want some physics to help with the witchcraft, maybe some Latin for reading ancient texts, and perhaps some art for the hell of it. :-P

I can see Buffy having been in a mental hospital pre-series. It would help to explain why she's so against the slaying in "Welcome to the Hellmouth." But there was never any kind of reaction on Joyce's part when Buffy's tells her she's the Slayer in "Becoming." No, "Oh, no, Buffy, not that again." It makes sense and doesn't at the same time. However, that retcon pales in comparison to the arrival of Dawn. They rewrote 14 years of memories. A brief stint in the looney bin seems kinda unimportant after that. :-P

I love that Willow poll icon you used today.

I know I'm in the minority, but I just love Giles' apartment. Perhaps it's part of my love of all things Giles.

Um...clothing fluke? Though I did just go for the third option. And I always wondered why Oz and Cordy didn't think they just made out cause they were scared and thought they were gonna die? I mean, Xander's bleeding on the noggin, and Oz could smell Willow's fear blocks away...it was just confusing for me.

Snyder didn't know that much--if he were in cahoots with the Mayor, he wouldn't have been eaten.

I love "Intervention,"--jeebus knows I do. But there is just something awesome about Vamp!Willow showing up...I think she was the best double.

Dumb! Retcon, undeclared, and I voted Xander cause I figured he wouldn't get much love anyway, and also cause I like him. Giles...there was major glue sniffage in season seven that I just didn't understand.