#daniel 'oz' osbourne

[air--so--sweet]

Oz in Buffy is often praised for his emotional maturity and calm demeanor. However, his pattern of trying to deal with emotional and difficult situations alone, his inability to express anger except through physical outbursts and violence and his anxiety over Willow moving on causing him to physically transform into a werewolf all suggest that he in fact suppresses and intellectualises his emotions rather than allowing himself to feel them. In this essay I will-

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wanna talk about all the things i love and wish were developed more in the btvs boys

- xander is never a coward even though he repeatedly says he is/looks down on himself and his abilities. he is sometimes even more willing than buffy to go into to danger to protect his friends in the first few seasons, and although it's written as an excuse to 'get the girl' it never ends up that way. i wish instead of them having him remain a "weaker" comedy character and pressing on his insecurities they let him begin to trust himself and have the others trust his abilities in turn. s3e13 'The Zeppo' is such a COOL fucking episode for him but no one else knows what happened and he goes back to being "the same old xander" afterwards. I wish he was written to be allowed to grow into his confidence without directly growing his insecurities towards the girls and their levels of power. in later seasons he does but then his old insecurities pop up just for the writers to cause group friction. anyway i wish we got to see more of just xander, I think that would've been so fun and cool

- i love early s4 Average Joe riley. he's just a dorky guy who loves psychology and doesn't even realise when he has a crush. I love that he's awkward and the potential he and willow had for friendship that kind of petered off. sometimes I really wish that they'd let him actually be an Average Joe and see what that changed for the season. and we never really see that awkward side of him again! he had all the traits to be a malewife and they took that from us because they wanted a strongman instead :[

- giles' morals degrading over the series!!!! him being so proper at the beginning and each apocalypse/major event undoing that just a bit more. realising that if he is Buffy's Certified Adult then she deserves his full and absolute protection wherever he can provide it. and he does fall into the dad role quite well but he is first and foremost a Protector (which he isn't meant to be because he's a Watcher!!!). also I don't think I've seen anyone talk about him putting on the record he and joyce were playing during band candy shenanigans after her death. and him full out killing ben end of s5 :D

- angel!!! angel being a dumbass!! you don't get to see it much in btvs so I guess this is more ats content but listen! he's new at having a soul and sure there's the guilt and the brooding and the torment but there's also joy and humour and comfort and silliness. angelus is a very focused character who does feel things, but only very intensely and basically one at a time. angel feels it all at once! and he gets to have fun, or he should. ats shenanigans are good for the heart, he deserves cordy and wes being annoying and lorne dragging him to parties and playing video games with gus and fred.

- oz has that autistic rizz (I know this because I'm autistic and had a dream we kissed)

- spike [LOUD YELLING, SCREAMING, CRIES OF THE DAMNED AND DOOMED TO HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY] haha yeah nothing much to say here. just a totally normal guy.

[charmedslayer]

Then why'd they select you? Well, I sort of test well. You know, which is cool. Except that it leads to jobs.

[buffysummers]

underrated buffyverse dynamics ➵ buffy summers & daniel "oz" osbourne

[likeafantasy]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER      (2x06) ʜᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴇɴ

[liam-summers]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 03.16 | Dopplegangland

[thepunkmuppet]

Buffyverse Characters - First and Last Appearances

↳ The Scooby Gang | Angel Investigations

[whatisyourchildhoodtrauma]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 2.14 & 3.10

[starryeyesxx]

[clarkgriffon]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 3x03 | “Faith, Hope, and Trick” 

[data-is-my-favorite-android]

Oz and Spike painting their fingernails together

Oz and Spike painting each OTHER'S fingernails

guys, we were robbed. I legit 100% believe Oz and Spike would have vibed so hard if they'd crossed paths in later seasons. They woulda been besties. We coulda had stoic nerd and secret nerd, band kid and poetry geek, werewolf and vampire buddies. The scoobies could have stumbled in on them debating philosophy and literature and also hashing out new lyrics for Dingoes Ate My Baby songs, all while drinking and painting their nails. Then they'd get the stone-faced, casual shrug, 'piss off' treatment when they asked wtf they'd just walked in on, and the scoobies would have no choice but to just accept it because if Oz is involved, it just, like, can't be that evil. Oz is just too chill. He coulda been Spike's platonic gateway into the scoobies' good graces.

WE WERE ROBBED.

[bocadelinfierno]

[maybebitterxox]

BTVS as textposts part 3

Part 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7

[likeafantasy]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER      (2x04) ɪɴᴄᴀ ᴍᴜᴍᴍʏ ɢɪʀʟ

[liam-summers]

4.03 The Harsh Light of Day ⥋ 1.03 In the Dark

[truemoondust]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) || Season 3 Intro