lameassmadeupmaidenname:#my love for fred burkle is endless and all-consuming #but okay honestly
lameassmadeupmaidenname: #my love for fred burkle is endless and all-consuming #but okay honestly and impartially i’ll step outside of that for a minute #because her character is so fucking important when it comes to having a variety of strong women on the show #because you’ve got immensely strong characters like cordelia and lilah and darla that want take have and speak their minds and wield enormous power (whether physical or otherwise) #and that’s fantastic! but fred’s what makes that equation really wonderful. because she’s not particularly good with a blade. she doesn’t always speak her mind. she’s not a fierce warrior or a merciless lawyer. #she’s…fred. #she’s a physicist and she’s smarter than all of them put together and most importantly she’s a survivor #she may not be a cordy or a lilah #she may not be a typical buffyverse ass-kicking heroine #but she’s quietly powerful in her own way #a way that blossoms and grows until the woman in charge of a science lab in season five is completely unrecognizable from the girl writing on the walls of her hotel room in season three #she’s made stronger by her belief in herself and the love from her friends #and the fact that she’s not always powerful is the point. that variety is crucial to the show. #isn’t the whole point of the buffyverse that anyone can be a hero? #because fred unquestionably is. #ats #fred burkle #haters (are free to form their own completely valid opinions but) break my heart -- source link