Random Buffy thought

[butterfly]

We only know three middle names in Buffy.

Buffy Anne Summers
Alexander LeValle Harris
Alan Francis Doyle

Hmm.

Comments

[cicelian.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking - do we know Tara's last name?

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[butterfly.livejournal.com]

MaClay. We learned it in Family.

[saava.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Anya's middle name mentioned somewhere? Actually, doesn't she have several middle names? It may have been in Checkpoint, but I'm too damn lazy to check.

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[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but she made them up, or so it appeared, so I'm not sure that counts.

[cicelian.livejournal.com]

Right. It slipped my mind, somehow. Which is weird, cause it hasn't been that long since I saw it.

*mentally scans the characters*

What about Faith?

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[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Nope. We're last nameless on her.

And Angel, come to think of it.

Spike, too.

[cicelian.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I figure vamps don't count. Darla, Dru - we don't know the last name of any vamp. Harmony's, yes, but we knew her before.

It might be intentional - vamping is all about discarding your old self (See: The Bloody, William) and rejecting your old roots and affiliations. A family name ties you very firmly to a human history. That's its function.

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[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Good point.

[brooding-soul.livejournal.com]

I say it counts. Christpher Golden and Nancy Holder said her last name was Emerson in the yearbook, but we must go by the show. I say that if she said it, it's Anya Christine Emmanuelle Jenkins.


Also, Xander's middle name is Lavelle, not LeValle.