Some TV exhibits are cult classics, ones that lose no reputation many years after they finish their run on the small display. Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer (which is streaming with a Hulu subscription) in positively in that class, and is arguably my favourite TV sequence of all time.
Cordelia was in a few of the greatest Buffy episodes of all time (together with the Buffy Halloween episode), earlier than Charisma Carpenter’s character pivoted over to Angel. Cordy had a singular tenure on the flagship sequence, going from antagonist to reluctantly concerned within the battle in opposition to evil. One fan wrote into Carpenter saying that her character was really a greater good friend than most of Buffy’s core group, with the actress responding on TikTok by saying:
Ooh, that is such an unpopular take. That is gonna trigger some controversy. You actually assume so, you actually assume Cordelia was a greater good friend to Buffy than the Scoobies? Holy shit, I’m going to wish a bullet level dissertation on all of the methods you possibly can show that to be true. Get busy, I have to know. Inform me within the feedback instantly. Instantly, you gotta inform me all of the methods that you could show that Cordy was a greater good friend to Buffy than her Scooby Gang.
Discuss a scalding sizzling take. However hardcore followers will bear in mind loads of occasions the Scoobies failed Buffy all through the present’s seven season run. In distinction, Cordelia was all the time true to herself, and nonetheless discovered a option to be form to The Slayer numerous occasions throughout their time in Sunnydale Excessive College.
There are a selection of memorable moments the place Buffy’s greatest pals weren’t form to her. One among which happens when Angelus rises, and Xander lies to Buffy in “Changing into, Half Two”. And the reality does not come out till a few years later. Then there’s the coup that occurred in Season 7, the place Buffy was kicked out of her personal home by Xander, Willow, Daybreak, Anya, and The Potentials.
In the identical TikTok, Charisma Carpenter additionally questioned whether or not or not her character really turned a full-fledged member of the Scooby Gang. In her phrases:
Additionally, was Cordy a Scooby, a reluctant Scooby, a Scooby nonetheless? Give it to me within the feedback. I have to know.
It is a resounding sure. Whereas Cordy did not get to stake a vampire till “Commencement Day, Half Two”, she spends years dealing with off in opposition to the forces of evil on the Hellmouth. Whereas she wasn’t known as to this future or doing it for the sake of friendship, Cordelia Chase was normally on the precise aspect of historical past.
It is enjoyable seeing the Angel actress reminisce positively about her time on Buffy, particularly since Charisma Carpenter made allegations in opposition to Joss Whedon for numerous disturbing incidents. Regardless of this, she’s nonetheless capable of assume again positively on her tenure as Cordelia, and is ready to proceed participating with the still-loyal fanbase. And people followers are capable of re-watch her time on each exhibits by way of Hulu.