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October 20 2007

Who's your favourite vampire hunter? Several Buffyesque references are made in this IGN article inspired by the new film 30 Days of Night. You can also vote for the Slayer in the titular poll.

[ edited by The Acolyte on 2007-10-21 00:42 ]

The Acolyte | Fandom&Fun | 12:20 CET | 35 comments total | tags: poll, ign, buffy

Giles, of course.

Madhatter | October 20, 15:26 CET

Ahem... "Who's" as in "Who is."

Love,

Your Friendly Neighborhood ~~Bitca~~ Grammar Goddess

OzLady | October 20, 15:40 CET

Buffy, of course.

Also, who's the babe in the bottom picture singing "Fangs for the Mammaries"? (ouch...!) I think maybe I need to swear off my swearing-off of recent vampire flicks.

Rowan Hawthorn | October 20, 15:49 CET

That's one of the Brides of Dracula in Van Helsing.

Which is terrible.

Craig Oxbrow | October 20, 16:30 CET

I don't get why there's a following for Blade. There's broody, there's stoic... and then there's Blade, who took it all to a new robotic low. Buffy would so kick his self-centered butt.

Love's Bitch | October 20, 17:58 CET

Yay, finally have a grammar cop in the room. Err, what's wrong with "Who's"? And when is it correct to use "Whom"?

Back to topic, Willow was awesome in "When She was Bad".

Madhatter | October 20, 18:04 CET

Who's = Who is, as in "Who's the self-impressed loser who actually bothers to correct grammar in someone else's post?"

Whose= a possessive pronoun as in "Whose post is the one that she corrected anyway?" or "She is the one whose post got corrected." (the posts belonged to her)

Whom = an indirect object. What I always tell my (older) students is that if you could put 'him' or 'her' in the sentence instead, it's *whom;* otherwise, it's *who.* You do something TO a whom; a who does something.

Examples: She is the one to whom the post was directed. (Replaced: The post was directed to her)

She is the one who wrote the post.
(Replaced: Her wrote the post? Nope...)

Hope that helps!

And Giles, to be a bit more on-topic! :-D

OzLady | October 20, 19:35 CET

If you're Scottish, it's acceptable.

Simon | October 20, 19:47 CET

OzLady, you probably taught me more about grammar than I've learned in my roughly seventeen years of schooling. ;)

As for my vote, I'll go with Faith.

deepgirl187 | October 20, 20:10 CET

I'd have to say Wesley. Especially in his more awkward times.

skeezycheeses | October 20, 20:12 CET

Thank you, OzLady, please feel free to correct us in the future.

Madhatter | October 20, 20:28 CET

Vi, during the final fight scene in "Chosen." That deathwheel of steel thing Van Helsing is holding looks silly in comparison.

Sunfire | October 20, 22:15 CET

That's one of the Brides of Dracula in Van Helsing.

Really? Weird. I saw that movie, and I dun' remember her.

Which is terrible.

Yup. Apparently even worse than I thought at the time, if I dun' remember her...

Rowan Hawthorn | October 20, 22:23 CET

nevermind

[ edited by Madhatter on 2007-10-20 23:33 ]

Madhatter | October 20, 23:14 CET

Spike if course.

He's a vampire. He's a hunter. Your problem is?

Gill | October 20, 23:51 CET

Thanks for the correction, OzLady. I'm normally quite a grammar nazi myself... this is what I get when I post after 3am.

The Acolyte | October 21, 00:44 CET

OzLady: "Who's = Who is, as in "Who's the self-impressed loser who actually bothers to correct grammar in someone else's post?"

I've asked for corrections to front-page posts, so I guess I must be a self-impressed loser, too.

However, I think it's more a question of wanting whedonesque to look its best, and being aware that these first few sentences get a lot of attention, and show up on RSS feeds all over the internet. I would never think of asking someone to correct a spelling or grammar error on their comment... well, I would think of it, but I would never do it... I think...

Oh, and Bufy's my favorite.

QuoterGal | October 21, 01:25 CET

Buffy is my favorite. And OzLady and QuoterGal are my favorite hunters of grammatical errors.

Bobbi | October 21, 01:45 CET

Also: watch this past week's The Office for an in-depth discussion on the proper use of "whomever."

WilliamTheB | October 21, 02:34 CET

QG: Oh, and Bufy's my favorite.

*snickers* She's good but sometimes I prefer Xaner.

cabri | October 21, 02:55 CET

I've asked for corrections to front-page posts, so I guess I must be a self-impressed loser, too.

And I've made many a correction, on my own and when asked to by concerned word-loving citizens :)

ETA - thanks, Simon, how ironic was that? :P

[ edited by Simon on 2007-10-21 10:02 ]

zeitgeist | October 21, 03:33 CET

I fixed your closing div tag :p.

Simon | October 21, 10:02 CET

Favorite slayers:
1)Dante
2)Spike
3)Kratos
4)Alucard
5)Blade
And many more.

Vergil | October 21, 13:24 CET

Where's Ben Mears or Peter Vincent? Hey! They got the job done, and Peter refound his faith during the fight...Now that's cool!
Not so cool for Jerry Dandridge, but, cool, nonetheless.
Also, Chris Stiles...Look it up!

manwithpez | October 21, 13:25 CET

WilliamtheB, in an ironic twist, I work (when I'm not teaching) for TripAdvisor who got three mentions on this week's episode of "The Office!" :-D

And a very humble "Thank you" to those who expressed appreciation (and to those who didn't express outrage :-)of my grammar lesson. Sadly, while I loves me some grammar *g*, I'm a terrible speller; while it makes me a lousy writer, it makes me a VERY sympathetic teacher!

OzLady | October 21, 15:13 CET

The grammar warriors might find this amusing: http://xkcd.com/326/

Caleb | October 21, 16:51 CET

OK, ,Caleb, if I miss my deadline, it's all your fault. I just spent way too much time reading those comics. Some of them are really hilarious.

And [obligatory nod to the topic], much as I love Giles, definitely Buffy.

jcs | October 21, 18:18 CET

About time you came out, Damon. If it's okay with you, I'll continue with your "Z" call-sign. It just has a special ring.

Madhatter | October 21, 21:39 CET

(semi)Obscure fave: Vaughan Rice from "Ultraviolet" (TV series). If you wanna see his picture, just look up "Hard Bastard" in the dictionary ;).

Buffy'd probably be my all time fave though (today anyway ;).

Saje | October 21, 21:57 CET

1. Buffy
2. Wesley
3. Faith
4. Gunn
5. Fray
(I don't think Vampires make very koshire vampire hunters).

And I really enjoyed the grammar lesson, that was nice and clear!

embers | October 21, 22:10 CET

Dearest embers, what's a koshire vampire hunter? I mean, would that be in dill or vinegar? Please be specific in these things.

Madhatter | October 21, 22:30 CET

It has to be Buffy. If it wasn't for Buffy there's no way I'd even be contemplating the question.

witchlover | October 22, 03:11 CET

You know, it just occurred to me (yeah, I'm slow right now. I got an early flu, alright?) They left off the vampire hunter (another team, actually,) who would have been my favorite, if not for Buffy & company:

Captain Kronos and his companion, Prof. Hieronymos Grost. If anyone hasn't seen this, by all means dig up a copy.

Rowan Hawthorn | October 22, 03:35 CET

Saje - yay! Note to self: dig out Ultraviolet and rewatch :)

zeitgeist | October 22, 05:02 CET

A kosher vampire hunter is one who would be careful not to hunt vampires using the milchik knives.

barboo | October 22, 15:34 CET

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