SilverRhino
You know what I love about Buffy? Even though the series was obviously at times unrealistic and complete fantasy, the problems their characters had were so relatable. I know I related to Faith a great deal. And now that I reflect her wild nature and bad a** persona was probably because she had no one she could look up to as a parental figure period! She was an amazing character as were many of the scooby gang and cast of Buffy.
OMG1 remember when she took Xander's virginity!?!? That was so shocking to me! It was awesome too! Lucky guy (in the series that is)!
Yeah, I loved how a lot of the monsters always seem to line up with actual real problems that the characters were going through.
Like how Angel "became a different person" after Buffy had sex with him, which happens a lot and is a great metaphor.