I've always been intrigued by the idea that for all the selective blindness going on in Sunnydale, there must be hundreds of "ordinary" citizens who know a lot more than they let on and make sure to use that knowledge. (The Magic Box can't make a profit on scented candles alone.) So here's a bar owner whose brother just happens to be a warlock; he's not really a villain, he's just a slightly corrupt businessman. In our world, his brother might be a pharmacist and he'd lace the beer with laxatives.
And he gets conked on the head by her - twice. (Did anyone NOT cheer? Both times?)
I know I did. :)
The other reason, I suspect, is that it's meant as a meta commentary on the show's structure, and how that's going to be upended and subverted, just as Buffy's life is constantly (from the time she was "chosen" until the final episode "Chosen") both within the universe she inhabits and from the perspective of the writers/viewers looking in.
I don't know if they put that much thought into the bar owner, to be honest, but I like the idea. Also, of course, he's human; there's not a lot Buffy can do about him (which itself ties into the limitations placed upon her). Also also, he had to remodel his bathroom after the cavestudents ripped them apart, that's probably punishment enough. :)
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I've always been intrigued by the idea that for all the selective blindness going on in Sunnydale, there must be hundreds of "ordinary" citizens who know a lot more than they let on and make sure to use that knowledge. (The Magic Box can't make a profit on scented candles alone.) So here's a bar owner whose brother just happens to be a warlock; he's not really a villain, he's just a slightly corrupt businessman. In our world, his brother might be a pharmacist and he'd lace the beer with laxatives.
And he gets conked on the head by her - twice. (Did anyone NOT cheer? Both times?)
I know I did. :)
The other reason, I suspect, is that it's meant as a meta commentary on the show's structure, and how that's going to be upended and subverted, just as Buffy's life is constantly (from the time she was "chosen" until the final episode "Chosen") both within the universe she inhabits and from the perspective of the writers/viewers looking in.
I don't know if they put that much thought into the bar owner, to be honest, but I like the idea. Also, of course, he's human; there's not a lot Buffy can do about him (which itself ties into the limitations placed upon her). Also also, he had to remodel his bathroom after the cavestudents ripped them apart, that's probably punishment enough. :)