That troll hammer...

[deird1]

I've seen a few comments recently on Buffy picking up Olaf's hammer - and how the fact that she could so easily when Spike couldn't lift it shows just how much stronger Buffy is than the average vampire.

Which I'm finding odd, because I always assumed it was because the hammer is a mystical item. So Buffy, as the Slayer, has special picking-up-hammer powers that are denied to Spike.

...am I completely alone in this assumption? Does everyone else in the whole world take it as Buffy being ridiculously strong compared to Spike?



(Yes, she's stronger than him. But not by that much...)

Comments

[deird1]

I don't think vampires are mystical in the same way that Slayers are. They're sort of magicky, yes, but they're also a fairly normal part of the Buffyverse. The Slayer is different.

[shipperx]

Strangely I always thought that Slayers were somewhat less mystical than vampires. Vampires are literally 'brought back to life' and actively 'live' from mystical entities of demons. Slayers only have the aspect of the demon in them and are largely human (at least until Buffy gets brought back from the dead twice which I do tend to think sets her apart somewhat).