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

[beer_good_foamy]

Yeah, but Buffy isn't Superman strong (if she was, she wouldn't occasionally have trouble with vampires, let alone once or twice be almost matched by well-trained humans). If it's weight alone that makes Spike completely unable to even budge the hammer while Buffy lifts it like it was foam rubber, she'd be a LOT stronger than she's ever shown to be in any other situation.

...Cue MST3K mantra. :) The big question is - who carried the hammer back to the Magic Shop afterwards?

[shipperx]

Buffy isn't Superman strong

At least not until space-frakking (sorry. Couldn't resist). No, she isn't as strong as Superman, but who is? And Superman has his strength paired with virtual invulnerability (which is why Kryptonite has to be brought around all the damn time). Invulnerable superheroes are a problem... just ask Heroes.