Re: OT: Buffy's real name

[JDMeans@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 9/24/2002 10:01:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mcronin24@xxxxxxxxx writes:


> I have no idea if this has been discussed before but I am always 
> surprised at the number of fic's by the best writer's that insist on 
> Buffy's real name being Elizabeth.
> I'm aware that Buffy is a nickname for Elizabeth but I cannot find 
> one single instance of Buffy being referred to by anything other 
> than Buffy, (Dan?)including school and by the police. Two official 
> orginazations that would use her correct name.
> Because of Buffy never being referred to other than as Buffy, I have 
> always assumed that for whatever reason, Joyce named her daughter 
> Buffy legally. Maybe she had a thing for Buffy St. Marie. 
> Until proven otherwise, I would love to stop seeing any new fic 
> perpetuating the assumption that Byffy's legal name is Elizabeth.
> 

I've read a few stories that tried to explain this discrepency, but I don't 
recall their actual names. One story I read, Joyce admitted that she had 
planned to name her Elizabeth, but was too doped up after the delivery, and 
it came out sounding like 'Buffy'. Another one, oddly enough, she admitted 
that she was a big fan of the old series 'A Family Affair'. Which I watched 
briefly the other night on WB, and it sucks hard. This is not the Buffy that 
WB wanted.

Kirayoshi