Now I have to wonder what BtVS would have been like if they hadn't changed their mind...
I don't think Dawn would have worked as well as a parallel to Buffy - the girl who doesn't have superpowers, who is just a little younger than Buffy when we first met her. And the dynamic would have been entirely different with a 10 year old girl. (I don't think I would have been as interested in the character, at any rate.)
Also, some folks have mentioned Dawn bleeding in The Gift as a metaphor for menstration, which wouldn't work with a 10 year in the same way.
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Date: 2014-02-07 09:41 pm (UTC)I don't think Dawn would have worked as well as a parallel to Buffy - the girl who doesn't have superpowers, who is just a little younger than Buffy when we first met her. And the dynamic would have been entirely different with a 10 year old girl. (I don't think I would have been as interested in the character, at any rate.)
Also, some folks have mentioned Dawn bleeding in The Gift as a metaphor for menstration, which wouldn't work with a 10 year in the same way.