I will not go so far as to say I'm a total Buffy (I think I'm a mix of her and Willow), but I have and do identify heavily with Buffy. Big sister complex? Check. Introvert? Check. Unable to open up emotionally? Check. And I completely agree that she loved Spike in season seven. She might not have ran around shouting it to the rooftops, but she loved. It was a love that had been a long time coming, a love that she had to work on, a love that was not and never would be easy--but it was love, plain and simple. Or perhaps not so simple.

God, I completely agree about extroverts ruling the world. I'm reminded of this every time I take a job interview questionnaire and they try to weed out the introverts, like somehow we can't function in society (questions like: "Are you happier alone or with people?" and, "Do you enjoy being social?"). I have to lie about an intrinsic part of who I am to get hired, because my potential boss will just assume I won't be able to be pleasant to customers or whatever. It's ridiculous. I have what I like to call my extrovert face, the face I put on for people at work and class and when I'm forced to go to a party. I get weary of being told that I need to change, that I'm "weird" because the idea of a huge group of people expecting me to make small talk and be social is not my favorite thing in the world.

/end introvert rant.