Wiki Content. Osborne Ernest Reinhart Antagonists. Recent blog posts Help. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Kendra Young. View source. History Talk 0. Universal Conquest Wiki. Over time, the relationship evolved from adversarial to reluctant allies, eventually moving to that of mutual respect with the unspoken bond of a sisterhood between the chosen two. Although she only appeared in three episodes, Kendra ranks to date as one of the most popular and beloved Buffy alumni.
To play such a groundbreaking character requires a most gifted actress as Bianca Lawson proved. More than that, Lawson has the distinct achievement of playing a year-old in films and movies for over 17 years. What makes Kendra such a pioneering heroine is because in many respects she was the superior counterpart to the white chosen one. Black characters, particularly black teens, are often reduced to one-dimensional tropes.
Kendra was precocious, more skilled, and all business. She was a weapon who honed herself to be a machine. Such exceptional qualities are rarely shown by black characters. When it comes to being the superb ideal student, witch, and slayer, Hermione and Kendra aka TeamBlackGirlMagic are easily without peer. In comparing both classes of characters, it showcases how they are different yet equally superb in their own right.
A prime example is that she has served as a template for future Whedon heroines of color. Kendra passed the sword onto Buffy; their paths had crossed a second time when Kendra surprised Buffy during patrol. Kendra took Xander's side when organizing their plan of attack and believed Angel should be killed, but Buffy wanted Willow Rosenberg to attempt the Ritual of Restoration to restore Angel's soul in case they were unable to eliminate him.
When Angel threatened to kill more people if Buffy didn't confront him at the grave yard, Kendra wanted to join Buffy but she insisted she stay and help protect Willow during her attempt at restoring his soul.
Drusilla and her vampire lackeys soon arrived at the library to stop the attempt to bring back Angel. A violent group vs group fight ensued in which Kendra struggled dealing with multiple attackers. As she was cornered Drusilla called back her lackeys and fought Kendra one on one.
Drusilla let Kendra attack first and used her aggression against her, blocking nearly all of her attacks and rolling with the ones that landed.
After figuring out Kendra's predictable style she was able to use her unorthodox style of fighting to get close and grapple her, Drusilla hypnotized Kendra and put her in a trance. Defenseless, Drusilla slit her throat, killing her. As Buffy was found next to Kendra's body, she became a suspect for murder and was then expelled from Sunnydale High. Buffy kept Kendra's favorite stake with her [6] and mentioned using it in her slays.
With Kendra's death, Faith Lehane was activated as a new Slayer, [5] the last of the original line. Kendra possessed more textbook knowledge about slaying than Buffy. She obtained it from her rigorous training with her Watcher and from intently studying the Slayer Handbook — a book that Giles felt was pointless to give to Buffy.
Unlike Buffy, Kendra wielded her power exactly as her superiors instructed. Kendra believed that Buffy's social life was problematic because the Handbook insisted on the importance of maintaining a "secret identity.
Kendra's upbringing resulted in lack of genuine social connections and trouble connecting with her emotions: she preferred to keep an even mind, believing that emotions were a weakness.
However, after exposure to Buffy and her friends, this seemed to change, as she displayed anger when her favorite and only shirt was damaged. Due to being identified as a Potential at a young age, she lost touch with her family in order to train and developed a shyness for male interaction, not even being able to look Xander in the eye.
She also had an initial distrust of all vampires, wanting to let Angel die even though he had a soul and had turned to the side of good. As a Jamaican native, Kendra seemed to be unfamiliar with certain American terms Buffy used, such as "chick fight" and "wiggy.
Kendra was endowed with all of the powers of a Slayer: superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes, senses, stamina, endurance, as well as prophetic dreams. In addition, she possessed an efficient and organized fighting style developed over years of training before her activation, allowing her to easily take out Angel, a year old vampire, and match Buffy in a one-on-one fight, even though Buffy had been a Slayer longer than she had.
Despite that, Buffy recognized her skill though noted her lack of emotion and improvisation as a weakness. Kendra also appeared very knowledgeable of demonology , as she studied heavily in addition to her training.
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