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|Image = Bring on the Night Kennedy.jpg
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|First = "[[Bring on the Night]]"
  
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|Last = ''[[In Pieces on the Ground, Part Two]]''
  
 
|Name = Kennedy
  
|Name = Kennedy
 
|Aliases = Ken-doll <small>(by Willow)</small>
 
|Aliases = Ken-doll <small>(by Willow)</small>
 
|Born = ca. 1984
  
|Born = ca. 1984
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|Died = ca. 2005 (resurrected)<ref name="AbH" />
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|Died = ca. 2005 (resurrected)<ref name="TLWH3"/>
 
|Status = Alive
  
|Status = Alive
 
|Classification = [[Slayer]]
  
|Classification = [[Slayer]]
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|Affiliation = [[Deepscan]]<br />[[Watchers Council]]<br />[[Scooby Gang]] <small>(ally)</small><br />[[Slayer Organization]]
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|Affiliation = [[Deepscan]]<br/>[[Watchers Council]]<br/>[[Scooby Gang]] <small>(ally)</small><br/>[[Slayer Organization]]
 
|Known relatives = Unidentified half-sister
  
|Known relatives = Unidentified half-sister
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|First = "[[Bring on the Night]]"
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|Powers = The common powers of a Slayer, including superhuman strength, accelerated healing, and prophetic dreams, enhanced by melee weaponry training from an early age.
  
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|Actor = [[Iyari Limon]]<br />Veronica Lauren<ref>''[[Season Eight Motion Comic]]''</ref>
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|Last = ''[[In Pieces on the Ground, Part Two]]''
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|Actor = [[Iyari Limon]]<br/>Veronica Lauren<ref>''[[Season Eight Motion Comic]]''</ref>
 
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{{Quote|This may have escaped your keen notice, but I'm kind of a brat. I've always sort of gotten my way. So you're gonna make it through this, no matter how dark it gets.|Kennedy to Willow|Chosen}}
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{{Quote|This may have escaped your keen notice, but I'm kind of a brat. I've always sort of gotten my way.|Kennedy|Chosen}}
   
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'''Kennedy''' (last name unknown) was a [[Slayer]], founder of the [[Deepscan]], and ex-girlfriend of [[Willow Rosenberg]].
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'''Kennedy''' was a [[Slayer]], founder of the [[Deepscan]],<ref name="G1"/> and ex-girlfriend of [[Willow Rosenberg]].<ref name="LG5"/>
   
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While still a [[Potential Slayer]], she fought beside the [[Scooby Gang]] against the [[First Evil]], being activated by Willow during the [[battle at the Hellmouth]]. She worked for the [[Slayer Organization]] until its disbanding with the [[end of magic]], when Willow broke up with her. Kennedy then founded her Slayer bodyguard company, which became a military contractor after the return of magic, acting worldwide.
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While still a [[Potential Slayer]], she fought beside the [[Scooby Gang]] against the [[First Evil]], being activated by Willow during the [[battle at the Hellmouth]].<ref name="Chosen"/> She worked for the [[Slayer Organization]] until its disbanding with the [[end of magic]],<ref name="LG4"/> when Willow broke up with her.<ref name="LG5"/> Kennedy then founded her Slayer bodyguard company,<ref name="G1"/> which became a military contractor after the return of magic, acting worldwide.<ref name="IPG2"/>
   
 
==Biography==
  
==Biography==
 
===Early life===
  
===Early life===
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Kennedy came from a wealthy New York family, with a summer home in the Hamptons, and she had a half-sister. An open lesbian, Kennedy claimed she knew about her sexuality since the age of five, after watching ''[[Wikipedia:Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' and wanting to “sweep [[Wikipedia:Scarlett O'Hara|Scarlett]] off her feet.” She had also established to have been in theater class. At some point in her life, Kennedy was identified as a Potential Slayer, and had been trained to use weapons since the age of eight.<ref name="TheKillerinMe" />
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Kennedy came from a wealthy New York family, with a summer home in the Hamptons, and she had a half-sister. An open lesbian, Kennedy claimed she knew about her sexuality since the age of five, after watching ''[[Wikipedia:Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' and wanting to "sweep [[Wikipedia:Scarlett O'Hara|Scarlett]] off her feet." She had also established to have been in theater class.<ref name="Killer"/> At some point in her life, Kennedy was identified as a Potential Slayer,<ref name="Bring"/> and had been trained to use weapons since the age of eight.<ref name="Killer"/>
   
 
===Sunnydale===
  
===Sunnydale===
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[[File:Kennedybuffy13.png|thumb|left|168px|Kennedy arrives at Summer's home as a Potential Slayer.]]
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[[File:Kennedybuffy13.png|thumb|left|168px|Kennedy arrives at Summers home as a Potential Slayer.]]
   
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In 2002, the entity known as the First Evil began locating and killing Potential Slayers in an effort to destroy the Slayer line. After her [[Watcher]] was murdered by the [[Harbingers of Death]], Kennedy was one of the first three Potential Slayers, along with [[Molly]] and [[Annabelle]] to arrive in [[Sunnydale]] seeking protection with the current Slayer, [[Buffy Summers]].<ref>"[[Bring on the Night]]"</ref> She met and began aggressively pursuing a relationship with Buffy's friend Willow Rosenberg, whose longtime lover, [[Tara Maclay]], had recently been murdered. Willow was reluctant to enter into a new relationship, and upon Kennedy's and her first kiss, Willow's guilt manifested physically transforming her into Tara's killer, [[Warren Mears]], whom Willow had murdered in vengeance. Kennedy helped Willow overcome the sense that she had betrayed Tara's memory by helping her move on and by breaking the [[Penance Malediction]].<ref name="TheKillerinMe" />
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In 2002, the entity known as the First Evil began locating and killing Potential Slayers in an effort to destroy the Slayer line. After [[Kennedy's Watcher|her Watcher]] was murdered by the [[Harbingers of Death]], Kennedy was one of the first three Potential Slayers, along with [[Molly]] and [[Annabelle]] to arrive in [[Sunnydale]] seeking protection with the current Slayer, [[Buffy Summers]].<ref name="Bring">"[[Bring on the Night]]"</ref> She met and began pursuing a relationship with Willow Rosenberg, whose longtime lover, [[Tara Maclay]], had recently been murdered. Willow was reluctant to enter into a new relationship, and upon Kennedy's and her first kiss, Willow's guilt manifested physically transforming her into Tara's killer, [[Warren Mears]], whom Willow had murdered in vengeance. Kennedy helped Willow overcome the sense that she had betrayed Tara's memory by helping her move on and by breaking the [[Penance Malediction]].<ref name="Killer"/>
   
 
[[File:Willkennedy002.jpg|thumb|Kennedy develops a romantic relationship with Willow.]]
  
[[File:Willkennedy002.jpg|thumb|Kennedy develops a romantic relationship with Willow.]]
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Kennedy and Willow became lovers, with Kennedy acting as an anchor to keep Willow sane when Willow worked her powerful magic. However, she did not take Willow's statements about the dangers of magic seriously until Willow drained a significant portion of her life force in order to reopen a portal,<ref>"[[Get It Done]]"</ref> which briefly put a strain on their relationship. Even though the number of Potential Slayers in Sunnydale kept changing, both coming and going (dying), Kennedy became a consistent ally to the Scoobies, acting as a decoy for Bringers<ref>"[[Touched]]"</ref> and taking initiative after the potentials were attacked by a group of [[Turok-Han]] vampires.
  
Kennedy and Willow became lovers, with Kennedy acting as an anchor to keep Willow sane when Willow worked her powerful magic. However, she did not take Willow's statements about the dangers of magic seriously until Willow drained a significant portion of her life force in order to reopen a portal,<ref>"[[Get It Done]]"</ref> which briefly put a strain on their relationship. Even though the number of Potential Slayers in Sunnydale kept changing, both coming and going (dying), Kennedy became a consistent ally to the Scoobies, acting as a decoy for Bringers<ref>"[[Touched]]"</ref> and taking initiative after the potentials were attacked by a group of [[Turok-Han]] vampires.
   
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Kennedy fought alongside Buffy and the other Potentials in the final battle against the First's army of Turok-Han. In this battle, Willow activated every Potential around the world, including Kennedy, causing her to become a Slayer. She survived, having quickly taken on her new life as a Slayer, remarking "I could get use to this".<ref name="Chosen" />
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Kennedy fought alongside Buffy and the other Potentials in the final battle against the First's army of Turok-Han. In this battle, Willow activated every Potential around the world, including Kennedy, causing her to become a Slayer. She survived, having quickly taken on her new life as a Slayer, remarking: "I could get use to this."<ref name="Chosen"/>
   
 
===Activation===
  
===Activation===
 
{{Quote|I could get used to this.|Kennedy after being activated as a Slayer|Chosen}}
  
{{Quote|I could get used to this.|Kennedy after being activated as a Slayer|Chosen}}
   
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Following the battle against the First, [[Andrew Wells]] claimed that Kennedy and Willow continued to be a couple and were then living in Brazil together.<ref>"[[Damage]]"</ref> At some point, Kennedy suffered a month-long mystical death and she and Willow started taking their relationship more slowly.<ref>''[[The Long Way Home, Part Three]]''</ref> She confessed to Willow her concerns that Willow was keeping her away from her friends due to shame, which prompted Willow to reveal that she blamed herself for Tara's death by keeping her close to Buffy and therefore danger. Willow stated that she refuses to let that happen to Kennedy.<ref name="AbH">''[[Anywhere but Here]]''</ref>
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Following the battle against the First, [[Andrew Wells]] claimed that Kennedy and Willow continued to be a couple and were then living in Brazil together.<ref>"[[Damage]]"</ref> At some point, Kennedy suffered a month-long mystical death and she and Willow started taking their relationship more slowly.<ref name="TLWH3">''[[The Long Way Home, Part Three]]''</ref> She confessed to Willow her concerns that Willow was keeping her away from her friends due to shame, which prompted Willow to reveal that she blamed herself for Tara's death by keeping her close to Buffy and therefore danger. Willow stated that she refuses to let that happen to Kennedy.<ref>''[[Anywhere but Here]]''</ref>
   
 
[[File:B8-22-00b Swell.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Kennedy and Satsu team up at the Slayer Organization.]]
  
[[File:B8-22-00b Swell.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Kennedy and Satsu team up at the Slayer Organization.]]
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Kennedy traveled to Tokyo to give new squad leader, Satsu, a performance evaluation. Satsu, a lesbian, had recently shared a one-night-stand with Buffy, who was straight. Kennedy wished to support Satsu on her situation and help her to move on from Buffy.<ref name="Swell">''[[Swell]]''</ref>
  
Kennedy traveled to Tokyo to give new squad leader, Satsu, a performance evaluation. Satsu, a lesbian, had recently shared a one-night-stand with Buffy, who was straight. Kennedy wished to support Satsu on her situation and help her to move on from Buffy.<ref name="Swell">''[[Swell]]''</ref>
   
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With the destruction of [[Seed of Wonder]] and consequential [[end of magic]], she comforted Willow.<ref>''[[Last Gleaming, Part Four]]''</ref> After the battle, Willow broke up with her since she felt Kennedy was only with her because of her magic powers. Kennedy expressed anger at Buffy's decision, because she believed that Willow was close to defeating the attacking demons without Buffy's intervention.<ref>''[[Last Gleaming, Part Five]]''</ref>
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With the destruction of [[Seed of Wonder]] and consequential [[end of magic]], she comforted Willow.<ref name="LG4">''[[Last Gleaming, Part Four]]''</ref> After the battle, Willow broke up with her since she felt Kennedy was only with her because of her magic powers. Kennedy expressed anger at Buffy's decision, because she believed that Willow was close to defeating the attacking demons without Buffy's intervention.<ref name="LG5">''[[Last Gleaming, Part Five]]''</ref>
   
 
===Deepscan===
  
===Deepscan===
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{{Quote|People hire us because we're strong, smart, and good in a fight. Not because they're scared of refuges from the hell dimension next door. They want us to protect them from kidnappings, ransoms, assassinations even... so if you want me to certify you for field work, you need to stop looking at the world like you're the Chosen one.|Kennedy explaining Deepscan to Buffy|Guarded}}
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{{Quote|People hire us because we're strong, smart, and good in a fight. Not because they're scared of refuges from the hell dimension next door. They want us to protect them from kidnappings, ransoms, assassinations even... so if you want me to certify you for field work, you need to stop looking at the world like you're the Chosen one.|Kennedy explaining Deepscan to Buffy|Guarded, Part One}}
   
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After the break-up with Willow, Kennedy was one of the few Slayers Buffy kept in contact, despite the resentment and blame she still regarded the older Slayer with.<ref>''[[Slayer, Interrupted (Buffy Season 9)|Slayer, Interrupted]]''</ref>
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After the break-up with Willow, Kennedy was one of the few Slayers Buffy kept in contact, despite the resentment and blame she still regarded the older Slayer with.<ref>''[[Slayer, Interrupted (2012)|Slayer, Interrupted]]''</ref>
   
 
[[File:B9-v3-00.png|thumb|200x200px|Kennedy founds the Deepscan.]]
  
[[File:B9-v3-00.png|thumb|200x200px|Kennedy founds the Deepscan.]]
   
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Eventually, Kennedy found even ground and a purpose. She then founded the [[Deepscan]], a bodyguard profession where she helped other Slayers find a job to do that didn't include slaying. Buffy sought her out and gave it a shot only for Kennedy to scold her for not shutting off her Slayer instincts during a test, concluding that it was because Buffy didn't know how to do anything else but slaying. Nevertheless, she allowed Buffy to have her first client named [[Theo Daniels]] who was being hunted by [[Wolfram & Hart]]<ref>''[[Guarded, Part One]]''</ref> and lent a hand to her in dealing with it.<ref>''[[Guarded, Part Two]]''</ref>
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Eventually, Kennedy found even ground and a purpose. She then founded the Deepscan, a bodyguard profession where she helped other Slayers find a job to do that didn't include slaying. Buffy sought her out and gave it a shot only for Kennedy to scold her for not shutting off her Slayer instincts during a test, concluding that it was because Buffy didn't know how to do anything else but slaying. Nevertheless, she allowed Buffy to have her first client named [[Theo Daniels]] who was being hunted by [[Wolfram & Hart]]<ref name="G1">''[[Guarded, Part One]]''</ref> and lent a hand to her in dealing with it.<ref>''[[Guarded, Part Two]]''</ref>
   
 
However, Theo was kidnapped by [[Eldre Koh]] and Kennedy and Buffy were forced to come up with a plan of attack. She blamed Buffy for being so busy caught up in saving the world that she would risk Theo's life, mentioning that she had done the same with [[Rupert Giles|Giles]]. Furious and stung, Buffy punched Kennedy, insisting that no one was going to die. Together, they snuck underground and saved Theo just in time before Koh could receive his information, consequently destroying [[TinCan]]. Instead of criticizing Buffy for her actions, she gave her praise and encouragement. Kennedy gave her a check for her promotion, only to have the older Slayer turn it down as she wanted to do things her own way.<ref>''[[Guarded, Part Three]]''</ref>
  
However, Theo was kidnapped by [[Eldre Koh]] and Kennedy and Buffy were forced to come up with a plan of attack. She blamed Buffy for being so busy caught up in saving the world that she would risk Theo's life, mentioning that she had done the same with [[Rupert Giles|Giles]]. Furious and stung, Buffy punched Kennedy, insisting that no one was going to die. Together, they snuck underground and saved Theo just in time before Koh could receive his information, consequently destroying [[TinCan]]. Instead of criticizing Buffy for her actions, she gave her praise and encouragement. Kennedy gave her a check for her promotion, only to have the older Slayer turn it down as she wanted to do things her own way.<ref>''[[Guarded, Part Three]]''</ref>
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Kennedy employed also Faith and [[Mai]] to serve as bodyguards for the rock star [[Billy Rage]].<ref>''[[Where the River Meets the Sea, Part One]]''</ref> However, Faith attacked the singer when he was revealed to be a demon who was seducing his teenage groupies. Kennedy intervened at first, revealing that she knew about Billy's demon heritage, but backed off when she learned about his seduction of teenagers.<ref>''[[Where the River Meets the Sea, Part Three]]''</ref> Although Faith tried to leave Deepscan after that incident, Kennedy offered her a new mission that she felt would be interesting to Faith; to find [[Riley Finn]], who had disappeared during a mission in the jungle in South America.<ref>''[[Where the River Meets the Sea, Part Four]]''</ref>
  
Kennedy employed also Faith and [[Mai]] to serve as bodyguards for the rock star [[Billy Rage]].<ref>''[[Where the River Meets the Sea, Part One]]''</ref> However, Faith attacked the singer when he was revealed to be a demon who was seducing his teenage groupies. Kennedy intervened at first, revealing that she knew about Billy's demon heritage, but backed off when she learned about his seduction of teenagers.<ref>''[[Where the River Meets the Sea, Part Three]]''</ref> Although Faith tried to leave Deepscan after that incident, Kennedy offered her a new mission that she felt would be interesting to Faith; to find [[Riley Finn]], who had disappeared during a mission in the jungle in South America.<ref>''[[Where the River Meets the Sea, Part Four]]''</ref>
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At this point, the Deepscan was acting worldwide as a military contractor, and Kennedy fought against the demon invasions that the [[Mistress]] and the [[Soul Glutton]] caused with the [[Restless Door]].<ref name="IPG2">''[[In Pieces on the Ground, Part Two]]''</ref>
   
 
==Personality==
  
==Personality==
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{{Quote|Don’t be a brat, slinky. That’s my profession, and I don’t like amateurs crowding me.|Kennedy to Satsu|Swell}}
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{{Quote|Don't be a brat, slinky. That's my profession, and I don't like amateurs crowding me.|Kennedy|Swell}}
   
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Outspoken, feisty, confident, and never one to shy away from confrontation, Kennedy made her presence known by both relentlessly pursuing her attraction to Willow, and coming to verbal blows with Buffy several times. Continually disagreeing with Buffy's choices, she played an instrumental part in the argument which ended with Buffy's brief ejection from the Summers' residence and the Scooby Gang.<ref>"[[Empty Places]]"</ref> She continued to push an argument with Faith, but was ultimately forced to give in when Faith informed her that she (and Buffy, after the momentary ostracism which Faith herself was against) were the leaders and she would have to get used to it. Later, she freely admitted to being a "brat" on numerous occasions.<ref name="Chosen">"[[Chosen]]"</ref><ref name="Swell" />
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Outspoken, feisty, confident, and never one to shy away from confrontation, Kennedy made her presence known by both relentlessly pursuing her attraction to Willow, and coming to verbal blows with Buffy several times. Continually disagreeing with Buffy's choices, she played an instrumental part in the argument which ended with Buffy's brief ejection from the Summers' residence and the Scooby Gang.<ref>"[[Empty Places]]"</ref> She continued to push an argument with Faith, but was ultimately forced to give in when Faith informed her that she (and Buffy, after the momentary ostracism which Faith herself was against) were the leaders and she would have to get used to it. Later, she freely admitted to being a "brat" on numerous occasions.<ref name="Chosen">"[[Chosen]]"</ref><ref name="Swell"/>
   
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Unlike the other Potential Slayers, Kennedy sometimes became involved with actions and events of core Scoobies.<ref>"[[Get It Done]]"</ref> Kennedy served as a martial arts instructor to other Potentials, showing and enjoying a "drill sergeant" attitude. She unknowingly and unwillingly helped drive the weakest of the "recruits" to suicide (in this case, [[Chloe]], whom she called "maggot") when the First Evil manipulated the feelings of weakness Kennedy caused. Kennedy chose to dismiss her other responsibilities, opting to feign illness to avoid joining [[Violet|Vi]], [[Rona]], and several other potentials on a [[Vision Quest]], instead choosing to take the opportunity to trick Willow into a date. Despite this, Kennedy took it upon herself to single-handedly free Willow from [[Amy Madison]]'s hex while the rest of the Scoobies were busy elsewhere.<ref name="TheKillerinMe">"[[The Killer in Me]]"</ref>
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Unlike the other Potential Slayers, Kennedy sometimes became involved with actions and events of core Scoobies.<ref>"[[Get It Done]]"</ref> Kennedy served as a martial arts instructor to other Potentials, showing and enjoying a "drill sergeant" attitude. She unknowingly and unwillingly helped drive the weakest of the "recruits" to suicide (in this case, [[Chloe]], whom she called "maggot") when the First Evil manipulated the feelings of weakness Kennedy caused. Kennedy chose to dismiss her other responsibilities, opting to feign illness to avoid joining [[Violet|Vi]], [[Rona]], and several other potentials on a [[Vision Quest]], instead choosing to take the opportunity to trick Willow into a date. Despite this, Kennedy took it upon herself to single-handedly free Willow from [[Amy Madison]]'s hex while the rest of the Scoobies were busy elsewhere.<ref name="Killer">"[[The Killer in Me]]"</ref>
   
 
When Faith was incapacitated by a bomb during the raid on the First's arsenal, Kennedy took over command of the Potentials and showed impressive leadership skills, rallying the girls and making sure they rescued Faith and the other wounded before organizing their defense against the attacking Turok-Han. In the final battle, though carrying the [[Scythe]] empowered by Willow to the other Slayers, she never used it directly: the only Slayers who used it were Buffy, Faith, and Rona.
  
When Faith was incapacitated by a bomb during the raid on the First's arsenal, Kennedy took over command of the Potentials and showed impressive leadership skills, rallying the girls and making sure they rescued Faith and the other wounded before organizing their defense against the attacking Turok-Han. In the final battle, though carrying the [[Scythe]] empowered by Willow to the other Slayers, she never used it directly: the only Slayers who used it were Buffy, Faith, and Rona.
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Following the end of magic, Kennedy seemed to have newfound maturity and patience. Finally finding her purpose as a Slayer bodyguard, she seemed more understanding and less selfish, as she expressed a desire to help her clients and give other fellow Slayers a purpose since the failure of the Slayer Organization. Unlike Buffy, she was able to shut off or ignore her Slayer instincts to get the job done, openly saying with confidence that the world needed to deal without the help of Slayers for once.<ref>"[[Guarded]]"</ref>
  
Following the end of magic, Kennedy seemed to have newfound maturity and patience. Finally finding her purpose as a Slayer bodyguard, she seemed more understanding and less selfish, as she expressed a desire to help her clients and give other fellow Slayers a purpose since the failure of the Slayer Organization. Unlike Buffy, she was able to shut off or ignore her Slayer instincts to get the job done, openly saying with confidence that the world needed to deal without the help of Slayers for once.<ref>"[[Guarded]]"</ref>
   
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When flirting with Willow at the [[Bronze]], she mentioned that she was attracted by Scarlett O'Hara, the heroine in the movie ''Gone with the Wind''. She also liked Italian food, skate punk, and [[Wikipedia:Robert B. Parker|Robert Parker]] mysteries books.<ref name="TheKillerinMe" />
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When flirting with Willow at the [[Bronze]], she mentioned that she was attracted by Scarlett O'Hara, the heroine in the movie ''Gone with the Wind''. She also liked Italian food, skate punk, and [[Wikipedia:Robert B. Parker|Robert Parker]] mysteries books.<ref name="Killer"/>
   
 
==Powers and abilities==
  
==Powers and abilities==
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==Gallery==
  
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*She was portrayed by [[Iyari Limon]] in the TV series and Veronica Lauren in ''[[Season Eight Motion Comic]]''.
  
*She was portrayed by [[Iyari Limon]] in the TV series and Veronica Lauren in ''[[Season Eight Motion Comic]]''.
 
*After her first appearance, Kennedy was never absent from the series.
  
*After her first appearance, Kennedy was never absent from the series.
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*According to the shooting script for "[[Bring on the Night]]", Kennedy is nineteen, and the oldest of the Potentials to arrive at that time. Although this information is never given on-screen, Kennedy does reference herself as being the oldest of the Potentials.
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*According to the shooting script for "[[Bring on the Night]]," Kennedy is nineteen, and the oldest of the Potentials to arrive at that time. Although this information is never given on-screen, Kennedy does reference herself as being the oldest of the Potentials.
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*Show creator [[Joss Whedon]] has described the character by saying: “Kennedy is, as she herself said, a bit of a brat. What I wanted was an anti-Tara. I wanted somebody who was as different from Tara as possible. Tara was very reticent, and she was somebody that Willow caused to blossom. What I wanted was somebody who was further on down in dealing with her sexuality than Willow ever was. Somebody who was totally confident, who was totally not earthy-crunchy, who was a completely different person.”<ref>Ken P., [http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/06/23/an-interview-with-joss-whedon?page=9 "An Interview with Joss Whedon"]. ''IGN'', June 23, 2003.</ref>
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*Show creator [[Joss Whedon]] has described the character by saying: "Kennedy is, as she herself said, a bit of a brat. What I wanted was an anti-Tara. I wanted somebody who was as different from Tara as possible. Tara was very reticent, and she was somebody that Willow caused to blossom. What I wanted was somebody who was further on down in dealing with her sexuality than Willow ever was. Somebody who was totally confident, who was totally not earthy-crunchy, who was a completely different person."<ref>Ken P., [http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/06/23/an-interview-with-joss-whedon?page=9 "An Interview with Joss Whedon"]. ''IGN'', June 23, 2003.</ref>
 
*Artist [[Georges Jeanty]] has revealed that, in the scene Kennedy tells Buffy that Willow dumped her, he portrayed her breaking the fourth wall and looking to the readers, as an acknowledgment to ''Buffy'' fans' general dislike for the character.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111229185728/http://hellmouthpodcast.com/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/georges-jeanty-dragoncon-panel "Georges Jeanty – DragonCon Panel"]. ''Hellmouth Podcast'', September 6, 2011. Archived from [http://hellmouthpodcast.com/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/georges-jeanty-dragoncon-panel the original] December 29, 2011.</ref>
  
*Artist [[Georges Jeanty]] has revealed that, in the scene Kennedy tells Buffy that Willow dumped her, he portrayed her breaking the fourth wall and looking to the readers, as an acknowledgment to ''Buffy'' fans' general dislike for the character.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111229185728/http://hellmouthpodcast.com/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/georges-jeanty-dragoncon-panel "Georges Jeanty – DragonCon Panel"]. ''Hellmouth Podcast'', September 6, 2011. Archived from [http://hellmouthpodcast.com/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/georges-jeanty-dragoncon-panel the original] December 29, 2011.</ref>
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*Kennedy had her own [[Deluxe action figures|deluxe action figure]], entitled “Chosen Kennedy”.
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*Kennedy had her own [[Deluxe action figures|deluxe action figure]], entitled "Chosen Kennedy."
   
 
==Appearances==
  
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“This may have escaped your keen notice, but I'm kind of a brat. I've always sort of gotten my way.”
―Kennedy[src]

Kennedy was a Slayer, founder of the Deepscan,[3] and ex-girlfriend of Willow Rosenberg.[4]

While still a Potential Slayer, she fought beside the Scooby Gang against the First Evil, being activated by Willow during the battle at the Hellmouth.[5] She worked for the Slayer Organization until its disbanding with the end of magic,[6] when Willow broke up with her.[4] Kennedy then founded her Slayer bodyguard company,[3] which became a military contractor after the return of magic, acting worldwide.[7]

Biography

Early life

Kennedy came from a wealthy New York family, with a summer home in the Hamptons, and she had a half-sister. An open lesbian, Kennedy claimed she knew about her sexuality since the age of five, after watching Gone with the Wind and wanting to "sweep Scarlett off her feet." She had also established to have been in theater class.[8] At some point in her life, Kennedy was identified as a Potential Slayer,[9] and had been trained to use weapons since the age of eight.[8]

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Kennedy arrives at Summers home as a Potential Slayer.

In 2002, the entity known as the First Evil began locating and killing Potential Slayers in an effort to destroy the Slayer line. After her Watcher was murdered by the Harbingers of Death, Kennedy was one of the first three Potential Slayers, along with Molly and Annabelle to arrive in Sunnydale seeking protection with the current Slayer, Buffy Summers.[9] She met and began pursuing a relationship with Willow Rosenberg, whose longtime lover, Tara Maclay, had recently been murdered. Willow was reluctant to enter into a new relationship, and upon Kennedy's and her first kiss, Willow's guilt manifested physically transforming her into Tara's killer, Warren Mears, whom Willow had murdered in vengeance. Kennedy helped Willow overcome the sense that she had betrayed Tara's memory by helping her move on and by breaking the Penance Malediction.[8]

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Kennedy develops a romantic relationship with Willow.

Kennedy and Willow became lovers, with Kennedy acting as an anchor to keep Willow sane when Willow worked her powerful magic. However, she did not take Willow's statements about the dangers of magic seriously until Willow drained a significant portion of her life force in order to reopen a portal,[10] which briefly put a strain on their relationship. Even though the number of Potential Slayers in Sunnydale kept changing, both coming and going (dying), Kennedy became a consistent ally to the Scoobies, acting as a decoy for Bringers[11] and taking initiative after the potentials were attacked by a group of Turok-Han vampires.

Kennedy fought alongside Buffy and the other Potentials in the final battle against the First's army of Turok-Han. In this battle, Willow activated every Potential around the world, including Kennedy, causing her to become a Slayer. She survived, having quickly taken on her new life as a Slayer, remarking: "I could get use to this."[5]

Activation

“I could get used to this.”
―Kennedy after being activated as a Slayer[src]

Following the battle against the First, Andrew Wells claimed that Kennedy and Willow continued to be a couple and were then living in Brazil together.[12] At some point, Kennedy suffered a month-long mystical death and she and Willow started taking their relationship more slowly.[1] She confessed to Willow her concerns that Willow was keeping her away from her friends due to shame, which prompted Willow to reveal that she blamed herself for Tara's death by keeping her close to Buffy and therefore danger. Willow stated that she refuses to let that happen to Kennedy.[13]

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Kennedy and Satsu team up at the Slayer Organization.

She and Willow were later reunited in New York, where she expressed protectiveness of Willow to Buffy having heard of Buffy's sexual encounter with fellow Slayer Satsu.[14] Though she was aware of Willow training under the demon Aluwyn, she remained unaware of the sexual aspects of their relationship.

Kennedy traveled to Tokyo to give new squad leader, Satsu, a performance evaluation. Satsu, a lesbian, had recently shared a one-night-stand with Buffy, who was straight. Kennedy wished to support Satsu on her situation and help her to move on from Buffy.[15]

With the destruction of Seed of Wonder and consequential end of magic, she comforted Willow.[6] After the battle, Willow broke up with her since she felt Kennedy was only with her because of her magic powers. Kennedy expressed anger at Buffy's decision, because she believed that Willow was close to defeating the attacking demons without Buffy's intervention.[4]

Deepscan

“People hire us because we're strong, smart, and good in a fight. Not because they're scared of refuges from the hell dimension next door. They want us to protect them from kidnappings, ransoms, assassinations even... so if you want me to certify you for field work, you need to stop looking at the world like you're the Chosen one.”
―Kennedy explaining Deepscan to Buffy[src]

After the break-up with Willow, Kennedy was one of the few Slayers Buffy kept in contact, despite the resentment and blame she still regarded the older Slayer with.[16]

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Kennedy founds the Deepscan.

Eventually, Kennedy found even ground and a purpose. She then founded the Deepscan, a bodyguard profession where she helped other Slayers find a job to do that didn't include slaying. Buffy sought her out and gave it a shot only for Kennedy to scold her for not shutting off her Slayer instincts during a test, concluding that it was because Buffy didn't know how to do anything else but slaying. Nevertheless, she allowed Buffy to have her first client named Theo Daniels who was being hunted by Wolfram & Hart[3] and lent a hand to her in dealing with it.[17]

However, Theo was kidnapped by Eldre Koh and Kennedy and Buffy were forced to come up with a plan of attack. She blamed Buffy for being so busy caught up in saving the world that she would risk Theo's life, mentioning that she had done the same with Giles. Furious and stung, Buffy punched Kennedy, insisting that no one was going to die. Together, they snuck underground and saved Theo just in time before Koh could receive his information, consequently destroying TinCan. Instead of criticizing Buffy for her actions, she gave her praise and encouragement. Kennedy gave her a check for her promotion, only to have the older Slayer turn it down as she wanted to do things her own way.[18]

Many months later, Kennedy recruited Faith Lehane to Deepscan, Faith trying to find a new role for herself after her contribution to the restoration of magic and Angel's successful resurrection of Rupert Giles. The two Slayers, alongside Leah, Holly and the now-teenager Giles, made a surprise rescue for to help the Scooby Gang against the new evolved vampires in Santa Rosita.[19] Kennedy and Willow fought together in good terms.[20]

Kennedy employed also Faith and Mai to serve as bodyguards for the rock star Billy Rage.[21] However, Faith attacked the singer when he was revealed to be a demon who was seducing his teenage groupies. Kennedy intervened at first, revealing that she knew about Billy's demon heritage, but backed off when she learned about his seduction of teenagers.[22] Although Faith tried to leave Deepscan after that incident, Kennedy offered her a new mission that she felt would be interesting to Faith; to find Riley Finn, who had disappeared during a mission in the jungle in South America.[23]

At this point, the Deepscan was acting worldwide as a military contractor, and Kennedy fought against the demon invasions that the Mistress and the Soul Glutton caused with the Restless Door.[7]

Personality

“Don't be a brat, slinky. That's my profession, and I don't like amateurs crowding me.”
―Kennedy[src]

Outspoken, feisty, confident, and never one to shy away from confrontation, Kennedy made her presence known by both relentlessly pursuing her attraction to Willow, and coming to verbal blows with Buffy several times. Continually disagreeing with Buffy's choices, she played an instrumental part in the argument which ended with Buffy's brief ejection from the Summers' residence and the Scooby Gang.[24] She continued to push an argument with Faith, but was ultimately forced to give in when Faith informed her that she (and Buffy, after the momentary ostracism which Faith herself was against) were the leaders and she would have to get used to it. Later, she freely admitted to being a "brat" on numerous occasions.[5][15]

Unlike the other Potential Slayers, Kennedy sometimes became involved with actions and events of core Scoobies.[25] Kennedy served as a martial arts instructor to other Potentials, showing and enjoying a "drill sergeant" attitude. She unknowingly and unwillingly helped drive the weakest of the "recruits" to suicide (in this case, Chloe, whom she called "maggot") when the First Evil manipulated the feelings of weakness Kennedy caused. Kennedy chose to dismiss her other responsibilities, opting to feign illness to avoid joining Vi, Rona, and several other potentials on a Vision Quest, instead choosing to take the opportunity to trick Willow into a date. Despite this, Kennedy took it upon herself to single-handedly free Willow from Amy Madison's hex while the rest of the Scoobies were busy elsewhere.[8]

When Faith was incapacitated by a bomb during the raid on the First's arsenal, Kennedy took over command of the Potentials and showed impressive leadership skills, rallying the girls and making sure they rescued Faith and the other wounded before organizing their defense against the attacking Turok-Han. In the final battle, though carrying the Scythe empowered by Willow to the other Slayers, she never used it directly: the only Slayers who used it were Buffy, Faith, and Rona.

Following the end of magic, Kennedy seemed to have newfound maturity and patience. Finally finding her purpose as a Slayer bodyguard, she seemed more understanding and less selfish, as she expressed a desire to help her clients and give other fellow Slayers a purpose since the failure of the Slayer Organization. Unlike Buffy, she was able to shut off or ignore her Slayer instincts to get the job done, openly saying with confidence that the world needed to deal without the help of Slayers for once.[26]

When flirting with Willow at the Bronze, she mentioned that she was attracted by Scarlett O'Hara, the heroine in the movie Gone with the Wind. She also liked Italian food, skate punk, and Robert Parker mysteries books.[8]

Powers and abilities

As a Slayer, Kennedy possessed superhuman strength, speed, durability, agility, reflexes, and an accelerated healing factor. She was also trained in the use of melee weapons from a young age.

Gallery

Behind the scenes

  • She was portrayed by Iyari Limon in the TV series and Veronica Lauren in Season Eight Motion Comic.
  • After her first appearance, Kennedy was never absent from the series.
  • According to the shooting script for "Bring on the Night," Kennedy is nineteen, and the oldest of the Potentials to arrive at that time. Although this information is never given on-screen, Kennedy does reference herself as being the oldest of the Potentials.
  • Show creator Joss Whedon has described the character by saying: "Kennedy is, as she herself said, a bit of a brat. What I wanted was an anti-Tara. I wanted somebody who was as different from Tara as possible. Tara was very reticent, and she was somebody that Willow caused to blossom. What I wanted was somebody who was further on down in dealing with her sexuality than Willow ever was. Somebody who was totally confident, who was totally not earthy-crunchy, who was a completely different person."[27]
  • Artist Georges Jeanty has revealed that, in the scene Kennedy tells Buffy that Willow dumped her, he portrayed her breaking the fourth wall and looking to the readers, as an acknowledgment to Buffy fans' general dislike for the character.[28]
  • Kennedy had her own deluxe action figure, entitled "Chosen Kennedy."

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Long Way Home, Part Three
  2. ↑ Season Eight Motion Comic
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Guarded, Part One
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Last Gleaming, Part Five
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Chosen"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Last Gleaming, Part Four
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 In Pieces on the Ground, Part Two
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "The Killer in Me"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Bring on the Night"
  10. ↑ "Get It Done"
  11. ↑ "Touched"
  12. ↑ "Damage"
  13. ↑ Anywhere but Here
  14. ↑ Time of Your Life, Part One
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Swell
  16. ↑ Slayer, Interrupted
  17. ↑ Guarded, Part Two
  18. ↑ Guarded, Part Three
  19. ↑ New Rules, Part One
  20. ↑ New Rules, Part Two
  21. ↑ Where the River Meets the Sea, Part One
  22. ↑ Where the River Meets the Sea, Part Three
  23. ↑ Where the River Meets the Sea, Part Four
  24. ↑ "Empty Places"
  25. ↑ "Get It Done"
  26. ↑ "Guarded"
  27. ↑ Ken P., "An Interview with Joss Whedon". IGN, June 23, 2003.
  28. ↑ "Georges Jeanty – DragonCon Panel". Hellmouth Podcast, September 6, 2011. Archived from the original December 29, 2011.


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