Devon MacLeish.
My favorite character ever.
Any of you who know me might be gasping right about now, as I do hold certain emotions *obsessions* with the character of Oz, but Devon has an appeal all unto his own.
In all fairness, Devon MacLeish hardly existed. On television, that is. Over the internet...that's a whole other story.
I doubt Joss Whedon ever gave a passing thought into Devon's existence, his background. This guy was, in all probability, created just so Oz could have a friend outside of the Scoobies.
All we were ever told about Devon MacLeish was as follows:
· He's the lead singer of Dingoes Ate My Baby
· He'll date a girl even if she doesn't talk. As long as she's moving, he's game.
· Broke up with Cordelia Chase, as he was too much of a flake even for her (let's marvel at that concept for a moment, shall we?)
· His fashion sense was interesting. I'm sure every hardcore Devon fan will remember that hardly-there shirt he once wore that went an inch or two above his bellybutton. He also liked things that were shiny.
The rest is limited. Devon had absolutely no back story at all. (When you think about it, Oz hardly did either). All we had of Devon was a 30-second shot here at the Bronze, two lines of dialogue there with Oz packing stuff into the van. That's all.
And Buffy fandom fan fiction authors ate it up.
Devon has been given a back story, a life, emotions, site upon site dedicated to him (see bottom of page).
And the amazing thing?
All of us created Devon's that were the same.
Superficial at times, definite clubber with a fondness for drugs and alcohol. The guy's got one hell of a mouth on him and a sexual record to back it up.
He's fixated with Oz.
As Devon's story grew, so did Oz's, and vice versa. Suddenly the guys who Joss only said played together in a band have been best friends since elementary school. They hang out in Oz's van. Devon isn't too fond of Willow, and the feeling is mutual.
Fans (particularly fan fiction writers) all over the place took this attractive guy that wasn't given hardly anything more than a name and brought him to life.
Devon's all over the place now. Place referring to any regular and/or obscure Buffy fan fiction hangout on the internet of course.
Technically, Joss didn't create Devon, not really.
We all did.
Devon is the living (sort of) embodiment of every stoner/rocker/sex god we all know about. He's the guy that laughs the hardest at the dirty jokes (or the guy that's always telling them so vividly you have to wonder if he's speaking from experience). Devon is the guy you know will be a rock star someday. Devon can be whoever you/we want him to be, as you/we have created him.
And that, my friends, is why Devon MacLeish is my favorite character of all time.
Needless to say, Oz is a fucking close second.
That's all, I'm out of here.
Devon MacLeish
Websites:
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