Gellar Blamed For Pagan Rise Message Board and Comments

you can't blame a TV show for this. People see what they want to see, not what they're supposed, just because tv shows may have wicca in them does not mean that viewers have to become wiccan that's their choice. And you certainly cannot blame an actress who was only doing her job!

I think Charmed would be more to blame for this than Buffy. The whole show was about three empowered Wiccan sisters. That's all it wasd. Buffy was more about taking real fears and "deamons" and making them a tangible monster that could be fought. The wiccan aspect was actually minor. In fact, season 6 showed the dangers of an abuse of wiccan power which also mirrored drug abuse.

Come on! If any TV show showed women what Wicca was it was 'Charmed'. That's what the show is all about. Three sisters who find themselves good witches after living a normal first part of their lives. They spend the rest of the series fighting off evil and trying to save the world. If you want to point to a character who practiced Wicca in Buffy it was her friend Willow. People decide to go a certain way by themselves. A TV show doesn't force them to do something as drastic as change their religion.