I *love* Buffy in seasons 6 and 7. I loved her before as well but the more they showed how damaged, flawed, dark and troubled she is, the more I loved her. SMG might not have liked or understood those storylines but she acted the hell out of most of those scenes.

Buffy was *anything* but a boring character. I don't know which show you were watching.

Buffy was a brilliant, complex, deeply flawed but still admirable and heroic character played by an amazing actress, and one of the best lead characters on TV ever.