The research question I want to explore is how female-driven narratives differ from male-focused shows, and how critics and fans have responded to the shows in turn. Two of the shows I'd like to focus on are Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which ran from 1997 to 2003 for a total of seven seasons, and Supernatural, which started in 2005 and is still going strong, having just been renewed for its tenth season. . Buffy, created by Joss Whedon, is lauded as one of the greatest pieces of feminist television in recent times. It focuses on Buffy, a seemingly normal high school girl who is actually a "slayer" (a sort of chosen one) who fights vampires and other supernatural creatures, keeping her town safe. This is in contrast to Supernatural, created by Eric Kripke, which runs through female characters like handkerchiefs, and focuses on the relationship between Dean and Sam Winchester, two brothers who also battle the supernatural (hence the title). Both shows aired on The WB, which is now known as The CW, and have young, rabid, borderline obsessive fan bases that have kept Supernatural alive, as well as ensuring that Buffy remains a pop culture staple . Supernatural even paid homage to Buffy by bringing in some of the show's actors to guest star in one of the season seven episodes. However, the numbers don't lie. Besides the fact that Buffy ran for seven years instead of nine years, and considering that Supernatural went off the air, Buffy has more of an ensemble cast, with other characters supporting and helping Buffy, while Supernatural relies only on Sam and Dean, with most of the supporting cast die during the season or are never mentioned again. Part of this comes from the difference in... middle of the paper... whether women who have a meaningful relationship with the Winchesters (i.e. last more than one episode) are often able to hold their own in a male-dominated plot. It is for this reason, and why traditional gender roles are sometimes villainized by writers, placing women who portray these qualities at odds with other primary female characters, portraying them as a rivalry rather than the coexisting groups as they should be. research I would do, I would compare the main characters of the shows, I would compare the supporting casts and try to see where they overlap and what differences there are. In the case of Buffy and Supernatural, I would try to see how a woman doing some of the same things as men leads to her needing a strong emotional response, and how men's stoicism is interpreted as heroic..