maybe Buffy could be read as "We don't need no stinking guys! And besides, guys are stupid and break things."
This is a very shallow reading. If you didn't watch much of Buffy, that may explain why you didn't notice the importance of both Giles and Xander. Xander played the buffoon, often, in the early seasons, but both characters were distinctly "needed" from the very first.
You make an interesting point, that a new female character would disrupt the focus on blood-family among the Winchesters, but, I think that might be kind of interesting. I mean, Jess wasn't family, was she? Not blood family. What if she had lived and gone on the road with the boys? It would have been a different show, but it would have been pretty interesting.
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This is a very shallow reading. If you didn't watch much of Buffy, that may explain why you didn't notice the importance of both Giles and Xander. Xander played the buffoon, often, in the early seasons, but both characters were distinctly "needed" from the very first.
You make an interesting point, that a new female character would disrupt the focus on blood-family among the Winchesters, but, I think that might be kind of interesting. I mean, Jess wasn't family, was she? Not blood family. What if she had lived and gone on the road with the boys? It would have been a different show, but it would have been pretty interesting.