In fact, none of the characters of 90210 ever worry about school or grades or getting asked to the prom. They aren t children they are miniature adults playing games in a social microcosm without rules. In stark contrast, the teen dramas of the WB embrace both youth and morality. No one in any of these worlds is eager to grow up any faster than they have to. Once she moves into her dorm in Manhattan, Felicity doesn t magically grow up.
Creek is similar in tone.
The dialogue of Dawson s Creek is undoubtedly more sophisticated than real teen-speak, but the sentiments aren t. More than anything else, Dawson s Creek is about kids knowingly enjoying their youthful indiscretions in the waning hours of childhood. According to the Buffy mythology, long before man walked the earth, the world was beset by monsters and demons. One day, those creatures were herded into another dimension to make way for man and other mortal animals. As Buffy s mentor explains, Into each generation, a Slayer is born. One girl in all the world, a Chosen One.