Oh! ♥ Well, you could friend me, only it would be little use because my LJ's been dead for a while. Same for DW, which I mostly use for RP purposes. I'm mostly on tumblr and plurk these days (Kikoujutsuka on both), where I occasionally do post various BtVS-related stuff. Suppose I could re-post some of it to my LJ. :|a
Do you mean in terms of facing herself specifically in the form of the First, rather than a monster outside herself?
Haha, mostly more literally, in terms of the fact that we've been on the Hellmouth for seven seasons, but never really inside of it. Though I guess that really symbolifies what you're saying -- getting to the root of the problem, if you will.
She's not ready YET, but she has to convince everybody else that she is, and maybe she believes it herself. This marks the moment in S7 when she digs her heels in and becomes more inflexible.
Hmm, yeah, now that you mention it, I agree. Let's say -- she's preparing to be ready. Emotionally she's not there yet because, yes, S7 sees her extremely trapped in that expection <-> obligation dynamic, and that's a huge mental block. Especially considering S7 ups the ante: before, she has been leading, but mostly her tiny, familiar group of friends. Now there's a bunch of young, vulnerable girls depending on her. The dynamic has changed dramatically and puts her in a position she feels she should know how to handle but really has no idea.
I'd love to see you post more on this! I'm quite fond of S7 myself. I mean, yeah, plot holes, but it has some juicy pieces of development. I wrote a bit on the S7 episode "Help" if you're interested. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!
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Date: 2013-04-22 08:48 am (UTC)Do you mean in terms of facing herself specifically in the form of the First, rather than a monster outside herself?
Haha, mostly more literally, in terms of the fact that we've been on the Hellmouth for seven seasons, but never really inside of it. Though I guess that really symbolifies what you're saying -- getting to the root of the problem, if you will.
She's not ready YET, but she has to convince everybody else that she is, and maybe she believes it herself. This marks the moment in S7 when she digs her heels in and becomes more inflexible.
Hmm, yeah, now that you mention it, I agree. Let's say -- she's preparing to be ready. Emotionally she's not there yet because, yes, S7 sees her extremely trapped in that expection <-> obligation dynamic, and that's a huge mental block. Especially considering S7 ups the ante: before, she has been leading, but mostly her tiny, familiar group of friends. Now there's a bunch of young, vulnerable girls depending on her. The dynamic has changed dramatically and puts her in a position she feels she should know how to handle but really has no idea.
I'd love to see you post more on this! I'm quite fond of S7 myself. I mean, yeah, plot holes, but it has some juicy pieces of development. I wrote a bit on the S7 episode "Help" if you're interested. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this!