EEEEEE yes I thought so, reading some of your meta. That we had very similar opinions. And ahhh, the waste that was done to the Buffy&Tara friendship is just saddening.8( And YEAH tumblr is super confusing at first, but you get used to it. And you can have a conversation -- by reblogging something and then just adding your text on to what you're reblogging. The reblogged stuff will show up in blockquotes, so it's somewhat easy to tell apart. Again, takes some getting used to and I don't think this is what tumblr was made for, exactly, but it's doable. But if it suits you better, I could just copypasta my stuff over to LJ, thereby confusing the entirety of my flist? I mean, cookies are certainly a more than sufficient incentive.
The literal and metaphorical are so tightly interwoven on this show that I can't extricate them, but my brain is very comfortable shifting back and forth between the the two frameworks or lenses. She actually did go "down" to the Master but I don't remember if the text states that she was literally going down into the Hellmouth, but she did metaphorically, in order to be reborn as a "Slayer" and claim the title on a deeper level than she had before.
Ahhh, yeah! That was her first metamorphosis -- going down into the underworld, her shadow side. The part of her that walks with monsters.
Alas, myself, I think I am more literally-minded. Thus perhaps a little slow on the uptake as metaphors are concerned.
And furthermore, Giles and the SG's overheard conversation makes clear that once again there is no one else to handle it.
GOD YES honestly, I feel like they all just continuously enable each other. Scoobies look to Buffy to lead them, Buffy leads, Scoobies get comfy being told what to do, Buffy plays it lone wolf style etc. and in the end they're all too set in their roles to just be able to change them in a heartbeat. Buffy definitely plays her part in the whole mess, but it's kinda unfair to blame her alone imo. I'm not sure there's anyone specifically to blame. It's just how things happened.
Your analysis of Help was terrific - concise, focused and right-on (I'm terrifyingly verbose as you've seen and admire those qualities in other writers).
Eeee, thank you! And in turn, I kind of envy the ability to be verbose in other writers. I have a hard time churning out a lot of words. In fanfiction, I'm not always lyrical enough to make up for my concision. xP
What you said actually reminded me of how Buffy has related to other people, esp other "young people" who are also Chosen Ones and have to bear unwanted responsibilities - specifically Ampata in Inca Mummy Girl.
Yes, Ampata! I rewatched that episode some time ago, and Unfortunate Implications aside Buffy was a real champ there.
And she does the same with RJ in Him, briefly, connect to him as someone who is a leader, with specific responsibilities - but she's falling under the spell when that's happening. So it's not that RJ doesn't have real responsibilities but he's cheated to get them; they don't come from within like The Slayer or Cassie as a Seer. And the source is the jacket that comes from his father and tied to a sport (football) that's coded specifically as "masculine".
That RJ has a choice in the matter, whereas Ampata, Buffy and Cassie never did, would actually be to the good IF he didn't then chose to abuse/misuse that power. The original script had Xander stating - twice - that the "poor kid" had no idea the jacket had magic powers, as so RJ was as much a victim as the girls, but those were removed and the episode itself gives every indication that he knows exactly what he's doing. I don't think I'd like Him as much as I do if they'd stayed with the "RJ as victim" reading.
Oh, that's really interesting! I don't actually watch Him a lot, it's not one of my favorites -- honestly, I was over the love spell thing by Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered. It's too iffy for me to really find it funny, for some reason (and I can watch and even enjoy a LOT of awfulness *coughalotofS6cough*).
And I have TOTAL LOVE for your observations about Buffy's sisterly love trumping the spell in the end.
IT IS JUST SO HEARTWARMING GO SUMMERS SISTERS GO *A*
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Date: 2013-04-24 04:28 pm (UTC), thereby confusing the entirety of my flist? I mean, cookies are certainly a more than sufficient incentive.The literal and metaphorical are so tightly interwoven on this show that I can't extricate them, but my brain is very comfortable shifting back and forth between the the two frameworks or lenses. She actually did go "down" to the Master but I don't remember if the text states that she was literally going down into the Hellmouth, but she did metaphorically, in order to be reborn as a "Slayer" and claim the title on a deeper level than she had before.
Ahhh, yeah! That was her first metamorphosis -- going down into the underworld, her shadow side. The part of her that walks with monsters.
Alas, myself, I think I am more literally-minded. Thus perhaps a little slow on the uptake as metaphors are concerned.
And furthermore, Giles and the SG's overheard conversation makes clear that once again there is no one else to handle it.
GOD YES honestly, I feel like they all just continuously enable each other. Scoobies look to Buffy to lead them, Buffy leads, Scoobies get comfy being told what to do, Buffy plays it lone wolf style etc. and in the end they're all too set in their roles to just be able to change them in a heartbeat. Buffy definitely plays her part in the whole mess, but it's kinda unfair to blame her alone imo. I'm not sure there's anyone specifically to blame. It's just how things happened.
Your analysis of Help was terrific - concise, focused and right-on (I'm terrifyingly verbose as you've seen and admire those qualities in other writers).
Eeee, thank you! And in turn, I kind of envy the ability to be verbose in other writers. I have a hard time churning out a lot of words. In fanfiction, I'm not always lyrical enough to make up for my concision. xP
What you said actually reminded me of how Buffy has related to other people, esp other "young people" who are also Chosen Ones and have to bear unwanted responsibilities - specifically Ampata in Inca Mummy Girl.
Yes, Ampata! I rewatched that episode some time ago, and
Unfortunate Implications asideBuffy was a real champ there.And she does the same with RJ in Him, briefly, connect to him as someone who is a leader, with specific responsibilities - but she's falling under the spell when that's happening. So it's not that RJ doesn't have real responsibilities but he's cheated to get them; they don't come from within like The Slayer or Cassie as a Seer. And the source is the jacket that comes from his father and tied to a sport (football) that's coded specifically as "masculine".
That RJ has a choice in the matter, whereas Ampata, Buffy and Cassie never did, would actually be to the good IF he didn't then chose to abuse/misuse that power. The original script had Xander stating - twice - that the "poor kid" had no idea the jacket had magic powers, as so RJ was as much a victim as the girls, but those were removed and the episode itself gives every indication that he knows exactly what he's doing. I don't think I'd like Him as much as I do if they'd stayed with the "RJ as victim" reading.
Oh, that's really interesting! I don't actually watch Him a lot, it's not one of my favorites -- honestly, I was over the love spell thing by Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered. It's too iffy for me to really find it funny, for some reason (and I can watch and even enjoy a LOT of awfulness *coughalotofS6cough*).
And I have TOTAL LOVE for your observations about Buffy's sisterly love trumping the spell in the end.
IT IS JUST SO HEARTWARMING GO SUMMERS SISTERS GO *A*