O-oh my. You know, I gave my okay to this, but I'm getting a bit fluttery now. Waah! ♥
I actually felt bad because I was so extravagent in my praise of comlodge's Winged!Buffy present but way behind on the link I'd promised for your's. Anyway, I probably should have warned you - when I want to "rec" something, I go all out and tend to be "lush". tis my nature.
your choice of screencaps is PERSONALLY OFFENSIVE TO ME. >( By which I actually mean they're wonderful, but so very, very heartbreaking.
*sigh of relief* At first I started freaking out that I had offended you. I've been meaning to use some of those for a post of mother-daughter images (mostly Buffy&Joyce) over the seasons, but they seemed right here. I wanted to visually emphasize Joyce somehow. It's probably a good thing that I didn't use this one, right?
I had things like Astrid Lindgren and Fantaghiró and such.
I don't know if it's my fantasy or reality that they get it right in Europe more often in terms of diversity of women, including mature women onscreen? I know when my partner and I want to see mature women in a movie, we generally turn to "foreign films".
Points to Kikimay!
Yes, a gold star and cookies. She gets it right so often.
Love can be an emotion, but it can also be a deliberate act.
EXACTLY. Isn't that the POINT of the series? Buffy goes to her death twice not just as an act of duty but an act of LOVE. Love expressed through service, as angearia expressed it beautifully years ago.
/dangles cookies
I need as much of this sort of enabling (ie kick in the pants) as I can get.
Ah, but what you already have is so great! Put like that, the Mother Principle is indeed at the heart of the show, and it is the most valuable thing to attain and practice. It trumps violence and aggression and competition. It is also the bravest thing you can do.
YES. This is it, everything I was trying to say in two sentences. Exactly this.
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Date: 2013-06-18 09:37 pm (UTC)I actually felt bad because I was so extravagent in my praise of
your choice of screencaps is PERSONALLY OFFENSIVE TO ME. >( By which I actually mean they're wonderful, but so very, very heartbreaking.
*sigh of relief* At first I started freaking out that I had offended you. I've been meaning to use some of those for a post of mother-daughter images (mostly Buffy&Joyce) over the seasons, but they seemed right here. I wanted to visually emphasize Joyce somehow. It's probably a good thing that I didn't use this one, right?
I had things like Astrid Lindgren and Fantaghiró and such.
I don't know if it's my fantasy or reality that they get it right in Europe more often in terms of diversity of women, including mature women onscreen? I know when my partner and I want to see mature women in a movie, we generally turn to "foreign films".
Points to Kikimay!
Yes, a gold star and cookies. She gets it right so often.
Love can be an emotion, but it can also be a deliberate act.
EXACTLY. Isn't that the POINT of the series? Buffy goes to her death twice not just as an act of duty but an act of LOVE. Love expressed through service, as
/dangles cookies
I need as much of this sort of enabling (ie kick in the pants) as I can get.
Ah, but what you already have is so great! Put like that, the Mother Principle is indeed at the heart of the show, and it is the most valuable thing to attain and practice. It trumps violence and aggression and competition. It is also the bravest thing you can do.
YES. This is it, everything I was trying to say in two sentences. Exactly this.