Date: 2013-06-19 03:01 am (UTC)
rahirah: (Default)
From: [personal profile] rahirah
It was a scene in Necessary Evils - I had Tara talking to Buffy and mentioning something about the attitude her family/home town had towards "uppity dykes." My beta (the later-notorious CousinJean, as a matter of fact) threw a fit and said Tara would never, EVER use the word "dyke," and no decent writer should be using it either, etc.

I had to explain the whole idea of reclaiming language to her, and how Tara calling herself a dyke is completely different than, say, Warren calling her a dyke. And then pull out the deleted bits of dialogue from the Buffy/Tara conversation in the shooting script Dead Things, when Buffy's bemoaning that no one understands what it's like to have a relationship you have to hide from the world, and Tara replies, "Sweetie, I'm a fag." (I give Stephen DeKnight points for effort, and take them away again for incorrect terminology.) Even if the bit got cut, I felt that it provided a certain amount of evidence that Tara is perfectly capable of being blunt when the situation calls for it.

She still didn't like it, but I felt it was really important not to soften Tara's language in this scene, stood my ground, and left it in. I very rarely completely chuck out my betas' advice, but in this case, I really felt I would weaken the scene if I changed things.
This account has disabled anonymous posting.
(will be screened if not validated)
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting

If you are unable to use this captcha for any reason, please contact us by email at support@dreamwidth.org

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags

Profile

red_satin_doll: (Default)
red_satin_doll

June 2021

S M T W T F S
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20 212223242526
27282930   

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Page generated Jul. 13th, 2025 10:28 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios