Which of course is why I ship Buffy&Spike in S7 so hard it's not even funny. And that's the EXACT same word I've often used: I think of Spike as Buffy's consort that season.
Preach it, sister! :D Have I ever told you my theory that
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<I>Which of course is why I ship Buffy&Spike in S7 so hard it's not even funny. And that's the EXACT same word I've often used: I think of Spike as Buffy's consort that season.</I>
Preach it, sister! :D Have I ever told you my theory that <a href="http://ruuger.livejournal.com/226515.html"Spike is really a Bond girl</A>? ;)
<I>each of them relate not to one another but only to Spike, and there's something about that I find problematic - that the women exist not in relation to one another but to confirm the male character as the center of the universe.</I> Yes, this. This is a problem I have with many fandoms, and the reason why I don't care about a lot of popular fandoms like The Avengers and Doctor Who. What I want from a fandom is a) more than one interesting female characters (that is, a character whose strength cannot be summarised with "can beat up a lot of men", and who doesn't get the disclaimer "but feminine"), and b) at least one non-familial, positive relationship between two women. Strangely, though, I still manage to watch quite a lot of TV and movies ;)
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Date: 2013-07-01 09:14 pm (UTC)Preach it, sister! :D Have I ever told you my theory that
Preach it, sister! :D Have I ever told you my theory that <a href="http://ruuger.livejournal.com/226515.html"Spike is really a Bond girl</A>? ;)
<I>each of them relate not to one another but only to Spike, and there's something about that I find problematic - that the women exist not in relation to one another but to confirm the male character as the center of the universe.</I>
Yes, this. This is a problem I have with many fandoms, and the reason why I don't care about a lot of popular fandoms like The Avengers and Doctor Who. What I want from a fandom is a) more than one interesting female characters (that is, a character whose strength cannot be summarised with "can beat up a lot of men", and who doesn't get the disclaimer "but feminine"), and b) at least one non-familial, positive relationship between two women. Strangely, though, I still manage to watch quite a lot of TV and movies ;)