OMG, you just made my day! *blushes* My "inferiority complex" is - ancient. Like, back to kindergarden and probably before that.
I think that's part of the reason I identify with Buffy in the late seasons so so much, along with a thousand other reasons. (her self-confidence erodes over the course of the series until the only thing she thinks she's good at is Slaying - even in S7, Robin Wood and Willow laughing at her when she mentions hopefully getting a raise or promotion doesn't help, or Willow's "sweet girl, not too bright" in Chosen, etc etc; and then the kicker in EP when she's rejected in favor of Faith. It's a repeat of S5 in terms of everything being stripped away. And of course it isn't true but that's what she believes about herself and so it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. She has to take back command, follow her instincts to the vineyard; but in real life it's not always that easy.
That the theme is continued in the comics - Willow and Angel laughing about how she "doesn't shut up"; the fact that she can't hold a job and isn't competent at ANYTHING in S9 to the point that one of her roommates is secretly covering her share of the rent, etc (and how does someone not notice that?) is painful. It's not just "she feels like a failure", it's "she IS a failure, full stop".
if it was just playing off the Pagan vibe.
Oh certainly so. Just going back to the '90s as I was saying you had the tv series "Charmed", which was a more "positive" depiction of witches - although all three of them were "babes"; but then also negative portrayals like "The Craft" - more babes, but being unable to handle their power.
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I think that's part of the reason I identify with Buffy in the late seasons so so much, along with a thousand other reasons. (her self-confidence erodes over the course of the series until the only thing she thinks she's good at is Slaying - even in S7, Robin Wood and Willow laughing at her when she mentions hopefully getting a raise or promotion doesn't help, or Willow's "sweet girl, not too bright" in Chosen, etc etc; and then the kicker in EP when she's rejected in favor of Faith. It's a repeat of S5 in terms of everything being stripped away. And of course it isn't true but that's what she believes about herself and so it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. She has to take back command, follow her instincts to the vineyard; but in real life it's not always that easy.
That the theme is continued in the comics - Willow and Angel laughing about how she "doesn't shut up"; the fact that she can't hold a job and isn't competent at ANYTHING in S9 to the point that one of her roommates is secretly covering her share of the rent, etc (and how does someone not notice that?) is painful. It's not just "she feels like a failure", it's "she IS a failure, full stop".
if it was just playing off the Pagan vibe.
Oh certainly so. Just going back to the '90s as I was saying you had the tv series "Charmed", which was a more "positive" depiction of witches - although all three of them were "babes"; but then also negative portrayals like "The Craft" - more babes, but being unable to handle their power.