No no no - no guilt, sweetie! (As I glance at the 850 unanswered replies in my inbox, or the notes on Buffy and Tara that I still need to pull together, or the dopplegangers meta. Nope, not feeling guilty at all. *lol*)

Anyway schoolwork definitely comes first, and I can wait. I think that will be an interesting discussion. I've always wanted to take it on, but I think it's been like, little bits of the theme have just been "leaking" into these posts all along, which maybe works better for me than "formal meta essay".

Athough now that you mention it, snowpuppies once said she was working on a meta on trauma in the buffyverse and we haven't seen it yet. Although it's pretty much there in all her stories anyway.

BTW - my friend Kendra is watching Season 1 for the first time - she LOVES Buffy already, HATES Xander and Angel; and we got talking about the theme of consent and violation which is a big deal to her. And I had no idea. She talked about the novel she's writing now and how one character had the opportunity to mindwipe the female protagonist but refuses because he respects her too much and it would be against her wishes.

So I broke my no spoilers code and told her all about I Will Remember You. Part of my duty as a friend.