(Well, her present/former lovers, Xander, Oz and Tara aren't involved in the production, so.)
Fascinating - I'll have to think on that.
Though as a flapper, Buffy is still way closer to the modern era than "cowboy" and "milkmaid" are.
Hmm, norwie called Buffy a "flapper" in his meta (as opposed to a true "wild woman"); I wonder if that was conscious or subconscious on his part? More to the point, is it conscious or subconscious on the part of the writers? (the "flapper" being a female who seems to break all the rules and reject traditional authority and boundaries on her sexuality but doesn't really transgress the patriarchy or attempt to break free of it entirely.) Or maybe I'm reading too much into all of it...
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Date: 2012-11-17 12:16 am (UTC)Fascinating - I'll have to think on that.
Though as a flapper, Buffy is still way closer to the modern era than "cowboy" and "milkmaid" are.
Hmm, norwie called Buffy a "flapper" in his meta (as opposed to a true "wild woman"); I wonder if that was conscious or subconscious on his part? More to the point, is it conscious or subconscious on the part of the writers? (the "flapper" being a female who seems to break all the rules and reject traditional authority and boundaries on her sexuality but doesn't really transgress the patriarchy or attempt to break free of it entirely.) Or maybe I'm reading too much into all of it...