'Underneath'
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Perhaps they should have created a little brother for Buffy instead of a little sister and then they could have killed him off.
Even if you moved it beyond regulars or recurrings, there's no reason sweet, doomed Cassie had to be female. She could have been sweet, doomed, and male. Sure, you would't have the Cassandra play, though I guess he still could have been a Cass (I'm picturing him played by a Kyle Gallner type, amusingly enough).
I'm picturing him played by a Kyle Gallner type, amusingly enough
Poor Kyle Gallner, sweet and doomed (and sometimes a phsycopath)
Is that the heart failure? (So confusing with the Cassie from SPN) - isn't there a famous Classical seer who is male that nobody listened to either? Possibly Tiresias.
A lot of things that form disturbing trends in media seem fine divorced from the trend, but the problem is, the trend's still there.
Exactly.
Then, over time, one looks back, aghast and shakes the collective head. "Gosh, how could foot binding have been perpetrated for ONE THOUSAND freaking years? Answer: It was a 'popular trend.'
eta: Oh my. I am the rantypants today. Really stepping away now...
And, much as I liked Spike glowing light dying, I rather wish he had dies before he tried to rape Buffy, and/or stayed dead and not been on Angel.
I agree with the die before rape bit, but since he didn't I'm actually glad he was on Angel because I love Season 5 and it's my understanding there would not have been S5 without Spike. You can't take the wee little puppet man or Illyria away from me!
I never twigged much to gender issues the way some do. It's an intriguing argument, but I think I agree with Una at the moment. I have no refuting in regards to Cassie, however.
Would we rather have (and I am really curious) more dead good males, or more alive good females?
but since he didn't I'm actually glad he was on Angel because I love Season 5
I liked Season 5, actually, I just think that Spike's overall arc of loving Buffy worked better if he stayed dead.
Perhaps they should have created a little brother for Buffy instead of a little sister and then they could have killed him off.
couldn't have been any more annoying. I think that they could have killed Dawn off after the key thing. As much as I like the PH arc, they still could have had it without Dawn. OTOH, if both Dawn and her mother had died, and her Watcher gone, what would have kept Buffy in Sunnydale?
I think Spike's overall arc would have worked better if after he had gotten the soul, he made a choice to go back to being evil.
what would have kept Buffy in Sunnydale?
Crushing grief? A Hellmouth to keep an eye on? High real-estate prices?