I rather think "batshit crazy" is accurate.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
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.
Ginger - Dec 30, 2011 5:09:17 pm PST #8007 of 10469
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2011 5:12:16 pm PST #8008 of 10469
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I would think that "delusional" would be accurate and specific.
Can you drive someone delusional? Didn't Angelus torture her into a break with reality? She's not delusional--she's psychic, after all. She's just...unhinged.
I don't see how he could stop you talking about a plot point and have it be conducive to discussion.
Tom Scola - Dec 30, 2011 5:14:00 pm PST #8009 of 10469
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Drusilla just needs a hug.
DebetEsse - Dec 30, 2011 5:15:44 pm PST #8010 of 10469
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Can you drive someone delusional?
I would think so.
Drusilla just needs a hug.
After all, a hug is just a strangle you haven't finished yet.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2011 5:19:36 pm PST #8011 of 10469
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
They're allowed to talk about mental illness, they just can't use the word "crazy" - which is ableist, I guess.
Can I just say this sticks in my craw, and I've actually flown over the cuckoo's nest in the last 3 months.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2011 5:20:42 pm PST #8012 of 10469
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I would think so.
Okay, but I don't think that's what happened in the story.
sj - Dec 30, 2011 5:32:18 pm PST #8013 of 10469
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I rather think "batshit crazy" is accurate.
When it comes to Drusilla it really is the best term.
DCJensen - Dec 30, 2011 6:15:03 pm PST #8014 of 10469
All is well that ends in pizza.
I actually look forward to the subject. I would like to think that Mark will sit back and say, "Okay, crazy it is." IRT Dru.
Steph L. - Dec 30, 2011 6:19:27 pm PST #8015 of 10469
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Is he okay with "insane" as a clinical term? I can't think of a way to describe Dru's clear break from reality without using "insane" or "crazy" or "psychotic" or something. I mean, I have no doubt she'd be diagnosed with at least one mental illness, if she didn't eat the shrink first.
DavidS - Dec 30, 2011 6:24:25 pm PST #8016 of 10469
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I mean, I have no doubt she'd be diagnosed with at least one mental illness, if she didn't eat the shrink first.
What does it mean when you're a vampire who can hear voices but you can also prophesize? I mean, on a sanity scale.