It is odd that he didn't mention her at all. Did she fail to make an impression, or did he just not know what to say? He's not going to be able to get through all of S2 without mentioning her. She's pivotal.
Mal: Yeah, well, just be careful. We cheated Badger out of good money to buy that frippery, and you're supposed to make me look respectable. Kaylee: Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants.
'Shindig'
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.
amyth - Jan 03, 2012 1:42:34 pm PST #8067 of 10459
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
askye - Jan 03, 2012 1:50:54 pm PST #8068 of 10459
Thrive to spite them
Maybe he thought she isn't going to be that much of a key player. He said he knew Spike's name but not what role he had on the show. So, maybe since he hadn't heard Dru's name he's not thinking she's not going to be in it much.
amyth - Jan 03, 2012 1:55:46 pm PST #8069 of 10459
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Well, then. He'll be surprised!
askye - Jan 03, 2012 1:59:19 pm PST #8070 of 10459
Thrive to spite them
I hope that's it and he's not ignoring her because he doesn't know how to describe her without saying she's mentally unstable.
Is it just the term crazy that's not allowed or is it any term that means mentally ill that has a negative connotation, like insane.
Polter-Cow - Jan 03, 2012 2:06:37 pm PST #8071 of 10459
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Is it just the term crazy that's not allowed or is it any term that means mentally ill that has a negative connotation, like insane.
The latter. Crazy, insane, psycho, etc.
I think he was just really excited about Spike and focused on the general plot, and there wasn't a good place for him to talk about Dru in the review. There have been other reviews where he completely leaves out or awards very little space to events I would have considered worth writing about, so I guess it's a matter of what he wants to focus the review on.
Ginger - Jan 03, 2012 2:13:08 pm PST #8072 of 10459
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
You know, he hasn't really seen Drusilla in her full glory. He may find he has to use crazy after all.
askye - Jan 03, 2012 2:13:21 pm PST #8073 of 10459
Thrive to spite them
Okay, I kinda scanned through the reasoning for not using crazy. I missed what PWMD was the first time. I guess mental illnesses are included in the mental disabilities part of PWMD?
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2012 2:16:07 pm PST #8074 of 10459
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But the sort of mentally ill that Drusilla is *is* a negative connotation. I don't want to get into a debate if they all are, but she damned sure is. Give her a word, dammit.
DavidS - Jan 03, 2012 2:25:55 pm PST #8075 of 10459
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But the sort of mentally ill that Drusilla is *is* a negative connotation. I don't want to get into a debate if they all are, but she damned sure is. Give her a word, dammit.
Right, it's problematic to call her craziness "mental illness" since she's actively evil in a bizarrely unstable way. It makes her evil ways sound like she's got a deficit of neurotransmitters - like she's not choosing it - but I don't think you can separate the evil from the crazy in her case.
P.M. Marc - Jan 03, 2012 2:27:12 pm PST #8076 of 10459
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
How the hell is he going to handle Normal Again?