Xander ,'Empty Places'
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.
Don't get me wrong; I think Joss isn't the feminist he gets lauded as being. And that wouldn't bother me if he weren't promoted as being Mr. Awesome Feminist Dood. But, you know, Fred. And Tara. And Penny. And, oh, all of Dollhouse.
But I still don't think Pangs is promoting genocide. Or that Xander is anything other than a normal high-school guy.
Hmmm. I wonder what the reaction to "Something Blue" is going to be?
(What was wrong with Tara?)
But I still don't think Pangs is promoting genocide.
I don't think that's the issue. I think it's something about Native American spirits and...something? Making light of things? I don't know. You know, any time you do anything, it's problematic.
I wonder what the reaction to "Something Blue" is going to be?
What am I supposed to be outraged about there?
What am I supposed to be outraged about there?
I don't read Mark, but given his reaction to everything, I could imagine outrage at what Willow did, intentionally or not.
What am I supposed to be outraged about there?
Buffy's OTT love for Spike, I guess. All the patriarchal hoo-ha around their wedding. I dunno. It just feels like it would be troubling. Maybe not.
(What was wrong with Tara?)
Fridged to turn Willow dark, yes?
Buffy's OTT love for Spike, I guess. All the patriarchal hoo-ha around their wedding. I dunno. It just feels like it would be troubling. Maybe not.
Haven't heard many rumblings about that one. People seem to like it and find it funny.
Cool. People's preferences align with mine!
Fridged to turn Willow dark, yes?
I completely forgot that. I mean, much of the stuff goes over my head, but when a well-developed character dies and another character freaks the fuck out and people respond, I don't feel like it's a fridging, so much as a plot development and a catalyst.
I found it less funny when I rewatched it because season six made the ridiculousness less funny and more depressing foreshadowing.
It made it funnier, to me, because everyone had all their reactions, and then it happened for real. I have no idea, but that just cracked me up harder.