I think my favorite insane LJ-ism so far is the person who claimed that Giles saying "Watch your elbow" in "Restless" was representative of the Watchers attempting to control Slayers (check), a male attempt to control female power (check), and therefore rhetorically equivalent to someone telling a girl not to wear a low-cut blouse because it invited abuse (lost me).
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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Micole - May 26, 2003 1:15:14 pm PDT #2373 of 10001
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
Cindy - May 26, 2003 1:18:00 pm PDT #2374 of 10001
Nobody
Nah - he was telling her not to throw like a girl (which shows he still retained vestiges of the bias inherent in the CoW, but I don't want to get all preachy, so I'll shut up).
Typo Boy - May 26, 2003 1:55:32 pm PDT #2375 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
No - I never got the feeling that anyone selected the slayers. My read is:
Way back a two part spell was cast.
Part1) - tapped into the power of dark magic to given superpowers to certain girls to fight vampires other demons.
Part 2) limited that power to 1 girl at a time - otherwise every girl with those characteristics would have gotten the power.
My feeling is that part of the selection process for part I was that they would tend to use that power for fighting demons - that most of them would not use it selfishly. Because of the whole "free will" deal there was not guarantee - but that they loaded the dice that way as much as possilbe.
And so when Willow the White got involved - she either just cast part I, but not part II, or since the actual word "recast" was use, recast Part I while repealing part II. (Part I was still Black magic though - so her becoming Willow the White is an argument for her simply repealing part II.)
And I realize that this has absolutely nothing to do with Cindy's point, which is quite correct. It is just a side-note her post sparked that interests me.
Cindy - May 26, 2003 1:57:09 pm PDT #2376 of 10001
Nobody
That's all right, Gar. My point killed the thread. Besides, I think it's likely that your theory is right.
smonster - May 26, 2003 3:29:37 pm PDT #2377 of 10001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
sj, good point about the core four. don't forget about giles, too. he was the first to lose a love.
Julie - May 26, 2003 4:32:13 pm PDT #2378 of 10001
"Watch your elbow" in "Restless".... and therefore rhetorically equivalent to someone telling a girl not to wear a low-cut blouse because it invited abuse (lost me).
Left elbow. Well known erogenous zone.
er... or just well known in my circles, perhaps!?
edited 'cause... errogenous zone? whole other thing :)
sj - May 26, 2003 4:38:03 pm PDT #2379 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
don't forget about giles, too. he was the first to lose a love.
He was one of the four: Giles, Willow, Xander, and Buffy.
Cindy - May 26, 2003 4:46:33 pm PDT #2380 of 10001
Nobody
Xander was the first one to lose a love. ijs.
victor infante - May 26, 2003 4:48:00 pm PDT #2381 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Xander was the first one to lose a love. ijs.
Jessie?
Frankenbuddha - May 26, 2003 4:54:05 pm PDT #2382 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Xander was the first one to lose a love. ijs.
I'm guessing Inca Mummy Girl, but not sure if that counts as love.