'A Hole in the World'
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UTTAD - I don't see how she dealt with it on any level.
She shrunk from his touch in Beneath You. She was using him as her guide dog the next episode. Soon, he was living in her house.
Argh. I have to go. Scott stayed home today so we could get things done, and we're not (especially not the "me" part of "we"). Later gators.
Well, not only different from the rest of BTVS but different from the rest of the episode. If they'd filmed the rest of the episode the same way -- it might have felt slightly less manipulative.
Cindy Sorry I meant Buffy as a TV show, not as an individual. They dealt (or tried to deal) with it, as the over-riding theme of the season, her getting her power on.
In much of S7, people had to really struggle to take their power, and had to go through a lot of emotional & mystical crap to get there - whether it was Anya's confrontation with d'Hoffryn, Willow's invisibility, Buffy's face-off with the African guys, or Dawn's realization that she's valuable even if she's not a potential. Buffy's way of getting her power back from Spike seemed to be to simply ignore that they had ever had an unhealthy relationship that culminated in a rape. That's a cop-out.
Nice article in the LA Times about AH here.
She has some awfully nice words for BTVS fans:
" 'Buffy' fans know my name and are really sincere and articulate in how they talk about the show. You can feel the work has touched them in some way or that my character has helped them in their life. You walk away from a fan experience like that and just feel so proud to have been a part of something that could have been such a part of people's lives."
Buffy's way of getting her power back from Spike seemed to be to simply ignore that they had ever had an unhealthy relationship that culminated in a rape. That's a cop-out.
Yes. Yes it is.
but isn't better that they tackle these things head on?
But they didn't tackle anything.
Attempted Rape.
Mystical Magical Sunblocking Flying Motorcycle to Africa to Get a Soul
Gee Buffy, Spike Tried to Rape You
Yeah, but it was no Big. 'Sides, he went and Soulified, Dawnie!
He has a soul.
He has a soul.
He has a soul.
Crazy Basement Spike.
Annoyed Buffy.
Too Many Potentials.
Spike turns water into wine and dies for our sins.
Everything at Mutant Enemy seems to have fallen apart in 6-7. Folks confuse the word "dark" with the word, "crap."
S7 was well dodgy, but I still think S6 was one of the best.
Did you watch from Season one, on? Or did you become a fan later in the series?
I watched from season one, and I flat disagree with your readig of the last two seasons. Sure, they were messy (although I don't object to them just dumping the AR when they realised what a sore point it was) but they were the most inventive and unconventional seasons.