In the BtVS is Gone With the Wind metaphor, Buffy=Scarlett, Rhett=Spike, Angel=Ashley.
Compare. Contrast. Discuss. Argue. Just post, dammit.
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Cindy - Dec 27, 2003 4:06:11 am PST #6992 of 10001
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Fred Pete - Dec 27, 2003 6:40:30 am PST #6993 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I can see the first two. And the "perfect happiness" bit makes a nice substitute for Melanie.
But Angel isn't Ashley. Angel eventually found the guts to leave Buffy.
amych - Dec 27, 2003 6:45:04 am PST #6994 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Buffy = Rhett, Spike = Belle Watling, Angel = Atlanta.
kat perez - Dec 27, 2003 6:53:43 am PST #6995 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
How about Spike = Scarlett. Selfish, willful, cruel when he wants to be. Meets his match in Buffy/Rhett.
SailAweigh - Dec 27, 2003 7:16:43 am PST #6996 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Oh, I agree with Cindy, Buffy is so much Scarlett. Scarlett was all about the mission, preserve Tara. Buffy is all about the mission, (preserve Dawn) it does make her a tad selfish at times.
Spike definitely is Rhett. Rhett's version of love-making was definitely not of the hearts and flower variety and verged on rape in at least one scene. Only, Spike didn't have the balls to leave Buffy the way Rhett did.
Angel fits the Ashley mold. Ashley wanted his feminine version of perfection in the form of Melanie. If leaving her would have been for her own good, he would have done it, just like Angel did leave for Buffy's sake.
Cindy - Dec 27, 2003 7:18:50 am PST #6997 of 10001
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Buffy = Rhett, Spike = Belle Watling, Angel = Atlanta.
Hee. Who's Sherman?
But Angel isn't Ashley. Angel eventually found the guts to leave Buffy.
Yes and no. BtVS Angel is Ashley. A:ts Angel isn't.
Sean K - Dec 27, 2003 8:15:58 am PST #6998 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Oh, I agree with Cindy, Buffy is so much Scarlett. Scarlett was all about the mission, preserve Tara. Buffy is all about the mission, (preserve Dawn) it does make her a tad selfish at times.
I can just see Buffy now: "Tomarrah is anothah day..."
SailAweigh - Dec 27, 2003 8:26:16 am PST #6999 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
"Tomarrah is anothah day..."
She even had the dress for it in "Halloween!" With the brown wig. Hee.
ETA: x-posty goodness and SLUUUUUUUT...
kat perez - Dec 27, 2003 8:26:22 am PST #7000 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
Please keep Buffy away from accents. Do we really need a repeat of the faux-whatever-it-was from when they all turned into their Halloween costumes?
Jessica - Dec 27, 2003 8:44:04 am PST #7001 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The major reason I can't quite agree with Scarlett = Buffy is that Scarlett's major defining characteristic is her total lack of introspection. Buffy, as much as her self-righteousness frustrates me at times, knows when she's being self-righteous, selfish, ignoring her friends, etc, and it tears her up inside.
Scarlett = S5 Spike is a better mapping, IMO. (S6 Spike = married-to-Scarlett!Rhett, pretty much exactly.)