Okay, Scratch That

[thedeadlyhook]

Well, for a brief instant there I had an ending up for my Spuffyficathon piece. Hopefully no one read it, because I decided I hated it and it needs major revision. Apologies. (grumbles, goes back to drawing board.)

Comments

Buffy

[(Anonymous)]

Thats funny-I was thinking Buffy acts just like an abusive boyfriend all through S.6 too-was kind of mulling it over after I found this story last night.The whole relationship is kind of role reversal:Spike is the nurturing(usually feminine)character and Buffy is the destructive,even brutal one.

Re: Buffy

[thedeadlyhook.livejournal.com]

I have a whole long treatise on the various reversals of male and female dynamics in S6 written down somewhere, probably originally made as comments to someone else - I may try to reconstruct the thoughts and post them sometime. Basically, yes - Buffy (and Willow) is a very "male" character in S6, while Spike (and Xander) are both quite feminized figures, excessively concerned with "feelings," etc., while the women in their lives obssess about social positioning and power issues. It always boggled me the way the show never really picked up on and continued those issues into S7, considering the season was nominally about "girl power"... and yet women obtain physical (male) power at the end of the season, while the male character in the equation (Spike) saves the day with the very typically female Power o' Love. Go figure.

Re: Buffy

[kassto.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely. And I wonder if the writers ever realised that's how it came across and how seriously that screwed with the feminist message they were supposedly putting across.