On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:49:57 -0800 (PST), Arbitrar Of Quality
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>On Feb 1, 11:19 pm, "One Bit Shy" <O...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Arbitrar Of Quality" <tsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > Yet whether it's on screen (Dawn comparing Xander to
>> > our favorite rapist vampire in "Him")
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>> I don't see any indication that Dawn considered the two morally
equivalent
>> or comparable in degree. She was just pointing out that relationships
make
>> people lie and act stupid. I'm not terribly fond of Him, but that's
one of
>> the good parts.
>
>Well of course she thinks they're comparable, given that she's
>comparing them. It's distasteful, but I'm more interested in the way
>it makes no fucking sense. Since the show never challenges her
>interpretation, it's another piece that makes it harder for me to
>conclude that the writers don't intend us to agree with the characters
>that Xander's decision was wrong, and that the wedding fiasco is
>fundamentally his fault.
Xander's decision was wrong. Not the decision to call off the wedding
(that was right), the decision to then walk away into the rain and leave
Anya swinging in the wind to face her friends and Xander's friends and
family, by herself. You'll have to explain to me how That decision was
not
wrong, hopefully slowly and in words of one syllable, because I'm having a
great deal of difficulty understanding it.
--
.... and my sister is a vampire slayer, her best friend is a witch who
went bonkers and tried to destroy the world, um, I actually used to be
a little ball of energy until about two years ago when some monks
changed the past and made me Buffy's sister and for some reason, a big
klepto. My best friends are Leticia Jones, who moved to San Diego
because this town is evil, and a floppy eared demon named Clem.
(Dawn's fantasy of her intro speech in "Lessons", from the shooting
script)
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