On Mar 28, 10:54 pm, "One Bit Shy" <O...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Arbitrar Of Quality" <tsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> On Mar 27, 12:40 am, "One Bit Shy" <O...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> Let me use this op****tunity to make what may be
> >> my
> >> only defense of Kennedy this season. Her romance with Willow is the
> >> obvious
> >> big deal with her. But as a Potential, her function is to be the one
> >> most
> >> ready and eager for personal empowerment.
> > [snip]
> >> Highlighting this is a useful function for Kennedy. She may be
annoying
> >> as
> >> hell, but at least part of that has a righteous basis as she acts as
> >> agitator and leader for the empowerment cause. One of the curious
things
> >> about her is that Buffy doesn't really come down on her, even as she
> >> speaks
> >> in defiance of Buffy. Maybe Buffy sees a little of herself in
Kennedy -
> >> I'm
> >> not sure. I think it's more that Kennedy actually takes to heart
what
> >> Buffy
> >> tries to instill in the Potentials, and Buffy sees that. Her
impetuous
> >> inexperience is a lot easier to forgive than betrayal by Giles or
> >> undermining by Xander.
>
> > I'll give you Giles, but Xander's generally a voice of reason, if not
> > assertiveness, during S7.
>
> Most of the time, yeah. I was thinking of the Get It Done argument when
> Buffy pretty much took Kennedy's sass in stride - even trying to make a
> point out of it - but couldn't get past Xander's. Xander's follow-up
retorts.
> It pretty much undermined the point she was trying to make. Though she
went
> and found another way to get the message across.
I had a different take on that. Especially earlier in the scene,
Xander's speaking up on behalf of everyone who's getting insulted
while trying to reasonably respond to what's being said. Everyone
else is angry, but Xander doesn't raise his voice while telling Buffy
what he thinks she needs to hear. "But let's not try to forget, we're
also your friends." The net effect may be to undermine Buffy's point,
but I don't think it's any harder to forgive than Kennedy's
confrontational-ness (easier for me, if only because I like him
better).
-AOQ
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