Look, I had a *thought*!

[elisi]

First though, I must wish the Happiest of Birthdays to earth_vexer! May you continue to vex the earth for many, many years to come! :)

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But! The Queen of Polls, gabrielleabelle, made a poll about which show is more adult/mature/dark - Buffy or Angel? Now it's tempting to go for Angel, but otoh there's few things as dark as S6 of BtVS... So, instead of doing the poll, I started turning the problem over in my head, because the shows are both dark, but in different way. And then I had a minor epiphany - the main character of each series is a reflection of the show overall:

BtVS is about a good person who's had darkness forced upon her.

AtS is about a bad person who's had goodness forced upon him.

I think everything springs from this.

Comments

[elisi]

Also: Buffy goes through things that one in real life goes through.
Indeed. And I think that in some ways her Slayer-ness helps. Not in a 'makes it better' kinda way, but in the way that she can use her emotions to fight, if that makes sense. One of the main ways Buffy wins is by 'out-determining' the enemy - emotions *are* power.

Which was a tangent I think...

Buffy is serially traumatized. No one could go through what she goes through without breaking.
Yes, she is obviously traumatised. But I don't think she's broken broken. I think she's stronger than that, and that she goes on to have a wonderful life. :)

PS. Have you seen Bachelorette?

[green-maia.livejournal.com]

Have you seen Bachelorette?

I hadn't seen it. Just did. It's...interesting.

Kind of fascinates me that people can see the same story and see such different meaning in it.

[elisi]

Well I think it's more about analysing the story from a different angle. However, that ending is so *my* Buffy. :)