*hyperventilates*

[labellementeuse]

asdfghjkl OH MY GOD (link via glitterdemon

JOSS WHEDON. ELIZA DUSHKU. TELEVISION. ASDFGHJL *breaks glass with high-pitched noises*

Comments

[nzlemming.livejournal.com]

I dunno. That throwaway line is just one of Xander's masks, to me. His insecurity (e.g. the Zeppo, failure to marry, inumerable screwups) is a key to his character and is never really destroyed. Which makes him more heroic, in a way, because he never (almost never) stops trying. His reasons do change, though, from "trying to impress" through to "trying to save the world".

I agree about Joss' writing weakness. People tend to cite the existence of Buffy as saying he's not sexist (and he probably isn't consciously so) but the remarkable thing about Buffy in the series was that she was a girl, whereas the remarkable thing in the movie was that she was an airhead. I think he should have stuck with that (which would probably have made it Cordelia the Vampire Slayer, and yes I know that Carpenter was an early choice for the lead role)

[sixth-light.livejournal.com]

I don't know if the problem is so much that Buffy is special for being an ass-kicking girl, but rather that in Joss's world girls can do anything...except have sexualities.* He's definitely not consciously sexist, but he needs to stop and look at the message he's actually sending.

*Unless they're lesbians, of course.

[nzlemming.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but lesbians *are* hot - I read it on the intarweb!

[sixth-light.livejournal.com]

*nods* Truly, teh intarwebz are wise.