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Had today off. Felt a bit, icky, so glad of it. Spent most of the day watching DVDs, laundry, and reading. Nothing spetacular. Just finished watching Blood Ties thru I Was Made To Love you today, while I'd watched Into the Woods thru Checkpoint over the weekend.
Season 5 is an interesting counterpoint to early seasons - in that it is in this season that Buffy starts to take on a new role - the role of provider and protector. She never really does the nuturing thing well, that role, oddly falls to Xander, and to a degree Willow and Tara. But mostly Xander and Tara. Spike to a degree takes it on in later episodes, but not completely, any more than Willow does - in some respects Willow and Spike remain in the protector role. Season 5, like the seasons before it also examines the relationships between chaos and order, male and female (gender politics), how we perceive reality and our perception of family.
( Dawn - Sister, Daughter, Self - s5 meta: Listening to Fear thru BloodTies )
( Spike:Sexist, Obsessive, Protector - Crush and I Was Made To Love You, with bits on LTMP and Fool for Love )
Season 5 is an interesting counterpoint to early seasons - in that it is in this season that Buffy starts to take on a new role - the role of provider and protector. She never really does the nuturing thing well, that role, oddly falls to Xander, and to a degree Willow and Tara. But mostly Xander and Tara. Spike to a degree takes it on in later episodes, but not completely, any more than Willow does - in some respects Willow and Spike remain in the protector role. Season 5, like the seasons before it also examines the relationships between chaos and order, male and female (gender politics), how we perceive reality and our perception of family.
( Dawn - Sister, Daughter, Self - s5 meta: Listening to Fear thru BloodTies )
( Spike:Sexist, Obsessive, Protector - Crush and I Was Made To Love You, with bits on LTMP and Fool for Love )