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Mark Watches has yet again said a couple of humdingers that a) made me burst out laughing and b) being me, I feel the need to comment on:
1. In the category of story tropes that annoy me to no end and must die, for once Mark and I appear to be in agreement:
First of all, I am so bored with science fiction and fantasy shows using women to be hosts to babies they did not ask for. [So say we all. OR yes! I've been saying this for months now! Thank you!] It is one of the most pervasive tropes in the history of both genres, especially science fiction. It’s so common that I just assume a science fiction show or series will have it in some form at one point. Hell, even my precious The X-Files centered an entire character around a forced birth. There are a billion problems with this trope, namely the fact that no one in the actual show ever calls it what it is: rape. Cordelia was raped, and there’s not a single mention or reference to what actually happened to her. So yeah, could this stop happening?
Amen.
a) Seriously, after Ridely Scott did it in Alien, no one could top that. Everything else just looks silly in comparison.
b) Hee, if he hates Expecting, just wait until S4 Angel...that's actually sort of worse.
(And ahem, he probably should skip the Buffy S9 comics too for that matter...just saying.)
c) Unfortunately the unwanted baby trope in sci-fi is a favorite of Joss Whedon's. I don't know why, but it is. It keeps popping up. A lot of pulp sci-fi writers love it. It's quite bewildering.
2).Additionally, could anyone in the Buffy/Angel universe actually have sex without it being a complete and utter disaster? I suppose Willow and Oz count, but then that makes me think about Oz and how upset I am that he left, and it makes me want to not count any of that. Still, even with the jokey nod towards the Angel/Buffy storyline in season two, I just felt weird about another woman having sex and then facing consequences for the act that are ridiculously unfair. NO FUN.
And you haven't even made it to S6 Buffy or S4 Angel, yet.
( warning to new viewers - there are spoilers for S6 Buffy in these woods )
Before I take off...I did watch this week's Smash and it really has problems.
Me: Angelica Huston is...a bit stiff.
Momster: You think?
Yes, unfortunately, that was an understatement. At this point, I think they should get rid of everyone but Tom, Derek and Ivy. ( Smash Review )
I know, I know...I really need to start the swimming thing like yesterday. ( weird anxiety crap that only a fellow worrier and overly analytical individual would begin to understand )
Mark Watches has yet again said a couple of humdingers that a) made me burst out laughing and b) being me, I feel the need to comment on:
1. In the category of story tropes that annoy me to no end and must die, for once Mark and I appear to be in agreement:
First of all, I am so bored with science fiction and fantasy shows using women to be hosts to babies they did not ask for. [
Amen.
a) Seriously, after Ridely Scott did it in Alien, no one could top that. Everything else just looks silly in comparison.
b) Hee, if he hates Expecting, just wait until S4 Angel...that's actually sort of worse.
(And ahem, he probably should skip the Buffy S9 comics too for that matter...just saying.)
c) Unfortunately the unwanted baby trope in sci-fi is a favorite of Joss Whedon's. I don't know why, but it is. It keeps popping up. A lot of pulp sci-fi writers love it. It's quite bewildering.
2).Additionally, could anyone in the Buffy/Angel universe actually have sex without it being a complete and utter disaster? I suppose Willow and Oz count, but then that makes me think about Oz and how upset I am that he left, and it makes me want to not count any of that. Still, even with the jokey nod towards the Angel/Buffy storyline in season two, I just felt weird about another woman having sex and then facing consequences for the act that are ridiculously unfair. NO FUN.
And you haven't even made it to S6 Buffy or S4 Angel, yet.
( warning to new viewers - there are spoilers for S6 Buffy in these woods )
Before I take off...I did watch this week's Smash and it really has problems.
Me: Angelica Huston is...a bit stiff.
Momster: You think?
Yes, unfortunately, that was an understatement. At this point, I think they should get rid of everyone but Tom, Derek and Ivy. ( Smash Review )
I know, I know...I really need to start the swimming thing like yesterday. ( weird anxiety crap that only a fellow worrier and overly analytical individual would begin to understand )
