Exactly. My biggest complaint about the Buffy series was the predictable and ghodawfully cliche "Seeing Red" plot arc.
I was so spoiled in S6 Buffy, because I kept hoping the writers were better than that. They wouldn't play into these tried and true soap opera cliches. But I can't just blame Buffy, all these shows do. You'd think somebody would get a clue.
*former rogue falls for good girl, she breaks up with him or makes him jealous or sends mixed singles - he gets drunk and forces himself on her, is devastated by the fact he did it, goes off to change himself...comes back redeemed [OR] he reverts to his evil ways and they throw him off a cliff.
* sweetie dies from a bullet or gets raped or something horrible happens to the protagonists sweetheart. Protagonist becomes obsessed with Revenge and goes on a rampage.
* Girl or Boy gets stood up at the altar, and decides to go all nasty and vengeful. (Actually they usually just mope and get vengeance by sleeping with someone else.)
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Date: 2012-01-19 05:05 pm (UTC)I was so spoiled in S6 Buffy, because I kept hoping the writers were better than that. They wouldn't play into these tried and true soap opera cliches. But I can't just blame Buffy, all these shows do. You'd think somebody would get a clue.
*former rogue falls for good girl, she breaks up with him or makes him jealous or sends mixed singles - he gets drunk and forces himself on her, is devastated by the fact he did it, goes off to change himself...comes back redeemed [OR] he reverts to his evil ways and they throw him off a cliff.
* sweetie dies from a bullet or gets raped or
something horrible happens to the protagonists sweetheart. Protagonist becomes obsessed with Revenge and goes on a rampage.
* Girl or Boy gets stood up at the altar, and decides to go all nasty and vengeful. (Actually they usually just mope and get vengeance by sleeping with someone else.)