Yes, I did this post specifically for you and embers_log, and thank you for your reply. Avoiding mentioning spoilers in a post when you are spoiled is harder than it looks. And you were wise to avoide the last several posts because there were spoilers in the comments if not the post itself. And I did not do that good a job of hiding them.
Regarding Dollhouse - I've seen all the episodes except for last night's which is waiting on my DVR. My very crowded DVR. I'm watching the rather dull and predictable V at the moment.
I think they aren't buying into Twilight wanting to actually do away with magic, any more than I buy into Dick Cheney wanting to make the world safe for democracy. In Cheney's case, the idea was to prop up his wealthy friends in specific and the wealthy and powerful of America in general, which of course he rationalizes into something that is good for the entire country, we peasants included
I agree, I think Twilight has his own agenda. I'm not sure what it is - there's no spoilers on that. I also agree that if there is a political allegory - that Twilight clearly represents what you state above - and in some respects Twilight reminds me a great deal of Rossum or the mysterious head behind Rossum.
You're correct there is a trend or a pattern in Whedon's writing. He keeps covering the same ground on these issues. About trust. Particularly father figures. Or figures that represent partriarchial values or a paternal trust. The guy behind Rossum - certainly represented that dynamic for Echo and Claire Saunders.
I think what Twilight wants is a return to the status quo, one slayer, men rule. I think it goes back to what Rossum wanted - to have Echo powerful but to control her, to be the puppeteer behind her strings. I get the same odd feeling about Twilight.
But I could be wrong about that. I'm not spoiled on Twilight's motivations or whether those motivations are justified. I personally don't see how they can be. But then I don't think Buffy has really abused her power - outside of the bank robbery (which seems to have been a one time occurrence that she regrets and is embarrassed over) or the submarine hijake - which was out of necessity. Twilight appears to have done far worse. His goal seems to be to chip away at Buffy's moral certitude. Yet it is Twilight who sounds as if he is being superior, as if he has yet to question his own? He says he knows Buffy, but I don't think he knows her very well at all. I think he thinks he does.
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Date: 2010-01-17 05:38 am (UTC)Regarding Dollhouse - I've seen all the episodes except for last night's which is waiting on my DVR. My very crowded DVR. I'm watching the rather dull and predictable V at the moment.
I think they aren't buying into Twilight wanting to actually do away with magic, any more than I buy into Dick Cheney wanting to make the world safe for democracy. In Cheney's case, the idea was to prop up his wealthy friends in specific and the wealthy and powerful of America in general, which of course he rationalizes into something that is good for the entire country, we peasants included
I agree, I think Twilight has his own agenda.
I'm not sure what it is - there's no spoilers on that. I also agree that if there is a political allegory - that Twilight clearly represents what you state above - and in some respects Twilight reminds me a great deal of Rossum or the mysterious head behind Rossum.
You're correct there is a trend or a pattern in Whedon's writing. He keeps covering the same ground on these issues. About trust.
Particularly father figures. Or figures that represent partriarchial values or a paternal trust. The guy behind Rossum - certainly represented that dynamic for Echo and Claire Saunders.
I think what Twilight wants is a return to the status quo, one slayer, men rule. I think it goes back to what Rossum wanted - to have Echo powerful but to control her, to be the puppeteer behind her strings. I get the same odd feeling about Twilight.
But I could be wrong about that. I'm not spoiled on Twilight's motivations or whether those motivations are justified. I personally don't see how they can be. But then I don't think Buffy has really abused her power - outside of the bank robbery (which seems to have been a one time occurrence that she regrets and is embarrassed over) or the submarine hijake - which was out of necessity. Twilight appears to have done far worse. His goal seems to be to chip away at Buffy's moral certitude. Yet it is Twilight who sounds as if he is being superior, as if he has yet to question his own? He says he knows Buffy, but I don't think he knows her very well at all. I think he thinks he does.