They pat people's heads and say it's just about shipping. Which is basically amounting to patronizing the 'girls'.
Which demonstrates how clueless they truly are. I've read posts by people who ship B/A - that found issue 34 repulsive. As well as those who were ambivalent.
Either she just jumped Angel in spite of his murdering thousands of her Slayers... or we have the big, strong Angel making decisions for Buffy without ever giving her a vote.
Or the third option, Angel wasn't responsible for the deaths of the slayers - and there's another big bad out there that he was combatting. I don't like that one either...because it more or less syncs with option two - big strong Angel making the decisions for the stupid girl. It's patronizing and sexist.
Granted that may well be the point. Whedon may be writing a feminist nightmare - see, this is how the world views strong women! Aren't I cool for pointing it out to you! Isn't this subversive and amazing? Sorry, no. Just disappointing. If you were a woman, Whedon, you'd realize we already know it. Better than you. One can't help but wonder what the comics would have been like if he'd hired Jodi Picoult (Wonderwoman scribe) instead of Brad Meltzer (Superman scribe) to co-plot them.
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Date: 2010-04-30 04:36 pm (UTC)Which demonstrates how clueless they truly are. I've read posts by people who ship B/A - that found issue 34 repulsive. As well as those who were ambivalent.
Either she just jumped Angel in spite of his murdering thousands of her Slayers... or we have the big, strong Angel making decisions for Buffy without ever giving her a vote.
Or the third option, Angel wasn't responsible for the deaths of the slayers - and there's another big bad out there that he was combatting. I don't like that one either...because it more or less syncs with option two - big strong Angel making the decisions for the stupid girl. It's patronizing and sexist.
Granted that may well be the point. Whedon may be writing a feminist nightmare - see, this is how the world views strong women! Aren't I cool for pointing it out to you! Isn't this subversive and amazing? Sorry, no. Just disappointing. If you were a woman, Whedon, you'd realize we already know it. Better than you. One can't help but wonder what the comics would have been like if he'd hired Jodi Picoult (Wonderwoman scribe) instead of Brad Meltzer (Superman scribe) to co-plot them.