We're *never* done, or at least we shouldn't be, and putting off a relationship until you're dead is pretty stupid.
Exactly. I get what Joss meant, but I think it's exceptionally stupid, especially for a heroine whose struggle revolved around how emotionally disconnected she is. How is it progress for her to choose to disconnect herself even more? Or for her to come up with yet another excuse for why she can't open up to people? It might've worked for a character who had constantly obsessed over relationships and changed herself for others, but Buffy's problem was the opposite, an inability to connect. (She never told Riley she loved him, she beat Spike to the ground rather than admit feelings for him, etc.)
Do you have the laserdisc set too? My husband got me the Definitive Collector's Edition for Valentine's Day the year it came out
Oh, you are so lucky. I don't; I just have the regular versions ... the original VHS tapes. The colors are kind of dull, and I really wish it was in widescreen, because the pan and scan isn't great either. But at least it doesn't have any "special" nonsense inserted in, and it's got that awesome "Gone with the Wind" pose cover.
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Date: 2003-08-08 12:11 am (UTC)Exactly. I get what Joss meant, but I think it's exceptionally stupid, especially for a heroine whose struggle revolved around how emotionally disconnected she is. How is it progress for her to choose to disconnect herself even more? Or for her to come up with yet another excuse for why she can't open up to people? It might've worked for a character who had constantly obsessed over relationships and changed herself for others, but Buffy's problem was the opposite, an inability to connect. (She never told Riley she loved him, she beat Spike to the ground rather than admit feelings for him, etc.)
Do you have the laserdisc set too? My husband got me the Definitive Collector's Edition for Valentine's Day the year it came out
Oh, you are so lucky. I don't; I just have the regular versions ... the original VHS tapes. The colors are kind of dull, and I really wish it was in widescreen, because the pan and scan isn't great either. But at least it doesn't have any "special" nonsense inserted in, and it's got that awesome "Gone with the Wind" pose cover.