I think some of the debates are rooted in the structure of the fandom. Certain number of fans came to BtVS from the universe of soap-operas and the tend to judge the events by soap-opera standards. While another, quite substantial part of fandom consists of fans of sci-fi shows - Star Trek, Babylon 5 etc. These shows are much less antropocentric than BtVS and never assume that humans are right just because they're humans.
IMO, these two parts of fandom sometimes collide because they judge Jossverse by different standards. And, to be fair, Jossverse is pretty inconsistent towards demons. While BtVS is closer to soap-opera and is very antropocentric, AtS is closer to sci-fi shows igeologically, as demons are never demonized by default on that show.
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Date: 2007-08-12 07:13 am (UTC)IMO, these two parts of fandom sometimes collide because they judge Jossverse by different standards. And, to be fair, Jossverse is pretty inconsistent towards demons. While BtVS is closer to soap-opera and is very antropocentric, AtS is closer to sci-fi shows igeologically, as demons are never demonized by default on that show.