On Joss and liberalism. Joss might be a liberal, but he also is a die-hard feminist. And the current cultural clush happens to be with a very misogynistic culture. I don't think we can trust Joss to remain liberal in that clash: he might think that injustice against women should be fought by any means necessary. He might - I don't say he thinks that way for sure.
Also my original reading of NFA was that it was a very anti-liberal message, even a neocon message. But later I saw they were careful enough to muddle it up and balance it sufficiently, to avoid tying it into one of the political sides. Still I think the sentiment during NFA was more anti-liberal than liberal. But now the situation is different as USA and the world are dealing with the results of hard-core approach to the war on terror - which are not pretty. I think Angel-6 will be more ambiguous and more hesitant to take a side. Already it seems to deal with the fall-out of a war or a revolution which often ends in chaos, barbarism and the rule of the strongest and the most devoid of morals.
The observation that our Champions for humanity are now devoid of humanity is a very astute one. Where would that lead? Would they try to get in touch with their humanity again in the series? Maybe Angel, Spike and Gunn all shanshue in the end? Also demons and humans forming an alliance was often a topic on AtS, where demons stood in for various cultures and not for innter demons. Here we also have Betta George which is a clearly benevolent demon too. Woudl be interesting where they will go with it.
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Also my original reading of NFA was that it was a very anti-liberal message, even a neocon message. But later I saw they were careful enough to muddle it up and balance it sufficiently, to avoid tying it into one of the political sides. Still I think the sentiment during NFA was more anti-liberal than liberal. But now the situation is different as USA and the world are dealing with the results of hard-core approach to the war on terror - which are not pretty. I think Angel-6 will be more ambiguous and more hesitant to take a side. Already it seems to deal with the fall-out of a war or a revolution which often ends in chaos, barbarism and the rule of the strongest and the most devoid of morals.
The observation that our Champions for humanity are now devoid of humanity is a very astute one. Where would that lead? Would they try to get in touch with their humanity again in the series? Maybe Angel, Spike and Gunn all shanshue in the end? Also demons and humans forming an alliance was often a topic on AtS, where demons stood in for various cultures and not for innter demons. Here we also have Betta George which is a clearly benevolent demon too. Woudl be interesting where they will go with it.