Until we know the context amoral is far too strong a term for what we’ve seen. All we can say at the moment is that those involved in the robbery don’t count “thou shall not steal” as a moral absolute. That doesn’t mean that they believe the same of all the other commandments or that moral absolutism is the only ethical philosophy.
Well, if BtVS was a series where everything is to be taken seriously, then a character who just last Season said she was IT, the law, disregarding human law would be a very bad thing indeed, IMO.
But Buffy is not such a series. The bank robbery can easily be played for laughs. In fact, from my own reading of the scene, I got the impression that what mattered was that Buffy was lying to Willow, not that she had robbed a bank.
But hey, maybe next issue we'll have Buffy complaining about "Stupid homo-sapiens, with their stupid homo-sapiens laws. Oh... not you Xander. Sorry."
I don't think so though, because from what JW has stated this series is how the world reacts to powerful women, and I'm pretty sure "Fears them because they break the law" is NOT what JW is going for.
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Well, if BtVS was a series where everything is to be taken seriously, then a character who just last Season said she was IT, the law, disregarding human law would be a very bad thing indeed, IMO.
But Buffy is not such a series. The bank robbery can easily be played for laughs. In fact, from my own reading of the scene, I got the impression that what mattered was that Buffy was lying to Willow, not that she had robbed a bank.
But hey, maybe next issue we'll have Buffy complaining about "Stupid homo-sapiens, with their stupid homo-sapiens laws. Oh... not you Xander. Sorry."
I don't think so though, because from what JW has stated this series is how the world reacts to powerful women, and I'm pretty sure "Fears them because they break the law" is NOT what JW is going for.