I do wonder whether people's rejection of Buffy is related to her being a woman, I'm sure if Spike were to rob a bank he wouldn't provoke quite such a moralising response. I didn't see anybody rejecting Buffy, moreso for being a woman. What was rejected was Buffy's methods, and the examples she set for her slayers. Those methods were rejected by no one other as Willow in #10, who likened Buffy's actions to those of Warren and the Trio - all of whom were men. And all of whom were sufficiently condemned on the show, I daresay. So no, it has nothing to do with Buffy's being a woman. The Trio's descent into darkness started with robberies too. That's what makes Willow very uncomfortable, and therefore us, the readers. If your get your actions compared to Warren's... whew. You can't get any more condemned in Buffyverse. Willow warned of the first domino - and we saw a second domino in #11, with Simone. The connection was pretty clear, and made by Buffy herself, of all people. The rejection of Buffy's methods is set up within the story, by authors as well as main characters. The readers, like myself, just follow the story.
As for Spike doing illegal things in #5-#6 - they were there to keep us on the alert, to remind us that he's a soulless vampire, a wolf who's still dangerous rather than a warm and fuzzy lovesick puppy. We saw him stealing from the hospital in WoW, delighting in demon-bikers destruction in Bargaining, and yes, breaking to Magic Box - for that purpose. He wasn't supposed to be a good example for Dawn in there.
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Date: 2008-02-11 04:09 pm (UTC)I didn't see anybody rejecting Buffy, moreso for being a woman. What was rejected was Buffy's methods, and the examples she set for her slayers. Those methods were rejected by no one other as Willow in #10, who likened Buffy's actions to those of Warren and the Trio - all of whom were men. And all of whom were sufficiently condemned on the show, I daresay. So no, it has nothing to do with Buffy's being a woman.
The Trio's descent into darkness started with robberies too. That's what makes Willow very uncomfortable, and therefore us, the readers. If your get your actions compared to Warren's... whew. You can't get any more condemned in Buffyverse.
Willow warned of the first domino - and we saw a second domino in #11, with Simone. The connection was pretty clear, and made by Buffy herself, of all people. The rejection of Buffy's methods is set up within the story, by authors as well as main characters. The readers, like myself, just follow the story.
As for Spike doing illegal things in #5-#6 - they were there to keep us on the alert, to remind us that he's a soulless vampire, a wolf who's still dangerous rather than a warm and fuzzy lovesick puppy. We saw him stealing from the hospital in WoW, delighting in demon-bikers destruction in Bargaining, and yes, breaking to Magic Box - for that purpose. He wasn't supposed to be a good example for Dawn in there.