I Heard the Words "Space-Hymen" Today. O_O;;;

[fenderlove]

You know, honestly, I make no bones about the fact that I think Chosen's Slayer spell is the worst metaphor in the whole show (with the exception to what exactly vampires were supposed to represent). I think that it shouldn't have been presented as a metaphor if they still felt like doing it. Visually it's all nice, but the practicality of it is laughable. How is showing women having no control over their lives empowering? It's not nice to think about, but I've started to believe that it would have been more nobel if Buffy had accepted the power the Shadow Men offered her even though that whole scene is iffy and creepy and icky. Their sales pitch could have been better- they could have shown her the ubervamps first and then offered her the power instead of chaining her up and trying to rape her with it. O_o;;;

I also realized that I fell into some plot trap with one of my fics (Acceptable Losses) that seems even creepier now that #36 has been revealed. Now I'm going to have to revise some of the chapters that I haven't posted yet to try to get away from the current plot of the comics.

Didn't someone months ago bring up the whole pregnancy space-frakkin' dimensional cherry-popping in reference to the comics? I just want penguins now. Lots and lots of penguins... and some muffins. "Welcome to New Sunnydale. Enjoy your muffins!" seems like an unholy possibility right now. I demand it.

I am reviving my original catchphrase about the comics- "Hope for a fruit basket and soldier on." I just hope the fruit in the basket doesn't come out of Buffy's space-hymen.

Just jumping in on the Livejournal/Twitter/Facebook thing. My Facebook, my Twitter, and my Livejournal are like oil and water and a third unmixable thing. I've turned off the ping-back doodad. Just throwing that out there.

Comments

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Space hymen? LOL!

And I think that part of the problem with the Chosen metaphor is that for 7 years they portrayed Buffy thinking of it as a burden... and they maintained that all the way to the end when she was 'free'. Kind of hard to reconcile her desire to be free of it with it being the 'bestest thing ever' for everyone else.

Empowment is grand... but maybe there should have been a scene or a dozen of Buffy realizing it can be a good thing.

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

I was trying to explore the ideas of what it meant to be a Slayer in my fanfic using four underaged Slayers struggling with their powers, feeling inadequate, feeling frightened, and learning that they need to find a balance between their "calling" and what they really want out of life. Buffy's also pregnant in that fic (father not mentioned), and she's having her own struggle with what she wants and learning that maybe being a Slayer is what she wants.

I just got really upset with the comics, showing Buffy thinking that the other Slayers should have some sort of gratitude towards her because she gave their lives "purpose" and "meaning," which was just offensive to me. She is also shown to be embittered towards other Slayers because she doesn't feel as sense of sorority with them. I was just hoping for some acceptance on her part after all this. I wanted her to show compassion towards those that didn't want to use their powers for violence. The comics show those poor Slayers in Germany getting slaughtered because they were turned away by the training camps because they didn't want to fight. Maybe if those Slayers could have been used for other purposes- farming, food preparation, technologies, advocacy, healthcare, lobbying, publicity, lawyering, accounting, military tacticians, etc. They are so many jobs that these women would have gladly done to at least have asylum (it's only fair that everyone do their part for room and board), and they weren't given those options; they were turned away. Giles even has the gall to show irritation that they wouldn't fight, and Faith is the only character to show compassion for them. It just makes me very sad and disappointed.