Having said that where I have no problem is with stuff that Giles expositioned as to demonology. True, and beyond that even in our own reality, we only have theories of how life was lived ions ago, so I don't necessarily have a problem with Giles or anyone really being wrong unintentionally within the 'verse either because the information they had was flawed or because someone, like the Watchers, intentionally skewed information in their favor. I guess the problem comes in in that the contradictions are never addressed and sometimes characters flatly deny that the contradictions exist. I suppose my brain just would not leave me alone today about this. I've never thought of the mythology of the show as shown on screen as concrete because it was routinely trounced, so I guess it weirds me out when I see people so hotly pointing out one instance as being proof-positive of something when there are two or three examples of the opposite being true. It's like each scene does not exist in a bubble; there are over twelve seasons total of episodes to deal with, not to mention that some people include interviews from the writers, directors, etc. into their personal views of the show, and some people consider the comics and novelizations as part of their POV as well, which I find really fascinating. :D
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Date: 2011-03-19 12:02 am (UTC)True, and beyond that even in our own reality, we only have theories of how life was lived ions ago, so I don't necessarily have a problem with Giles or anyone really being wrong unintentionally within the 'verse either because the information they had was flawed or because someone, like the Watchers, intentionally skewed information in their favor. I guess the problem comes in in that the contradictions are never addressed and sometimes characters flatly deny that the contradictions exist. I suppose my brain just would not leave me alone today about this. I've never thought of the mythology of the show as shown on screen as concrete because it was routinely trounced, so I guess it weirds me out when I see people so hotly pointing out one instance as being proof-positive of something when there are two or three examples of the opposite being true. It's like each scene does not exist in a bubble; there are over twelve seasons total of episodes to deal with, not to mention that some people include interviews from the writers, directors, etc. into their personal views of the show, and some people consider the comics and novelizations as part of their POV as well, which I find really fascinating. :D