I hate ultimatums as well, which is why I don't like the scene, but I do think it would have been funny if she had just plonked herself down in the middle of the living room and said, "Make me." 'Cause really? Would they? They didn't really want her to leave; they wanted her to breath for a few minutes and be regular "Buffy" again like they always do when they are floundering. Of course, there'd still be the problem with two sides, but eventually Spike would have come back with Andrew and the issue would have gotten forced.
I think one of my problems with the show is that every time there's an "intervention" for Buffy (there's been three, specifically, I think) is that they are staged by her friends and family so ineptly and then Buffy looks better, like the writers are trying to force sympathy and make the audience forget about why the intervention was actually necessary and that a better attempt to help her might have actually helped instead of causing more hurt and distrust.
And this probably speaks more to my problems with perceived "specialness," I generally dislike main characters. I don't like that it's all about them and that they are always proven right in the end even when they've acted horribly and treated people like crap. Three of fandoms leave me feeling this way, and they all have the main characters' names in the titles. It's a sign!
The thought of a theocracy gives me the willies! O_O;;;
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Date: 2011-07-22 09:15 pm (UTC)I think one of my problems with the show is that every time there's an "intervention" for Buffy (there's been three, specifically, I think) is that they are staged by her friends and family so ineptly and then Buffy looks better, like the writers are trying to force sympathy and make the audience forget about why the intervention was actually necessary and that a better attempt to help her might have actually helped instead of causing more hurt and distrust.
And this probably speaks more to my problems with perceived "specialness," I generally dislike main characters. I don't like that it's all about them and that they are always proven right in the end even when they've acted horribly and treated people like crap. Three of fandoms leave me feeling this way, and they all have the main characters' names in the titles. It's a sign!
The thought of a theocracy gives me the willies! O_O;;;
ETA: For my spelling.