OT Re: [Sca-cooks] violence/protecting kids in bubbles...soap ale rt :)

[Decker, Terry D.]

One of the more interesting aspects of BTVS is that despite the pure fantasy
plots, the characterization is very real and the characters have developed
and grown.  They have vulnerabilities, blind spots and insights, much as all
of us do.  I think that the characterization is a large part of the show's
popularity.

The death of Buffy's mother is a counterpoint to mark the change between the
"child" Buffy and the "adult" Buffy.  Whedon appears to be using this change
to fully define what a Slayer is.

Tara's death was necessary to give Willow a reason to go ballistic.  The
resolution puts Willow and Xander back together and splits Xander and Anya
further.  Considering, Anya's solicitious behavior when helping Giles in the
season finale, I expect to see her leaving BTVS for The Watcher spin-off,
which is being prepared for the BBC.

Once BTVS has run its course, I wonder if Whedon will try to bring Fray to
screen?

Bear


> One of the most brilliant pieces of television I've seen in years was
> the episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer in which Buffy's mother dies.
> We all waited, in some cases for hours, days, and weeks, to find out
> exactly _how_ it would turn out that she wasn't really dead, or had
> been murdered, naturally or supernaturally, that her death was not
> from more or less natural causes, or that she might be revived in
> some way. Nope. She was simply dead, and everybody had to deal with
> it, go to the funeral, and deal with it. There was no villain to
> fight, no one upon whom to avenge her death, and no way to redeem her
> life, except to keep on keeping on. It was an amazing kick in the
> teeth for a series whose focus had always been fantasy. I forget
> which author wrote, "There is nothing so insignificant as a dead man."
>
> Adamantius

> And they've done it again, with Tara's death of non-magical
> causes.  It almost made
> the second death, while tragic, less significant somehow in
> that they did the same
> thing twice.  These kids should stick to the magical world,
> reality is so much more
> dangerous!
>
> Selene, Caid