[meta] the problem with insiders: the heroic outsider (1/5)
Herein lies the newest meta series in the works - this time dealing with the Insiders vs. Outsiders Narrative that Buffy operates on through all seven series. (I am not going to touch on the comics because ugh, that's why.) Although this is all related to my larger Dawn project, there's going to be a lot less Dawn in this series than usual. Mostly
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There is so much here to talk about but there are two things that are screaming at me:
Firstly - the mention of Cat and Olive is SO intriguing given their status as "modern AU" versions of older stories (how times have changed - not) and in the same way that Buffy is Joss' "AU" horror movie victim. None of them can quite fit into the worlds that they've been placed in, so they have to shatter it from the outside. (And on another note, all the bullshitty things about sex and sexuality in the Buffyverse correlate to the sexual constraints in Easy A and 10 Things, except Buffy never manages to overthrow hers - which is VERY TELLING IMO ( ... )
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(I needed this comment like you don't even know.)
except Buffy never manages to overthrow hers - which is VERY TELLING IMO
yes. in terms of a feminine/romance story - Buffy is always subservient to it AND never gets a reward.
(I don't even want to talk about this it will make me angry. the one thing that Bulman's analysis neglects - is how the 'reward' is different for males and females - esp in terms of what they are expected to reject. Olive and Cat reject a system that makes them objects, only to 'get the guy' - and in Buffy's case, she keeps getting/caring about having the guy and that somehow is punishable? go to hell joss)
Faith is the single most important person on the series. (It infuriates me the lack of support that Giles and Joyce offer her. I am forever bitter about that.) (especially Joyce willing to throw Faith into the fray for Buffy's college education. HELLO MIDDLE CLASS METAPHOR)
Am I a villain because I spent childhood with an alcoholic dad who lost his job and spent my Mum's money on ( ... )
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Faith is the single most important person on the series. (It infuriates me the lack of support that Giles and Joyce offer her. I am forever bitter about that.) (especially Joyce willing to throw Faith into the fray for Buffy's college education. HELLO MIDDLE CLASS METAPHOR)#Thank ( ... )
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hardest year ever i have never been so upset
#Thank
(I try not to spout my Joyce-scepticism, but I think S5 overly romanticized her and fans tend to forget S3 and how little she [and Giles] did to protect a helpless girl at their fingertips WHO WAS BEGGING FOR HELP DON'T EVEN LOOK AT ME)
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY. (especially about Cordy omg my queen)
she is the embodiment of all the poor little kids with troubled childhoods and she gets twisted into a villainous puppet for an upperclass elitist politician? The glittery fuck??exactly. It's so troubling that the most common reading is: "but Faith WANTED it" like bull fucking shit. Faith wanting to be loved and accepted does NOT mean she is somehow lesser than Buffy (who has HER OWN daddy issues). glittery fuck indeed ( ... )
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