If I Was A Slayer...
You know, I realized today the root of the reason why that whole initial lack of action in the bathroom scene of SR really pisses me off.
Let's step in limbo for a minute, and picture me standing next to Buffy. And hell, Spike for that matter.
Me: 5'11" and 170 lbs.
Buffy: (roughly) 5'3" and 95 lbs.
Spike: (roughly) 5'9.5" and 150 lbs.
So...I have eight inches on Buffy and seventy-five pounds, and an inch and a half on Spike and about twenty pounds. Eliminating formal fight training and just viewing size alone, in our world where special powers don't exist, I'd be able to whoop Buffy's ass, no question. Spike, with his lean frame and wiry muscles--unless I had a good shot at his gonads, I'd lose. Buffy would not only lose, but she'd lose horribly.
An RL woman of that stature and weight with average strength would not be able to kick a man Spike's size across a room. Hell, I couldn't kick a man of Spike's size across a room.
In Buffy's reality, however, she could flick her finger at me, and I'd probably break something.
If Buffy and I existed in the same world--if we both existed in her world--and people saw us walking down the street, not knowing who either of us were, they'd think I was the strong one. I'd be the bigger one, sure. But stronger? Hell, just plain strong? Far from it.
But that's the thing about Buffy's world--size and gender don't matter. It's about...what again?
Oh yeah--
Power.
And Buffy has it. I don't. And no matter how tall or big or muscular (never happen) I'll get, I will never have that power. Why? Because it doesn't exist.
I've been accused many times in my life as being strong just because of how I look...Even challenged because of it. What irks the fuck out of me is that I'm not. I wish I were, but that's just simply not the case. I don't have slayer power. Any sticky situation I found or have found myself in...I had literally nothing to rely on but me. And...comparing someone, even if it happens to be a fictitious someone, who has super powers to an average women like me...
That bothers me; that offends me.
Note: This isn't directed at anyone specifically, but just the general idea of making RL comparisons to this scene.
Let's step in limbo for a minute, and picture me standing next to Buffy. And hell, Spike for that matter.
Me: 5'11" and 170 lbs.
Buffy: (roughly) 5'3" and 95 lbs.
Spike: (roughly) 5'9.5" and 150 lbs.
So...I have eight inches on Buffy and seventy-five pounds, and an inch and a half on Spike and about twenty pounds. Eliminating formal fight training and just viewing size alone, in our world where special powers don't exist, I'd be able to whoop Buffy's ass, no question. Spike, with his lean frame and wiry muscles--unless I had a good shot at his gonads, I'd lose. Buffy would not only lose, but she'd lose horribly.
An RL woman of that stature and weight with average strength would not be able to kick a man Spike's size across a room. Hell, I couldn't kick a man of Spike's size across a room.
In Buffy's reality, however, she could flick her finger at me, and I'd probably break something.
If Buffy and I existed in the same world--if we both existed in her world--and people saw us walking down the street, not knowing who either of us were, they'd think I was the strong one. I'd be the bigger one, sure. But stronger? Hell, just plain strong? Far from it.
But that's the thing about Buffy's world--size and gender don't matter. It's about...what again?
Oh yeah--
Power.
And Buffy has it. I don't. And no matter how tall or big or muscular (never happen) I'll get, I will never have that power. Why? Because it doesn't exist.
I've been accused many times in my life as being strong just because of how I look...Even challenged because of it. What irks the fuck out of me is that I'm not. I wish I were, but that's just simply not the case. I don't have slayer power. Any sticky situation I found or have found myself in...I had literally nothing to rely on but me. And...comparing someone, even if it happens to be a fictitious someone, who has super powers to an average women like me...
That bothers me; that offends me.
Note: This isn't directed at anyone specifically, but just the general idea of making RL comparisons to this scene.