Re: 2/3, actually.red_satin_dollJuly 5 2013, 00:37:55 UTC
But definitely Joss has some regressive and screwed-up idea about women's sexuality. the spacefrak is the most knife-in-the-gut example of this I can imagine. But it's there all along. the original idea for the series was for the "Blond in the alley" in a horror movie to fight back against the monster, but WTTH also opens with a female monster, Darla, who is Buffy's first Dark mirror, and who kills (consumes) a boy.
Funnily enough: how Freudian. :[
Amirite? not funny in a ha-ha way, more like a sick joke.
Which, of course, raises questions about the nature of mental illness itself.
Huh. That fic does sound like it raises interesting questions. I sort of like fics that deal with Buffy's mental issues if they can do so in a substantial way, and not just use it as an excuse for Spike to get to be the big manly hero and Buffy the damsel in distress - again. ( WHY is that the dynamic in so many fics?) And Spike still being evil but he and Buffy falling in love? Is usually a "meh" for me, but I might be interested in glancing at it anyway if you find the link. I don't think I've seen a fic linking Dru and Buffy's mental states like that.
In terms of the nature of it - that really is something I have to ponder. I had my first bout of "suicidal ideations" in my 20's, but I know I was most likely very depressed as a teenager, angry and expressing it in overeating, mostly. Sort of friendless (and yes that does sound pathetic); closed-off because of the abuse, etc etc. I didn't find out about my father's mental illness until my teens, and it was pretty shattering news. Suddenly it became a part of me, somehow, that I was stained with it as well; I started reading books on mental illness but was also afraid of going insane for a time. Or maybe that was normal adolescent stuff, who knows? Would i rather be without it? Oh yes. Is that possible? IDK. I thought maybe I was suicidal or depressed because I was unemployed, my life was awful, blah blah but then I hear about a famous actor or author or someone like Spaulding Grey who has resources at his disposal, is working on achieving closure with old traumas, and yet tries or succeeds in committing suicide. why did some people survive the concentration camps better than others, with their spirits unbroken?
Funnily enough: how Freudian. :[
Amirite? not funny in a ha-ha way, more like a sick joke.
Which, of course, raises questions about the nature of mental illness itself.
Huh. That fic does sound like it raises interesting questions. I sort of like fics that deal with Buffy's mental issues if they can do so in a substantial way, and not just use it as an excuse for Spike to get to be the big manly hero and Buffy the damsel in distress - again. ( WHY is that the dynamic in so many fics?) And Spike still being evil but he and Buffy falling in love? Is usually a "meh" for me, but I might be interested in glancing at it anyway if you find the link. I don't think I've seen a fic linking Dru and Buffy's mental states like that.
In terms of the nature of it - that really is something I have to ponder. I had my first bout of "suicidal ideations" in my 20's, but I know I was most likely very depressed as a teenager, angry and expressing it in overeating, mostly. Sort of friendless (and yes that does sound pathetic); closed-off because of the abuse, etc etc. I didn't find out about my father's mental illness until my teens, and it was pretty shattering news. Suddenly it became a part of me, somehow, that I was stained with it as well; I started reading books on mental illness but was also afraid of going insane for a time. Or maybe that was normal adolescent stuff, who knows? Would i rather be without it? Oh yes. Is that possible? IDK. I thought maybe I was suicidal or depressed because I was unemployed, my life was awful, blah blah but then I hear about a famous actor or author or someone like Spaulding Grey who has resources at his disposal, is working on achieving closure with old traumas, and yet tries or succeeds in committing suicide. why did some people survive the concentration camps better than others, with their spirits unbroken?
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