The Earth Her Body - Fic by La Noyee, (and random thoughts about the women of the 'verse) (1/?)

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ETA: Additional screencaps added below cut - which has also been added. (Post in haste, repent at leisure.)

Take a Moment: by   lanoyee. Gen, Buffy, Tara, Dawn. A "deleted scene" , post-"Grave"; Buffy bids a friend good-bye. Spare, elegant and melancholy, it's a scene I wish had been in the show.  One of the things I love best about BtVS is how

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And as much as I would have liked to have seen Tara again, I am kinda glad that Amber Benson nixed Joss' plans to bring her back in S7 because that would have just made her even into more of a plotdevice, killed and brought back again on the whims of other characters' arcs.

Her decision only increased my respect for her, because she knew it would upset the fans who were already extremely traumatized (I saw the show last year finally, knew Tara would die and it still hurt like hell.) And also angry at Joss's "my pain is worse than your's how dare you be offended and question my wisdom?" bs. Which is another rant altogether. (I'm speaking of CWDP of course.)

I've read that both Robia La Morte (Jenny) and Charisma Carpenter were promised that they wouldn't play ghosts or anything evil when they came back to btvs and ats, and then both found that's exactly what happened. I'm not sure if that's true or not (didn't they get to read the scripts beforehand?) but I also read that Charisma cried. I just - the way Joss treats some of his employees, esp the women, really grates and I'm glad that Amber refused to play his game.

Re: the proposed "Buffy makes a wish and resurrects Tara" idea that Joss thought was so cool (and threw a hissy-fit when Amber couldn't or wouldn't do it - I think in that instance there were scheduling issues?) That doesn't work for me conceptually. I've even read some fanfics that flesh it out and - I just DO NOT see Buffy doing that. Period. She's been dragged from Heaven against her will, I can't imagine her violating Tara's agency and repeating what the SG did to her in S6. And if it's bad that Willow did it, how in the world would Buffy doing the same be a good thing? That's just - typical Jossian "who cares if it makes sense just go for the big emotions!"

The only thing I like about that at all is the idea of Buffy doing the wishing. At least they get one thing right - that Buffy cares deeply about her friends. And I can see her feeling responsible for Tara's death (although the show doesn't go there) even though it's not her fault. (ie "What if I had been faster, what if I had stopped Warren sooner?" etc)

Oddly enough, Willow deciding not to bring Tara back is one of the few things I actually liked about the comics so far. I think that was the right call, and it actually showed positive and forward character growth. For once.

(sorry for the late comment, I'm a little behind on reading my f-list :D)

No need to be sorry! Late comments are love, sweetie. I'm thrilled people are still finding this. *hugs*

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When he's good, he's great, but when he fails, he fails spectacularly, and I really dislike how his feminism is often used as a teflon armour that makes him impervious to criticism.

PREACH

I've often said that myself about his "feminism" - if he's calling himself a feminist and using that as a selling point for his work, then I have a right to examine that claim to see how it holds up. And Joss is typical of what I call *ahem* "middle class college educated liberals" who want to be seen as "good", to claim they're not racist/sexist/homophobic but haven't examined their prejudices and priviledges all the way down.

And thank you for the link; it's pretty typical of Joss, and Whedonesque from what I've seen, and why I have no interest in getting involved in that site, at all.

I did like his comment "Trust the tale and not the teller" - in fact, that's been one of my personal mantras since I first heard it in high school. But then it's accompanied by his patronizing tone. I really don't think he has any idea how his "humor" comes off, but it's definitely his way of deflecting criticism. "Hey I'm just a nice guy doing the best I can here."