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dherblay

What Would Buffy Do?

May 10, 2004 00:01

Avedon Carol links to an article explicating the spiritual messages of Buffy. Some excerpts:Not so long ago, Ken Kuykendall stood before a group of Mormon teens in an Atlanta suburb, dressed in starched white shirt and dark tie. He was there, he said, to talk about serious things ( Read more... )

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masqthephlsphr May 10 2004, 07:27:28 UTC

And just what are these Buddhist parallels? Any examples there? Quotables for ye olde website??

mamculuna May 10 2004, 07:34:45 UTC

dedalus7 had a good one on LJ today. I haven't been on the board much lately, but thought Iheard that manwitch and lunasea had written a lot recently about Buddhism in Buffy--or was that just in Angel?

masqthephlsphr May 10 2004, 09:24:21 UTC

I've read a lot of Buddhist parallels on Angel, and the good ones are part of my site. But I'm always eager to hear more.

mamculuna May 10 2004, 09:27:16 UTC

Thanks for that! I hope you'll add Dedalus' thoughts, too--they fit with this.

I bought this book a week or so ago ann1962 May 10 2004, 09:54:00 UTC

Just finished reading it a few days ago. A very fast read which means I will go back and read it again. Will post a review in the next few days.

I have to say I keep thinking of the necklaces that some people where WWJD. Just googled and found this. Not a necklace or bracelet. I am not sure this was the meaning initially of this phrase. http://www.cafeshops.com/cp/prod.aspx?p=landoverbaptist.3948982

There's... anneth May 10 2004, 16:32:10 UTC

an essay in Buffy and Philosophy about the 'what would Buffy do?' idea and whether or not it's an appropriate question for solving a moral dillema. The author decides that the question should rather be, 'what would Buffy think of what you're thinking about doing?' because what Buffy thinks about something and what she does about it aren't always the same thing.