Comments | gabrielleabelle: Buffy Came Back Wrong: Bargaining and Afterlife

gabrielleabelle

Buffy Came Back Wrong: Bargaining and Afterlife

Jul 19, 2009 22:38

I've been wanting to do this for a while, but it seemed like too great a task for me to realistically complete. And I initially had planned to finish it before posting but...well, that's just not practical (for one, it would be really, really long). So I'll just set up a tag for it and add to it when I have the time until I complete all the ( Read more... )

i love s6, buffy came back wrong, btvs: meta

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gabrielleabelle July 20 2009, 21:06:34 UTC

Thanks. :)

timeofchange July 20 2009, 11:11:59 UTC

Oh yes.

gabrielleabelle July 20 2009, 21:06:44 UTC

tefnut_ July 20 2009, 11:29:26 UTC

No, the hard part came afterward. When I found I couldn't carry out my plan, I totally fell apart. Because not only would I be around next month, I had to figure out how to live again and start taking care of everything that I had been neglecting. I'm fortunate in that I was able to swallow my pride and ask for help from family.
I've just interrupted my reading for now.
That's it. You've put your finger on it. I've never been able to put words on that feeling. Thanks. <3

gabrielleabelle July 20 2009, 21:08:01 UTC

You're welcome. It's actually a fine bit of irony that being absolutely suicidal is pretty pleasant, but deciding not to kill oneself is when the chaos starts.

ever_neutral July 20 2009, 12:17:00 UTC

Thanks a heap for doing this. Depression is something that's damn near impossible to understand unless you've experienced it yourself, which I think is why it's so difficult to get into Buffy's head in S6. I have no doubt the rest of your posts on this will shed a lot of light on Buffy's mindset.

gabrielleabelle July 20 2009, 21:09:24 UTC

Thanks for reading. I think the general lack of understanding of depression contributes to a lot of the problems people have with Buffy's character in S6. Personally, I find it a masterful portrayal all around (from the writers and from SMG).

ever_neutral July 21 2009, 07:31:47 UTC

Agreed.

hazel75 July 20 2009, 13:05:33 UTC

I'm going to enjoy this series.

The most annoying thing for depression-sufferers: Well-meaning friends who expect your happiness on demand.

Yeah, they want the one thing that is absolutely impossible right now. Poor Buffy.

When I found I couldn't carry out my plan, I totally fell apart. Because not only would I be around next month, I had to figure out how to live again and start taking care of everything that I had been neglecting.

I hadn't thought about this aspect ever and how difficult this could be. Thank you for sharing your experience and insights.

gabrielleabelle July 20 2009, 21:12:15 UTC

Thanks for reading. :)