I think I see what you're getting at, but I'm not sure how Angel, Riley, and Spike fit into the the narrative that she can't be trusted with her own affairs. Because she can't keep a man? I'm not really on board with that making her untrustworthy.
Yes, the show seems to say that Buffy's got a supernatural ability to deal with crises of a supernatural nature, but that she's got no such ability with the mundane/emotional things.
And she is constantly underestimated, and even her friends and supporters can be pretty dismissive when they oughtn't be. Sometimes, I like this, but I prefer she be underestimated by strangers, myself. It gets tiresome after awhile that her people doubt her.
And yes, Bangel is terribly boring in S3, and I am not too thrilled with it in S4 or S5 or S7, either.
but I'm not sure how Angel, Riley, and Spike fit into the the narrative that she can't be trusted with her own affairs.
No, no nothing to do with keeping a man. I mean her choice in them. At the end of S3, despite protestations, Angel leaves much at the behest of Joyce. Her reasoning being that despite saving the world and making huge decisions, she can't when it comes to Angel because she's still a teenage girl. Then we have Riley, who the story and characters tell us is a great guy. Initially she doesn't want to date him, but it is bullied into it and he ends up leaving because he doesn't feel she's in the relationship with him. Queue another speech. And of course there is Spike, with the terrible speechifying in Xander's apartment as a precursor to the bathroom. This plays out again in S7 with Giles talking about how she's thinking through her heart more than her brain.
S7 salvages much of this. I, for one, like the CD speech because it felt like she stopped blaming herself.
And yes, Bangel is terribly boring in S3, and I am
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Yes, the show seems to say that Buffy's got a supernatural ability to deal with crises of a supernatural nature, but that she's got no such ability with the mundane/emotional things.
And she is constantly underestimated, and even her friends and supporters can be pretty dismissive when they oughtn't be. Sometimes, I like this, but I prefer she be underestimated by strangers, myself. It gets tiresome after awhile that her people doubt her.
And yes, Bangel is terribly boring in S3, and I am not too thrilled with it in S4 or S5 or S7, either.
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No, no nothing to do with keeping a man. I mean her choice in them. At the end of S3, despite protestations, Angel leaves much at the behest of Joyce. Her reasoning being that despite saving the world and making huge decisions, she can't when it comes to Angel because she's still a teenage girl. Then we have Riley, who the story and characters tell us is a great guy. Initially she doesn't want to date him, but it is bullied into it and he ends up leaving because he doesn't feel she's in the relationship with him. Queue another speech. And of course there is Spike, with the terrible speechifying in Xander's apartment as a precursor to the bathroom. This plays out again in S7 with Giles talking about how she's thinking through her heart more than her brain.
S7 salvages much of this. I, for one, like the CD speech because it felt like she stopped blaming herself.
And yes, Bangel is terribly boring in S3, and I am ( ... )
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