First, correct me if I'm wrong, but this reads like a rewrite of an essay you posted some months ago. I no longer remember that one well enough to say if this was a significant improvement, but I'll assume it is. Hopefully, I won't rehash too much of what I've said already.
The idea that someone is duty-bound to act like some supernatural cop just because he or she possesses special powers is RIDICULOUS ... For me, it compatible with the military draft. How can anyone in their right mind support such an idea? Well, some people are in favor of the military draft. Just sayin'.
In the Season 4 finale, "Witch Way Now?", the Angel of Destiny offered the sisters ... the chance to give up their magical powers and lives as supernatural crime fighters as a reward for vanquishing the top demon - the Source ... As far as I am concerned, they should have made that choice. I see your meaning, here, but if they do have the choice, doesn't that mean they should be able to choose to go on as they are
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No. This is not a rewrite of an article I had posted some time ago.
The only Buffy articles I had written in the past were about fashion and the roles of the Powers to Be in Buffyverse.
For CHARMED, I posted articles about Prue's death, questionable story arcs on the show, Leo's views on morality and free will, fashion, Phoebe and Cole's relationship, Cole's humanity, aspects of CHARMED I found questionable, and the Halliwells' powers. I also posted a few reviews of two or three episodes.
"Buffy has enhanced sense, Phoebe gets visions. The choices they have to make are constantly shoved up in their faces. If they could ignore that kind of suffering then they're not only the sort of people who could walk by a starving man on the street without giving him some money but they could even be the sort of people who could drive home with a man stuck in their windshield. And those aren't the sort of people I'd like to know."You don't really get it, do you? You seemed to be so blinded by the idea of having some supernatural savior on hand to deal with demons, vampires, etc., that you completely ignore the fact that people like Buffy or the Halliwells are constantly being coerced or told that they have to involve themselves in a world that they would just as soon have no part in, due to some accident of birth that left them with powers. You want to rob them of any semblance of choice that they might have, all for "the greater good". It seems so important to you that they adhere or sacrifice their lives for Society, instead of
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As to why they're drafted, people who know they're going to live a certain lifestyle, like going into the military, prepare it.
You really DO NOT BELIEVE in the idea of someone choosing a lifestyle or a profession, instead of being coerced into following one by "an authority figure" . . . DO YOU?
I don't have a problem with the born into stuff because I think that everyone is born into something. We all have gifts, talents, privileges, or whatever, and I do think we have a duty to use them to help others. So, to me, the responsibilities of these fictional heroes are not that far afield from the normal responsibilities of humanity. We don't go out killing demons, vampires, or whatever, but we at least are supposed to use some of what we have to help others.
In the long run the saddest part of this major plot foil is that the lack of choice tends to always breed egotism. In the case of the Charmed Ones, they become increasingly egotistical over the course of the series because they wholeheartedly believe that because they have this all-powerful cosmic DUTY that it gives them the RIGHT to pass JUDGMENT upon anyone THEY DECIDE is evil. This blatant abuse of power despite the cliché personal gain clause is abundant in the deciding factor of who lives and who dies. In the end it all comes down to the fact that not having a choice to choose they own paths made the Charmed Ones believe that they were inherently better then everyone else, thus making them judge, jury and executioner.
I agree. In the later episodes, they become more egotistical in their use of powers and belief that since they are the Charmed Ones, they can do whatever they want for the greater good.
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First, correct me if I'm wrong, but this reads like a rewrite of an essay you posted some months ago. I no longer remember that one well enough to say if this was a significant improvement, but I'll assume it is. Hopefully, I won't rehash too much of what I've said already.
The idea that someone is duty-bound to act like some supernatural cop just because he or she possesses special powers is RIDICULOUS ... For me, it compatible with the military draft. How can anyone in their right mind support such an idea?
Well, some people are in favor of the military draft. Just sayin'.
In the Season 4 finale, "Witch Way Now?", the Angel of Destiny offered the sisters ... the chance to give up their magical powers and lives as supernatural crime fighters as a reward for vanquishing the top demon - the Source ... As far as I am concerned, they should have made that choice.
I see your meaning, here, but if they do have the choice, doesn't that mean they should be able to choose to go on as they are ( ... )
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The only Buffy articles I had written in the past were about fashion and the roles of the Powers to Be in Buffyverse.
For CHARMED, I posted articles about Prue's death, questionable story arcs on the show, Leo's views on morality and free will, fashion, Phoebe and Cole's relationship, Cole's humanity, aspects of CHARMED I found questionable, and the Halliwells' powers. I also posted a few reviews of two or three episodes.
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You really DO NOT BELIEVE in the idea of someone choosing a lifestyle or a profession, instead of being coerced into following one by "an authority figure" . . . DO YOU?
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‘Nough said.
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