Concluding Genius Wanted

[nikitangel]

Argh.  I am THIS CLOSE to finishing my draft of the OMGFAITHISTOTALLYBI paper.  After 25 pages of genius, I somehow can't get the conclusion right.  The last comment is not what I want to say, but ... ugh.  Anyone want to offer insight?

She had a rocky path to that series finale.  In the

Comments

[superplin]

I am probably the person least qualified to comment here, but how about, after the quote, saying something about one of Faith's "superpowers" is the ability to navigate the liminal space between sexualities, or something along those lines?

[nikitangel]

Oooh, I like it. They love that word "liminal" around here. Let me play with that.

[chase820]

You might want to take a look at the conversation she has with Angel during her S4 arc, when she's dying and he convinces her not to give up because for (evil/queer/antiheroic) people like them, the fight never ends. There might be a way to tie this into the face that unlike Buffy, who get's the stereotypical "Nice Girl" happy ending, Faith's fate is left much more open. Even in a conventional show like BtVS, she resists the traditional happy ending. A liminal character to the very end.

[nikitangel]

Excellent point about the S4 convo. I'm definitely going to work that in. It'll go well with some of the other observations I made earlier in the paper. Thanks very much!