You are a smart guy, a very smart guy. Don't you ever feel like you don't belong because of that? Isn't your life ever made more difficult because you don't quite fit in? You keep talking about elitism and glorifying it. The story isn't about how Buffy is "better" than everyone because she is slayer. It is about how she doesn't fit in because of this and how she deals with that. It isn't about elevating Buffy or putting others in some sort of caste system. It is about how Buffy deals with a society that doesn't recognize her and doesn't appreciate her. It is about how Buffy deals with having to protect a society that makes her job and life more difficult. Joyce says it, wouldn't the cops be happy to know they have a superhero in town. Buffy knows it doesn't work that way.
Just look at how badly Joss has been treated by the networks. This is the story of a superhero. His name is Joss Whedon. If that means I'm drinking the purple kool-aid so be it. This man helped give me back my memory after 24 years and makes me feel not so alone and he doesn't even know me. This is a man that made Marti Noxon and Jane Espenson and myself better writers. So what if some of his writing staff didn't have the talent for him to develop and they left the show. That is just life. Call it elitist, but dealing with that label is something the exceptional have to deal with. It is part of society sucks and makes my life harder.
If you drop the claim that Buffy is really about empowering anyone beyond the elite subset of people who are Chosen
I don't make deals, but I will say this. Buffy empowered a heck of a lot beyond some elite subset. She empowered Willow. She empowered Xander. She empowered Giles. She empowered Angel. She empowered Spike. She empowered Andrew. She empowered Jonathan. She empowered Riley. She empowered Faith. She empowered Anne. She empowered Dawn. She empowered me.
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This is the thing I don't get
You are a smart guy, a very smart guy. Don't you ever feel like you don't belong because of that? Isn't your life ever made more difficult because you don't quite fit in? You keep talking about elitism and glorifying it. The story isn't about how Buffy is "better" than everyone because she is slayer. It is about how she doesn't fit in because of this and how she deals with that. It isn't about elevating Buffy or putting others in some sort of caste system. It is about how Buffy deals with a society that doesn't recognize her and doesn't appreciate her. It is about how Buffy deals with having to protect a society that makes her job and life more difficult. Joyce says it, wouldn't the cops be happy to know they have a superhero in town. Buffy knows it doesn't work that way.
Just look at how badly Joss has been treated by the networks. This is the story of a superhero. His name is Joss Whedon. If that means I'm drinking the purple kool-aid so be it. This man helped give me back my memory after 24 years and makes me feel not so alone and he doesn't even know me. This is a man that made Marti Noxon and Jane Espenson and myself better writers. So what if some of his writing staff didn't have the talent for him to develop and they left the show. That is just life. Call it elitist, but dealing with that label is something the exceptional have to deal with. It is part of society sucks and makes my life harder.
If you drop the claim that Buffy is really about empowering anyone beyond the elite subset of people who are Chosen
I don't make deals, but I will say this. Buffy empowered a heck of a lot beyond some elite subset. She empowered Willow. She empowered Xander. She empowered Giles. She empowered Angel. She empowered Spike. She empowered Andrew. She empowered Jonathan. She empowered Riley. She empowered Faith. She empowered Anne. She empowered Dawn. She empowered me.