Which is about as pro-life as it gets, when you think about it- a woman stripped of her agency and forced to allow something to use her body despite express wishes to the contrary.
Yup, yup, yup. That's why I don't think Joss deserves the right to write a pregnancy story. He's been nothing but misogynistic concerning them in the past.
I mean, I want Buffy to want this baby (though if she doesn't, I don't want her to have it regardless). I want the pregnancy plotline, I want a conveniently drawn baby who only gets in the way of the story when it's necessary, etc etc.
SAME. :D
And I'm kind of hopeful that the entire next issue is lengthy enough that they can address any about-face Buffy has sensitively.
I'm crossing my fingers because this kind of situation needs to be handled carefully. I'm still getting used to the comics medium and how lamentably short it is. I'll never like it the way I like the TV format, but I think the pacing has been pretty good so far in S9; maybe a little rushed around the Severin parts, but certainly in #6 the the pacing was as good as anything else about it.
But it’s not about what happens, it’s about that moment of decision, and just articulating what so many people are not saying, but so many are thinking."
I like that, and I would be mostly satisfied with it as a pro-choice story if she changed her mind and decided to keep the baby (I say 'mostly,' b/c honestly, I'm not 100% okay with it if she was actually raped; in the real world, sure, that's a woman's prerogative to keep the baby in those circumstances and all the power to her, but given the rape culture we live in and all the current bills trying to outlaw abortion, I think it's really irresponsible to tell that kind of story; I know that's mixing politics/meta with storytelling, but it's a gut feeling I can't get rid of). However, I think that pro-choice message would be completely undermined if she tried to abort the baby and then couldn't because it were mystical. Joss would be like, "See, even though she can't carry through with it, she still made the choice! I get to be a pro-choice feminist and eat my cake, too!" And no, that's so wrong. And it could be made even worse if Buffy ended up being happy about having the baby after all; clearly I want her to be happy, and I don't think it would necessarily be OOC if she ended up being okay with it (although I would hope that she'd still be angry on principle about the bodily violation), but on a meta level, that would feed right into pro-lifer politics: "See how evil abortion is and misguided you were? You'll eventually be glad you were forced to keep the fetus!"
Ergh, see, the comics medium is bad for me, because my thoughts spiral in so many angsty directions, and it really doesn't help when Joss interviews, because I can't stand him. Silvering lining, at least the comics leave time to write fic. Can you imagine trying to squeeze stuff out in a week-long break between episodes? I wouldn't even feel the motivation because we'd get more canon so soon.
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Date: 2012-02-10 05:27 am (UTC)Yup, yup, yup. That's why I don't think Joss deserves the right to write a pregnancy story. He's been nothing but misogynistic concerning them in the past.
I mean, I want Buffy to want this baby (though if she doesn't, I don't want her to have it regardless). I want the pregnancy plotline, I want a conveniently drawn baby who only gets in the way of the story when it's necessary, etc etc.
SAME. :D
And I'm kind of hopeful that the entire next issue is lengthy enough that they can address any about-face Buffy has sensitively.
I'm crossing my fingers because this kind of situation needs to be handled carefully. I'm still getting used to the comics medium and how lamentably short it is. I'll never like it the way I like the TV format, but I think the pacing has been pretty good so far in S9; maybe a little rushed around the Severin parts, but certainly in #6 the the pacing was as good as anything else about it.
But it’s not about what happens, it’s about that moment of decision, and just articulating what so many people are not saying, but so many are thinking."
I like that, and I would be mostly satisfied with it as a pro-choice story if she changed her mind and decided to keep the baby (I say 'mostly,' b/c honestly, I'm not 100% okay with it if she was actually raped; in the real world, sure, that's a woman's prerogative to keep the baby in those circumstances and all the power to her, but given the rape culture we live in and all the current bills trying to outlaw abortion, I think it's really irresponsible to tell that kind of story; I know that's mixing politics/meta with storytelling, but it's a gut feeling I can't get rid of). However, I think that pro-choice message would be completely undermined if she tried to abort the baby and then couldn't because it were mystical. Joss would be like, "See, even though she can't carry through with it, she still made the choice! I get to be a pro-choice feminist and eat my cake, too!" And no, that's so wrong. And it could be made even worse if Buffy ended up being happy about having the baby after all; clearly I want her to be happy, and I don't think it would necessarily be OOC if she ended up being okay with it (although I would hope that she'd still be angry on principle about the bodily violation), but on a meta level, that would feed right into pro-lifer politics: "See how evil abortion is and misguided you were? You'll eventually be glad you were forced to keep the fetus!"
Ergh, see, the comics medium is bad for me, because my thoughts spiral in so many angsty directions, and it really doesn't help when Joss interviews, because I can't stand him. Silvering lining, at least the comics leave time to write fic. Can you imagine trying to squeeze stuff out in a week-long break between episodes? I wouldn't even feel the motivation because we'd get more canon so soon.