I have a feeling that the writing will continue to be just as good, or will continue to get better as Andrew grows in his BtVS writing experience.
And I was talking about it being consensual. I meant if Buffy has an abortion, doesn't realize that it's Spike's, and it's the only time he can have a child (that would hurt). If Spike's the father I don't think the writers are going to have him be it through noncon (especially because of the AR). It'll be from a mutual drunkenness.
If it was anything other than consensual then...gah, that would turn me off for the season quicker than anything else. But with the way they have written it I'm not even going to consider it a possibility until the writers specifically point out that's what happened (and they could do that and surprise me). I understand the point of view and interpretation about it being rape but I feel that it's very unlikely at this point.
I don’t want to place Buffy as a victim. Buffy is always put in situations where she could be a victim and fights back, why force Buffy into the role of victim when she couldn’t fight back (by being too drunk to fight back, because we've seen her drunk before and she was still able to fight back if she needed to, Beer Bad comes to mind)? Why would the writers put her in a situation where she couldn’t fight back and was forced into this type of situation? It just doesn't fit my view of the show and would really surprise me if they went that route.
Not saying strong women can't be raped, just that if Buffy was raped I don't think they would hype up who the father is, have Buffy be happy about the baby, or completely ignore the topic in her convo with Dawn. I don't think the writers would have presented the situation the way it is if Buffy's pregnancy was from rape (that would be too huge to ignore like this IMO). I think if it was about rape then we'd have seen something by now that would indicate that it was and it would probably really highlight Buffy's decision to get an abortion. Instead we have focus on Buffy's decision being about her not being ready and Spike becoming buddies with Robert. So I don't think rape is even going to come up because I don't think we are suppose to see it as such. But the very fact so many do see it this way is one area in which the writers failed I think.
I'm assuming crash positions right now! It'll probably be worse next issue! THE CREYS!
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Date: 2012-02-15 04:55 am (UTC)And I was talking about it being consensual. I meant if Buffy has an abortion, doesn't realize that it's Spike's, and it's the only time he can have a child (that would hurt). If Spike's the father I don't think the writers are going to have him be it through noncon (especially because of the AR). It'll be from a mutual drunkenness.
If it was anything other than consensual then...gah, that would turn me off for the season quicker than anything else. But with the way they have written it I'm not even going to consider it a possibility until the writers specifically point out that's what happened (and they could do that and surprise me). I understand the point of view and interpretation about it being rape but I feel that it's very unlikely at this point.
I don’t want to place Buffy as a victim. Buffy is always put in situations where she could be a victim and fights back, why force Buffy into the role of victim when she couldn’t fight back (by being too drunk to fight back, because we've seen her drunk before and she was still able to fight back if she needed to, Beer Bad comes to mind)? Why would the writers put her in a situation where she couldn’t fight back and was forced into this type of situation? It just doesn't fit my view of the show and would really surprise me if they went that route.
Not saying strong women can't be raped, just that if Buffy was raped I don't think they would hype up who the father is, have Buffy be happy about the baby, or completely ignore the topic in her convo with Dawn. I don't think the writers would have presented the situation the way it is if Buffy's pregnancy was from rape (that would be too huge to ignore like this IMO). I think if it was about rape then we'd have seen something by now that would indicate that it was and it would probably really highlight Buffy's decision to get an abortion. Instead we have focus on Buffy's decision being about her not being ready and Spike becoming buddies with Robert. So I don't think rape is even going to come up because I don't think we are suppose to see it as such. But the very fact so many do see it this way is one area in which the writers failed I think.
I'm assuming crash positions right now! It'll probably be worse next issue! THE CREYS!