Post by Skytteflickan88 on May 20, 2010 17:52:07 GMT -5
I have no idea what was going on in Buffy's head when she decided to screw Angel, and I can't really get mad, or feel pity, for her until I know more, both about Angel's and her motives. Which, according to this thread I still might not get after reading issue 35.
This feels like a weird complicated arc, with layers I'll never be able to understand, because I'm not Buffy or Angel, and I don't believe in destiny, and don't get people who believe in destiny.
If Buffy did believe that Angel did try to have as few girls as possible killed (I'm still confused and uncertain of how much he had to do with that) and if she was feeling this pull in her gut, may it be love, magic, or just a feeling of them belonging together, I can't blame her. I'll guess I'll see in the next issues if she feels foolish, righteous, confused, whatever and how she reacts to her screwing Angel. Then I might blame her, it's not like it's the first time she's had sex with the enemy, and I have to say, that I can't really see much wrong in it. I used to think that's one of the worst things a person could do, doing a evil person, and I still think it's bad, but if Buffy did believe Angel, and felt in her gut that he was right, and belonged with her, that's another thing. Then she might just be stupid, momentarily weak.
Seriously, she needs to listen more to Dawn. Actions have consequences. She have no idea how much of her thoughts belong to the old Buffy, and how many belong to the new superpowered Buffy. I think that the new energy coursing through her might have effected her in damaging ways (although I suppose that's relative, what one considers growth, another considers demise) and I hope she'll stop, take a step back and think "What am I doing? Why? How does this effect me and the world long term?"
Man, I wish I could read issue 34-35 now. I feel so left out, because you guys actually know if she did stop and think. Or seemed to stop and think. I still have a hard time adapting to the comic medium, and can't always tell what the artist wants me to see, when it comes to the character's thoughts and feelings.
But I did see the emotion in her eyes (and tears) when Angel asked her if she didn't want to be happy. I saw a girl who has had the weight of the world on her shoulders her entire adult life, longing to belong, and to be happy, and for her ex boyfriend not to be evil. And I saw that girl give in to her emotions, something she rarely does these days. (Kind of funny isn't it, first we blame her for being cold and distant, and now for potentially feeling too much, whether it be with her libido or heart).
So I can't be mad at her. Even if she turns out to be too morally lose after I read the other issues, I think I'll just pity her.
One thing BtVS and Ats has taught me is that anyone, no matter how originally good and strong, can sink very low, very fast, and do bad awful things, but that those people deserve our pity, more than our anger and disgust, specially if they later regret their decisions. (In case I come back here after reading issue 35, whining about Buffy's sluttyness and overall lack or morales, please forget this post;) )
This feels like a weird complicated arc, with layers I'll never be able to understand, because I'm not Buffy or Angel, and I don't believe in destiny, and don't get people who believe in destiny.
If Buffy did believe that Angel did try to have as few girls as possible killed (I'm still confused and uncertain of how much he had to do with that) and if she was feeling this pull in her gut, may it be love, magic, or just a feeling of them belonging together, I can't blame her. I'll guess I'll see in the next issues if she feels foolish, righteous, confused, whatever and how she reacts to her screwing Angel. Then I might blame her, it's not like it's the first time she's had sex with the enemy, and I have to say, that I can't really see much wrong in it. I used to think that's one of the worst things a person could do, doing a evil person, and I still think it's bad, but if Buffy did believe Angel, and felt in her gut that he was right, and belonged with her, that's another thing. Then she might just be stupid, momentarily weak.
Seriously, she needs to listen more to Dawn. Actions have consequences. She have no idea how much of her thoughts belong to the old Buffy, and how many belong to the new superpowered Buffy. I think that the new energy coursing through her might have effected her in damaging ways (although I suppose that's relative, what one considers growth, another considers demise) and I hope she'll stop, take a step back and think "What am I doing? Why? How does this effect me and the world long term?"
Man, I wish I could read issue 34-35 now. I feel so left out, because you guys actually know if she did stop and think. Or seemed to stop and think. I still have a hard time adapting to the comic medium, and can't always tell what the artist wants me to see, when it comes to the character's thoughts and feelings.
But I did see the emotion in her eyes (and tears) when Angel asked her if she didn't want to be happy. I saw a girl who has had the weight of the world on her shoulders her entire adult life, longing to belong, and to be happy, and for her ex boyfriend not to be evil. And I saw that girl give in to her emotions, something she rarely does these days. (Kind of funny isn't it, first we blame her for being cold and distant, and now for potentially feeling too much, whether it be with her libido or heart).
So I can't be mad at her. Even if she turns out to be too morally lose after I read the other issues, I think I'll just pity her.
One thing BtVS and Ats has taught me is that anyone, no matter how originally good and strong, can sink very low, very fast, and do bad awful things, but that those people deserve our pity, more than our anger and disgust, specially if they later regret their decisions. (In case I come back here after reading issue 35, whining about Buffy's sluttyness and overall lack or morales, please forget this post;) )