He has this dynamic he seems to be obsessed with, the "almost" relationship.
Ever since I've watched Hell's Bells I've wondered, has this man ever been married? (I don't care or am too lazy to look it up, sadly.) Does he have any idea how much drama marriages can contain, how much sadness, rage, loss, lonliness & dysfunction? Even when a marriage is essentially a "happy" one. Marriage does NOT guarantee happily ever after, it is not an automatic sign of mental health. Buffy's parents are divorced, after all, so it's not as if he doesn't know that.
the mass cultural propaganda regarding marriage is no less fantastic than that surrounding "true love"; I'd think that the subject would be right up Joss' alley in terms of exploration.
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Date: 2013-07-25 04:56 pm (UTC)Ever since I've watched Hell's Bells I've wondered, has this man ever been married? (I don't care or am too lazy to look it up, sadly.) Does he have any idea how much drama marriages can contain, how much sadness, rage, loss, lonliness & dysfunction? Even when a marriage is essentially a "happy" one. Marriage does NOT guarantee happily ever after, it is not an automatic sign of mental health. Buffy's parents are divorced, after all, so it's not as if he doesn't know that.
the mass cultural propaganda regarding marriage is no less fantastic than that surrounding "true love"; I'd think that the subject would be right up Joss' alley in terms of exploration.