Which brings to mind the scene that sank my ship. Yes, it stung when Buffy definitively chose Angel, though by that point I don't know that I can honestly say that I was surprised. But, that happens.
That isn't what has stuck with me in the end. What really killed it for me was Buffy cutting Spike down behind his back. And the fact that Joss wrote it. That scene was deliberately written to be as ugly, disrespectful, and unkind as possible. And since it's Joss, you cannot convince me that it wasn't intended to be as ugly, unkind, and disrespectful as possible. The way that it was done was too deliberate for that. He had Buffy tell Angel that Spike was beneath him. She had her say behind Spike's back he's "convienient" with Joss supplying the double-edged "he has a ship."
That scene was intended to twist the knife with Spuffies. It was intended, by the writer, to be a kick to the ribs. It was Buffy calling Spike "conveninet" and "beneath" Angel -- not as a way to snark at Spike, Spike wasn't there. It was written by Joss to create Spuffy fan's worst nightmare. Then Buffy compounded the offense by completely disrespecting Spike by reducing his death to "studly."
Losing a ship is one thing. It happens. Rarely to tv ships turn out well so, that's not really a surprise. But to have Joss pen a scene that was so deliberately, needlessly ugly was telling. It wasn't done by accident. It wasn't done without intent. I don't know what the intent might be, but I do know that that scene was a deliberate act by the writer and that it was intended to offend. And that's the part of it I won't forget.
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Date: 2010-12-07 06:18 pm (UTC)Which brings to mind the scene that sank my ship. Yes, it stung when Buffy definitively chose Angel, though by that point I don't know that I can honestly say that I was surprised. But, that happens.
That isn't what has stuck with me in the end. What really killed it for me was Buffy cutting Spike down behind his back. And the fact that Joss wrote it. That scene was deliberately written to be as ugly, disrespectful, and unkind as possible. And since it's Joss, you cannot convince me that it wasn't intended to be as ugly, unkind, and disrespectful as possible. The way that it was done was too deliberate for that. He had Buffy tell Angel that Spike was beneath him. She had her say behind Spike's back he's "convienient" with Joss supplying the double-edged "he has a ship."
That scene was intended to twist the knife with Spuffies. It was intended, by the writer, to be a kick to the ribs. It was Buffy calling Spike "conveninet" and "beneath" Angel -- not as a way to snark at Spike, Spike wasn't there. It was written by Joss to create Spuffy fan's worst nightmare. Then Buffy compounded the offense by completely disrespecting Spike by reducing his death to "studly."
Losing a ship is one thing. It happens. Rarely to tv ships turn out well so, that's not really a surprise. But to have Joss pen a scene that was so deliberately, needlessly ugly was telling. It wasn't done by accident. It wasn't done without intent. I don't know what the intent might be, but I do know that that scene was a deliberate act by the writer and that it was intended to offend. And that's the part of it I won't forget.