You can't concrit your fanboys (and yourself) without patting them on the head a little and assuring them that they're really noble in intentions.
Seriously, that's Joss all over. He likes to lob the criticism, but he's so wrapped up in being paternal in his feminism that of course the only paternalism he can grasp is the really obvious kind not the insidiousness of those reassuring 'good intentions'. Andrew and Angel are forgiven because well... they meant well. (I wish there was an eyerolling emoticon).
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Date: 2012-04-12 04:38 pm (UTC)Seriously, that's Joss all over. He likes to lob the criticism, but he's so wrapped up in being paternal in his feminism that of course the only paternalism he can grasp is the really obvious kind not the insidiousness of those reassuring 'good intentions'. Andrew and Angel are forgiven because well... they meant well. (I wish there was an eyerolling emoticon).