Small Buffy Rant
Apr. 29th, 2004 11:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shipperxCan someone please tell me what it is about Buffy that inspires people to make excuses for the character's pattern of behavior?
How many times do people say "Well, she's only 17," "She's only 18," "She's only 19," "She's only 20," "She's only 21," "She's only 22." When, please tell me when, is it ever going to sink in that it wasn't/isn't her AGE? It's HER! It's who she is written to be?
Whenever something comes up where Buffy did something stupid, childish, or reprehensible (in whatever season) apologists repeat M.E's constant mantra, trotting out her age and "she's in a bad place." Please! A three year old throwing a tantrum in a mall is conceivable because of their age, but that doesn't mean it's acceptable behavior! You don't turn a blind eye to the fact that the three year old is behaving inappapropriately. You don't go "aw..." Odds are you want the behavior to cease because it's annoying. Age doesn't make the behavior right. And You hope like heck that the child grows out of it.
Worse, a three year old who throws a tantrum in a mall who becomes a four year old throwing a tantrum in a mall, who becomes a five year old throwing a trantrum in a mall, who becomes a six year old throwing a tantrum in mall who becomes an (3+8=) eleven year old throwing a tantrum in the malll. . . Honey, that's not age. That's a BRAT!
After 8 freaking years, stop using age and "bad pwace" as an excuse. Buffy behaved in a certain way. Consistently. It's a pattern. Either the behavior is acceptable or it isn't. If her behavior is acceptable to you, fine. I won't argue with that (roll my eyes, but won't argue it). But her age isn't an excuse. That she's stressed isn't an excuse. All Whedonverse characters were/are stressed all the damn time. They're ALL in a "bad pwace."
And it's all beside the point because, an excuse is good for when a behavior is an exception. When it's the rule it's not an excusable aberration, it's not exception-- it's a characteristic!
Guh.
Note to self. Stop getting into arguments with Buffy apologists. It never leads to anything but frustration.
How many times do people say "Well, she's only 17," "She's only 18," "She's only 19," "She's only 20," "She's only 21," "She's only 22." When, please tell me when, is it ever going to sink in that it wasn't/isn't her AGE? It's HER! It's who she is written to be?
Whenever something comes up where Buffy did something stupid, childish, or reprehensible (in whatever season) apologists repeat M.E's constant mantra, trotting out her age and "she's in a bad place." Please! A three year old throwing a tantrum in a mall is conceivable because of their age, but that doesn't mean it's acceptable behavior! You don't turn a blind eye to the fact that the three year old is behaving inappapropriately. You don't go "aw..." Odds are you want the behavior to cease because it's annoying. Age doesn't make the behavior right. And You hope like heck that the child grows out of it.
Worse, a three year old who throws a tantrum in a mall who becomes a four year old throwing a tantrum in a mall, who becomes a five year old throwing a trantrum in a mall, who becomes a six year old throwing a tantrum in mall who becomes an (3+8=) eleven year old throwing a tantrum in the malll. . . Honey, that's not age. That's a BRAT!
After 8 freaking years, stop using age and "bad pwace" as an excuse. Buffy behaved in a certain way. Consistently. It's a pattern. Either the behavior is acceptable or it isn't. If her behavior is acceptable to you, fine. I won't argue with that (roll my eyes, but won't argue it). But her age isn't an excuse. That she's stressed isn't an excuse. All Whedonverse characters were/are stressed all the damn time. They're ALL in a "bad pwace."
And it's all beside the point because, an excuse is good for when a behavior is an exception. When it's the rule it's not an excusable aberration, it's not exception-- it's a characteristic!
Guh.
Note to self. Stop getting into arguments with Buffy apologists. It never leads to anything but frustration.
