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It seems that everyone is posting their views on the latest development in Buffy season 9 - it''s mostly lot of anger and outrage at Buffy being put in that kind of situation by the writers, or, from the other side that it OK with the storyline, vehement denial of the disturbing consent issues. My view seems to be unusual. I've been ambivalent about this from the start, but I haven't been for or against the storyline - I am withholding my judgment until I see how they deal with it. It may be awful or great. But I am willing to give more credit to Whedon and Dark Horse than most people are doing.
There's one thing that is certain: it's a horrific, traumatizing scenario - ( read it under the spoiler tags. )
But awful, traumatizing things have happened in BtVS before, since season 1. Which is why I'm not on principle against the storyline. But it's the attitude in some corners of the fandom that has been making me furious. It hurts when some people are completely, aggressively dismissive and keep insisting that it's really not that bad at all, don't make a big deal out of it. ( Read how the fandom and some of the staff has been making me see red. )
Where I differ from most people on both sides on the fence is that I don't think that Whedon and Dark Horse are necessarily unaware of the consent issues. ( These are my current views. )
There's one thing that is certain: it's a horrific, traumatizing scenario - ( read it under the spoiler tags. )
But awful, traumatizing things have happened in BtVS before, since season 1. Which is why I'm not on principle against the storyline. But it's the attitude in some corners of the fandom that has been making me furious. It hurts when some people are completely, aggressively dismissive and keep insisting that it's really not that bad at all, don't make a big deal out of it. ( Read how the fandom and some of the staff has been making me see red. )
Where I differ from most people on both sides on the fence is that I don't think that Whedon and Dark Horse are necessarily unaware of the consent issues. ( These are my current views. )
