Re: Entropy character review (SPOILERS)

["blinviz" <debvii@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In buffywantswillow@y..., danspector@w... wrote:
> Me on the character thread Jason started. Again, Spoilers are only 
> for "Entropy".

So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day.

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> And yet they seem to be grooming him to be Buffy's boyfriend.

I still don't see this, Dan, and I don't think it's just willful 
blindness on my part. I mean, I saw B/S coming miles away and heaven 
knows that ain't something i'd ever want to see. However, I shall 
keep an open mind on this B/X idea and give you props should it come 
to pass. (Right before I curse your name for jinxing things.)


> WILLOW: Stayed home with Dawn out of script convenience, 
absolutely.
> Good catch, blinviz. I don't know if we can blame James Contner for
> this, any more than we can blame him for characters being where the 
plot
> needs them to be in "The Harsh Light of Day"; it seems like the
> writer's fault, not the director's.

okay, clarification: I wasn't really "blaming" JC for anything. I 
think my words might have read snarky, but any such snarkiness really 
wasn't directed at JC; it was at the writer. I only meant to convey 
that it just so happens that JC, once again, directed an ep with 
Lonely Brokenhearts oh-so-meaningfully-and-dramatically going off in 
different directions. If anything, I think I'd have to give props to 
JC for not going over the top and trying to force a melodramatic 
overhead shot. 

> Still, I could buy Willow staying home with Dawn. Although I'd
> rather it was addressed:

Absolutely. But as I pointed out in another post, I'd also like ME or 
Buffy & Willow or someone to make up their damn minds. You can't have 
Will (& Xander) happily falala leaving Dawn at home to go on a 
ROUTINE patrol one week (something they haven't done in, like, 
MONTHS), then have Will staying at home the next in the midst of a big 
Scooby-blowout involving her lifelong best friend toting an ax. 
Moreover, apparently the shooting script confirmed that Will did, in 
fact, figure the B/S thing out at the same time Dawn did... so now I'm 
even more frustrated. The lounging about in bed is just the crusty, 
bitter icing on an already nasty cake.


> However, again, they needed to SHOW [that Tara's calm was a cover]. 
> Perhaps something like this:

[snip] I like that idea, Dan. Beyond showing that Tara's calm was 
simply her way of trying to be strong, it would have somewhat lessened 
the problem of not having had much, if any, arc development for 
several months (because then you'd be adding a couple more beats to 
the story). Plus, it would have maintained the "Tara is the most 
mature Scooby EVER" motif because she would not have seemed to be 
summarily and precipitously handing over her spine. The only problem 
I can see with it is the "emotional blackmail" interpretation. Once 
Will had an outburst, chopping off her hand wouldn't have been enough 
to convince some people of her contriteness. :-P

Ooh, ooh, but let me say something about the preternatural Earth 
Motherness. Didja notice that Makeup backed WAAAAAAAAY off on that 
and didn't style Tara as if she's nearing 40? Her hair was soft and 
casual, her makeup light. That was refreshing.