Reply - Dan - Rewrite 6 Thoughts

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Dan

> who agrees with blinviz that Spuffy could have been handled better 
(very inconsistent writing of Spike, which I'll get into later), but 
that any depression-born relationship only served to reinforce Weak, 
Mopey Buffy and further alienate the audience from the character and 
thus the story.
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Gotta agree with you on this one. I have hated the way the 
characters have been handled this season. Almost totally out of 
character. The excuse that Buffy was wigged about being pulled out 
of heaven only goes so far. 

> If she'd been making her own decisions and said "right now, all I 
need is a fling and that's all this is. Spike knows I don't love him 
and he knows he'd better not try any crap or he's dust, so mind your 
own business and butt out, guys!", I would have respected her much 
more.
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Yes! If she had followed through with the bit of "you were a 
convenience" then it would have made sense. 

> Don't get me wrong, I still would have fretted that this was a thin
> wedge to B/S romance, I would have said it was much better than 
Spike deserves, that Buffy was running from her issues and that she 
was kidding herself if she thought she could let Spike into her life 
and not pay the consequences. But it would have been miles ahead 
of "yes, no, yes, no, I can't resist your sinister attraction" 
and "you belong in darkness" and all the misogynistic swill we've had 
to put up with this year. It would have been Buffy being Buffy, 
dealing with her situation and coming up with a plan, as she usually 
does. (It just would have been the WRONG plan, as many of hers 
are.) And it would have let me keep far more empathy for the 
characters and interest in the show.
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I think that's my main complaint for the season. It's as if the 
writers don't care about the characters. They're almost like 
puppets. Willow and Buffy not talking, Buffy shagging with Spike, 
Willow threatening Giles? All of it doesn't make sense. I 
especially hated the "we're giving the fans what they NEED, not what 
they want" is BS. It's the fans that keep turning in and you can 
only abuse them so much before they turn on you and stop buying the 
products and turning the channel. Killing Tara is just the icing on 
the cake on the way the characters have been manipulated - as I've 
said, a lame attempt to justify Willow turning evil. 

Something happening to Buffy, Dawn or Tara besides death would have 
done that - she's lost it before and turned to powerful magick in 
revenge and to save everyone.

ah, ranting again. 

I'm going to take it from episode 6/1 and go from there.

Suggestions and favorite lines welcome. :)

Hunter