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For Buffy or Spuffy fans, I reccomend this essay by Ariana:
The 'Seeing Red' bathroom scene:
Why ME went there, gender relations in the Buffyverse, and the future of Buffy/Spike


It pinpointed & discussed a lot of my personal confusion over the SR scene: like why the hell Spike suddenly became the sexual aggressor in the relationship, and why the hell I'm suddenly seeing the "superman strong" heroine portrayed as a victim helpless against man in a sexual attack. You know, inconsistencies like that. In this nicely thorough essay Ariana proposes theories on what the symbolic/metaphoric/thematic importances of the scene were, and tries to find a way to look at so that it makes sense with the previous canon/characters.

Date: 2002-11-30 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kita0610.livejournal.com
It's thoughtful and well written.

And it still makes me horrified and nauseous that any female would be rooting for "love" between these two.

Thanks!

Date: 2002-12-01 09:30 am (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
For reminding me of the BAPS site and pointing out that essay -- it is really quite fantastic, as are many of the essays on that site!

Claudia

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