Post by LadyDi on Jun 4, 2006 23:03:16 GMT -5
springsummers said:
ladydi said:
Very nice observations here, Spring.
I have to say, tho', it's a much more objective/less agenda-driven take on the situation than Joss presented in BtVS, and I'm grateful for it.
I found this quote in The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf, and it made me think of s6 of Buffy: When female sexual activity lost its useful penalties, the [beauty] Rites replaced the fear, guilt, and shame that women had been taught must always follow pleasure (emphasis mine).
In both of her "Great Romances" sex is literally demonized, and Buffy is left feeling guilty and ashamed. Not necessarily for the sex, but for who she's doing it with. Even so, it suggests that romance is dangerous, and women who enjoy sex will, perhaps even should, suffer for it.
But maybe the girl needs some monster in her man because there's some monster in the girl.
Thanks for the feedback, Di.
The whole Logan-Veronica-Keith scenario is somewhat reminiscent of the Spike-Buffy-Giles thing . . . that comes to a head in Lies My Parents Told Me . . . of course, the whole Vampire/Slayer/Watcher thing (as opposed to RegularGuy/Regular Girl/Girl's Dad) did give it a much different, more operatic shall we say, flavor. But the idea is the same . . . a girl eventually breaks from her father, and becomes a woman (which partly involves accepting her sexuality - which for Buffy was represented by Spike, and I think, for Veronica, will be represented by Logan.)
Can't wait for next season of VM. I wonder if Veronica & Logan will actually consumate the relationship in Season 3, or if something will interfere before they can get that far?
Operatic. Huh. That's one word for it.