thrasherpix
Scooby
- Joined
- Mar 13, 2016
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- 38
For one who saves lives as often as he does (not to mention coming up with the odd ideas, from ritual with tarot cards to rocket launchers and helping lead Buffy's army in season 3 and bringing the wrecking ball in season 5, not to mention standing up to Angelus while Buffy was helpless in the hospital after he saved Buffy yet again, infiltrating swim teams being dosed with mutagens, and with Cordy's help killed Bug Guy of the Order of Taraka), Xander doesn't get enough appreciation.
I can believe Joss would've killed Oz as well as that's such a Joss thing to do. I still don't blame the LGBT fans for feeling betrayed over it as it's so cliche to kill the gay or lesbian (which contributes to the belief that such is a cursed life that many have consciously or otherwise) that even in this decade I know people who still get scared whenever a character comes out as lesbian in fiction because it's like cancer...it means death, a fear not so sharp over the straight couples though it would be just as dramatic. It's getting better, but was still terrible back when Tara was killed off. And turning the magic that was once a symbol of empowerment and bonding between Tara and Willow into something toxic didn't help.
I can believe Joss would've killed Oz as well as that's such a Joss thing to do. I still don't blame the LGBT fans for feeling betrayed over it as it's so cliche to kill the gay or lesbian (which contributes to the belief that such is a cursed life that many have consciously or otherwise) that even in this decade I know people who still get scared whenever a character comes out as lesbian in fiction because it's like cancer...it means death, a fear not so sharp over the straight couples though it would be just as dramatic. It's getting better, but was still terrible back when Tara was killed off. And turning the magic that was once a symbol of empowerment and bonding between Tara and Willow into something toxic didn't help.