Wonderfully thoughtful essay! You make some interesting points that had been rocketing around in a nebulous way in my brain, but hadn't clarified until I read this essay. Thank you! My only disagreement is with your final line: And in the final act of transformation the Slayers are not forced, but choose to change their destiny. Well, at least about 30 of them make a choice. But how much of even that choice is individual desire, and how much peer pressure? And what about the hundreds or thousands of slayers that were not given the choice, but were forced (by Buffy and Willow, this time), most of whom in the traditional scheme of things would have grown old without ever being called? That's my one sticking point with the stated theme of "empowerment" of the series.
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Date: 2005-07-19 10:57 pm (UTC)Very much enjoyed this essay.