there’s something inherently humorous (to me) about her being so much bigger than everything around her and the way that has to be worked around.
I know what you mean... when I think about Dawn's scenes, what sticks in my memory is Buffy hanging head down from the balcony to talk to her; Xander politely turning his back when she's bathing, and then getting soaked; floaty Willow buzzing through the air around her. Like she's just a feature of the landscape for other people to interact with - even though she herself is just behaving pretty much as she always does, except for being ten times larger. It's just fun.
I like your thought about Dawn's condition being a metaphor for Buffy's new public status. Although I'm still tempted by my idea that it's actually intended as a meta-comment on fans' need to read metaphors into everything on the show... :-) "The truth? There is no truth. There's just what you believe" as Rona would say.
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Date: 2007-11-30 04:05 pm (UTC)I know what you mean... when I think about Dawn's scenes, what sticks in my memory is Buffy hanging head down from the balcony to talk to her; Xander politely turning his back when she's bathing, and then getting soaked; floaty Willow buzzing through the air around her. Like she's just a feature of the landscape for other people to interact with - even though she herself is just behaving pretty much as she always does, except for being ten times larger. It's just fun.
I like your thought about Dawn's condition being a metaphor for Buffy's new public status. Although I'm still tempted by my idea that it's actually intended as a meta-comment on fans' need to read metaphors into everything on the show... :-) "The truth? There is no truth. There's just what you believe" as Rona would say.