It's like, you don't actually think you're doing something new and edgy here, do you, RTD?
The sad thing is, he probably does. Just like comics writers nowadays think they're being edgy when they kill female characters off, and Joss Whedon thought he was being edgy when he killed off whatshername in Dr. Horrible.
No. Killing off female characters in comics was edgy back when they chucked Gwen Stacy off a bridge, because it was the first time they ever had a superhero spectacularly fail to save someone. It hasn't been edgy since then.
Buffy stabbing Angel after his soul came back was edgy because it had the main character killing another nominally good character for the sake of the world. "And now the female love interest buys it?" Not edgy. For the love of God, not edgy.
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Date: 2009-07-12 03:17 am (UTC)The sad thing is, he probably does. Just like comics writers nowadays think they're being edgy when they kill female characters off, and Joss Whedon thought he was being edgy when he killed off whatshername in Dr. Horrible.
No. Killing off female characters in comics was edgy back when they chucked Gwen Stacy off a bridge, because it was the first time they ever had a superhero spectacularly fail to save someone. It hasn't been edgy since then.
Buffy stabbing Angel after his soul came back was edgy because it had the main character killing another nominally good character for the sake of the world. "And now the female love interest buys it?" Not edgy. For the love of God, not edgy.