I mean, yes, Bill makes some effort...and they're at least nuanced characters. But the metaphor just completely doesn't work for me. I suppose they could be saying that people literally view "others" as non-human...but again, for it to be a workable metaphor, they'd need to be misunderstood. Which so far, not so much.

I dunno...I think I'm just disappointed with the show. I really wanted to like it and have fun with it...and mostly I'm just finding myself bored or annoyed by it.

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Everyone go watch it anyway. It kicks ass.

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"Alice, I am putting you on notice. You are my favorite character! Be more awesome."

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He was there at the famous summer when Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein.

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Pietra, you know I love you, but this just made me adore you even more. If that's possible.

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@Ginmar Rienne: i always prefered lady Caroline Lamb's completely demented take myself.

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I've heard some folks criticize the fact that Buffy had to have supernatural strength to be the hero...but I think that, when dealing with a supernatural story, it's the only way to make it work and be believable. You can't have a regular person dealing with vampires as they have been established (strong, fast, nearly indestructible) without an edge. Plus, it was also a "one girl against the world" idea, and then was used to explore even more gender issues when you see how the slayers were created, and how the council kept tight control over them for so long.

Otherwise, when the girl is "regular", you get the Bella and Sookie type of character. Who may have inner strength, but is still a victim most of the time due to the reality of human vs. monster.

It's one of the reasons why Buffy is still so important in the genre, because it's still one of the few genre shows to explore what it did.

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