No one else ever sits down and says "You know, I've been noticing some things, and I think Buffy may be suffering from depression." There's no Very Special Episode that deals with mental health, and neatly ties it all up in 42 minutes. ANd because it's not spelled out, it's easy for some people to miss it completely. "They never ~said Buffy was depressed!" Etc. Very very true.
WE ARE IN RIOTOUS AGREEMENT ALL ROUND. The point about taking the story at face value v.s. looking at all the details is extremely correct. And in some ways taking it at face value might not necessarily be such a wholly bad thing, because it means you're empathizing so strongly with what the characters are feeling? Which, to David and Sarah's credit, they really sold.
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Date: 2013-01-31 09:06 am (UTC)No one else ever sits down and says "You know, I've been noticing some things, and I think Buffy may be suffering from depression." There's no Very Special Episode that deals with mental health, and neatly ties it all up in 42 minutes. ANd because it's not spelled out, it's easy for some people to miss it completely. "They never ~said Buffy was depressed!" Etc.
Very very true.
WE ARE IN RIOTOUS AGREEMENT ALL ROUND. The point about taking the story at face value v.s. looking at all the details is extremely correct. And in some ways taking it at face value might not necessarily be such a wholly bad thing, because it means you're empathizing so strongly with what the characters are feeling? Which, to David and Sarah's credit, they really sold.
A good comment.