This is a wonderfully thorough and articulate summation of the Jossverse archetypes, and I agree fully with your conclusions. In fact, many of them are ones which I've been championing for years, and I'm absolutely ecstatic to find that - hey! - it's not just me! You have obviously given this a great deal of consideration, and eloquently and logically stated your findings with canonical supportive evidence. Excellent!
I found your Spike/Cordelia comparison particularly compelling. I've always felt that the general opinion of Anya as a replacement for Cordelia is very much mistaken; there are similarities, to be sure, but Anya was a character who was more original than not, and served an entirely different function.
In sum, this is awesome, and you are made of kick-ass win! Would you mind if I recced this in my rec community? *pleads*
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Date: 2008-05-05 11:28 pm (UTC)*applause*
This is a wonderfully thorough and articulate summation of the Jossverse archetypes, and I agree fully with your conclusions. In fact, many of them are ones which I've been championing for years, and I'm absolutely ecstatic to find that - hey! - it's not just me! You have obviously given this a great deal of consideration, and eloquently and logically stated your findings with canonical supportive evidence. Excellent!
I found your Spike/Cordelia comparison particularly compelling. I've always felt that the general opinion of Anya as a replacement for Cordelia is very much mistaken; there are similarities, to be sure, but Anya was a character who was more original than not, and served an entirely different function.
In sum, this is awesome, and you are made of kick-ass win! Would you mind if I recced this in my rec community? *pleads*