12.4.2011

Buffy – Hellmouth Revisited

(Buffy: Zettelkasten)

Identifying the purpose for events in narratives are generally easy—events are crafted to serve a coherent plot. “The Body” helped me let go of the idea that nothing happens without a reason. Sudden loss is discordant to our general understanding of the world. In Buffy’s universe, where the demons are kitten-eating evil incarnate, few questions asked, it’s especially poignant that Joyce dies of a natural cause. The story about a girl with the gift to destroy vampires and stave off a series of apocalypses who is coping instead with her mother’s sudden death is unexpected, and an entirely different formula.

Nochmals: „…helped me let go of the idea that nothing happens without a reason.” Das ist eine bemerkenswerte Interpretation, und gibt einen recht guten Hinweis, warum ich vom Thema (hier: Buffy: The Body) derzeit nicht loskomme.

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