Awesomest Buffyverse Monsters (Part 1)

[lostboy_lj]

True Story: a  conversation on another post inspired me to write about alternative sources of authority in the Buffyverse.  I decided I was going to blow everyone's minds with a scathing takedown of presumptive authority that even my sworn enemy and world-famous crazy person Jacques Derrida might envy.  So, I sat myself down and said, "Self, why don

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[local_max]

One of the interesting questions is at what point does a character become a "monster"? Veruca, for example -- she could be considered a person (like Oz), but as you say, she chooses to become a monster because that's, like, so cool man. (Wait, she doesn't talk like that. I'm using 50's cool lingo. Daddy-o.) "Hipster doofus" = Cosmo Kramer ref?

Um, okay a friend has to use my laptop so I can't comment more today for now.

[lostboy_lj]

"Hipster doofus" = Cosmo Kramer ref?

More like this sort of hipster doofus:

[kassto]

This is wonderful analysis. Really really good. Specially liked what you said about Veruca - I always found her VERY threatening and I couldn't figure out why...

[lostboy_lj]

Thanks. :)

I always found her VERY threatening and I couldn't figure out why...

Is it because of her giant fangs and claws?

[kassto]

No, emotionally threatening. Willow's insecurity round her really hit a nerve with me. And most of the time I really don't like Willow.

[lostboy_lj]

Ah, yes. She plays Willow's insecurities like a maestro. One of several characters to do so, but there was something so sinister about how nonchalant Veruca is about it.