OK, this is a tangent squared, but I really can't stand it in the gift where Buffy saves that nerdboi, who's like 'but you're just a girl' and Buffy replies 'that's what I keep saying'. Because my Buffy would NEVER SAY THAT.
Oh oh oh! You know, I spent a lot of time trying to figure that exchange out, because, yeah, it does feel off. But things finally clicked and I put together my Just a Girl meta.
Cause, ultimately, I think that line is about how "girl" (the word) is used in a derogatory sense. Throw like a girl. Cry like a girl. Hit like a girl. The Initiative general in S4 tells the senator that Buffy's "Just a girl" and, therefore, not anything to be worried about.
Buffy, however, attempts to redefine the word. Make it so that "girl" isn't something weak and incapable, but strong. The kid Buffy rescues says she's "Just a girl" (therefore she shouldn't have been able to do that. Buffy replies "That's what I keep saying" (because girls can totally do that but people don't seem to get it).
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Oh oh oh! You know, I spent a lot of time trying to figure that exchange out, because, yeah, it does feel off. But things finally clicked and I put together my Just a Girl meta.
Cause, ultimately, I think that line is about how "girl" (the word) is used in a derogatory sense. Throw like a girl. Cry like a girl. Hit like a girl. The Initiative general in S4 tells the senator that Buffy's "Just a girl" and, therefore, not anything to be worried about.
Buffy, however, attempts to redefine the word. Make it so that "girl" isn't something weak and incapable, but strong. The kid Buffy rescues says she's "Just a girl" (therefore she shouldn't have been able to do that. Buffy replies "That's what I keep saying" (because girls can totally do that but people don't seem to get it).
So I've kinda come to love that exchange. :)