See, I think that Dawn's monologue in "Tough Love" (about not knowing if she can be good) and actions in "The Gift" (being absolutely ready to jump the moment the portal opens) speak of a maturity that I think fits a 14 year old.
I would agree with that. I spoke in terms that were too sweeping. By the end of the season, he's writing her much better, imo.
I just think Dawn should be with someone her own age until she has been through the crucible that is late adolescence, personally.
Oh, if I were deciding how things would work with her? Yeah, I'd have her with someone else or on her own. I just don't particularly see the execution of this as gross to me personally.
and I find his cracking jokes soon after her death in "Chosen" kind of glib and unpleasant, even if there wasn't much else they could do if they wanted to end on a happy note.
Yeah, it's always sort of bugged me that Joss is like, "Uh, the Core Four and Dawn all have to be alive in order to have a happy ending...so let's kill of Spike and Anya, because who cares!" I mean, I like Spike's ending (we would probably disagree about your Problems with Spike's Arc, as I love it), but the idea that they aren't necessary to a happy ending but the others are? It's comparing their worth that way that makes me stabby. So I hate the joking, too.
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I would agree with that. I spoke in terms that were too sweeping. By the end of the season, he's writing her much better, imo.
I just think Dawn should be with someone her own age until she has been through the crucible that is late adolescence, personally.
Oh, if I were deciding how things would work with her? Yeah, I'd have her with someone else or on her own. I just don't particularly see the execution of this as gross to me personally.
and I find his cracking jokes soon after her death in "Chosen" kind of glib and unpleasant, even if there wasn't much else they could do if they wanted to end on a happy note.
Yeah, it's always sort of bugged me that Joss is like, "Uh, the Core Four and Dawn all have to be alive in order to have a happy ending...so let's kill of Spike and Anya, because who cares!" I mean, I like Spike's ending (we would probably disagree about your Problems with Spike's Arc, as I love it), but the idea that they aren't necessary to a happy ending but the others are? It's comparing their worth that way that makes me stabby. So I hate the joking, too.