04-07-2008, 05:36 PM | #16 |
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Bumping this up for the newbies! It appeared on a Google Alert, today and I was reminded why I loved this essay the first time around. It's still a good read, I tell ya. So, for any newbies that haven't read it, please go here and read it. Such an awesome essay.
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04-07-2008, 06:44 PM | #17 |
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I do love that essay, but reading it again I'm a puzzled by something she says. I never got that Cordy was infected with Barney's empathy when she stabbed him with the horn. I get that the horn was supposed to take whatever power the person had, but I didn't think that just holding it would pass that power on. Did anyone else think at that moment that Cordy was suddenly filled with empathy?
I also wish she'd gotten the "Birthday" episode straight. Cordy wasn't given the choice between becoming demon and staying with Angel or becoming a star and she chose the star route because she was just that selfish. The demon option was given after she got the visions back. But other than those nitpicky things, it is a fabulous essay and thanks for bumping it up again. |
04-07-2008, 06:55 PM | #18 |
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No problem
You know, thinking about it now, I second your nitpicks lol I didn't think Cordy got Barney's empathy, either. When she stabbed him with it, that was the end of Barney. He deflated. I don't know where she got the choice between becoming demon or stardom bit. I KNOW she had to watch that episode. Maybe, it slipped? At first all Skip offered was the stardom route or she will die from the visions. Thanks for pointing those out. I totally overlooked them.
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She reacted out of hurt and anger that had nothing to do with being selfish. If my best friend, the man I had just sacrificed everything for, including living with the knowledge that I was basically going to die for him, just said I meant nothing to him? I'd be all f*uck you and the horse you rode in on, I'm out of here. Besides, I really don't know how anyone can say that someone choosing to save their own life, at no cost to anyone else, is selfish. It's one thing if she knew that choosing to be a Star would result in Angel going insane, Wes losing his arm and Fred begin stuck in Pylea but she didn't. All she knew was that history would be re-written and that she and Angel never would have met. How is that selfish?
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04-07-2008, 07:55 PM | #20 |
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I figured she just got a tiny bit confused about certain events. I know I do. But the essay is fabulous and I'm still so thrilled that such a wonderful writer (a personal favorite author of mine, to boot) champions Cordelia and pretty much got to say what we all wanted to say to ME (except minus the profanity and aspersions on their collective parentages).
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No, I don't think she 'received' empathy after stabbing Barney. JC got that part wrong, definitely.
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05-30-2008, 02:14 PM | #24 |
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Thanks so much for the link to this. It's a great read- also very depressing. I will never, ever get over what they did to Cordy.
At least I know I'm not alone
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I just re-read this today off her site, and I'm astounded all over again at Cruisie's insight into the character of Cordelia and at how ME royally screwed her over.
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