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Articles
and things I've written about Buffy, mostly in the vaguely intellectual
vein.
Newer essays are at the top, so it's possible to trace how they've
gradually got more pretentious.
The
End of Buffy
Short article about, well, guess.
Season
7 references up to The
End!
Are
You Noir or Have you Ever Been?
About
Film Noir in Angel the Series and the two principal noir (anti-)heros,
Angel and Wesley.
Angel Season 4 references
up to 4.8 'Habeas Corpses'.
All
Things Gothic on BtVS
Explores
the ways that Buffy is a Gothic show.
Season 7 references up to 7.9
'Never Leave Me'.
That
Postmodern Thing
An
essay about the fluffiness of Buffy, style, seriousness and
all that.
Season 6 references up to 6.17
'Normal Again'.
Existential Much
Focusing
on Season Six, this deals with the idea that this was the 'existential
season'.
Season 6 references for the
whole season.
The
'Because it's Cool' Principle
The
answer to all your thorny moral problems.
Season 6 references up to 6.7
'Once More With Feeling'.
The
Demon vs. The Rose
An
article about magic and magicians in Buffy.
Season 6 references
up to 6.11 'Gone'.
Born
to Be Bad
When
a brother ain't got no soul, can a brother be good? A Spike
essay written pre-Season 6.
The
Big Gay Explanation Article
Where
I provide an alternative reading of Willow in Seasons
1-3.
Girl
Stuff
'This
show's designed to be a feminist show' says Whedon. Is it?
Vampires
In
which I discuss what vampires really mean.
Why
Sunnydale is Really England
An
essay/article.
A
Modern Teenage Allegory
My
first essay. Beware of the tone.
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