Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Analysis: Difference between revisions

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Inside the title the name of the heroine shows the young side of a young/old juxtaposition. The show has a focus on youth so expect [[Adults Are Useless]]. In an effort to avoid [[Totally Radical]], we had [[Buffy-Speak]]. Really it's still the result of a thirty-five year old trying to write dialogue for teenagers. Other thing to note is the tone of the name, irreverence. That tone appears in Buffy's [[Establishing Character Moment]]. Finally it's the Character in the [[Character Name and Thethe Noun Phrase]] and the hero ''is'' undeniably that character. While we may have a Hero's journey, expect a dark side. If the writers go off the track with the hero then the viewers go off the show. For instance, the seasonal rot in season six is connected to viewers discomfort with Buffy's behaviour.

Well, see above but quote with us now "In every generation there is a ''[[Chosen One]]''. ''[[The Only One|She alone]]'' will stand against the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is ''the Slayer''." (emphasis added) The starting voice over informed us that she was The One and we saw in the starting season the tropes that accompany [[The Chosen One]] {{smallcapssmall-caps| in high school}}: [[I Just Want to Be Normal]], [[It Suck To Be The Chosen One]], [[The Only One]], [[Refusal of the Call]]. Then in season 2, we learn [[There Is Another]]. Then after that season she runs away but [[The Call Knows Where You Live]] and so on. Eventually in the end there is an attempt to [[Screw Destiny]] and we come up with [[The Chosen Many]].

One notably fact about the first season was the lack of vampire villains. Really the vampires in the title provide the old side of the young/old juxtaposition. So its not just [[Our Vampires Are Different]], it's possibly all [[Our Monsters Are Different]]. The old legends will be taken and put up against youth culture (and bazookas). Also, vampires = fantasy genre and one important aspect for a piece in the genre is [[Applicability]] versus [[Allegory]]. ''Buffy'' fell on the allegory side, sometimes rather blunty, so the [[Aesop|Aesops]]s and associated tropes came with it.