[ SECRET POST #2730 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2730 ⌋

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Comments

[darkmanifest]

But why did he need to be a dick? Why couldn't Buffy have been looking for the same thing he was, no-strings-attached sexual release and they didn't need to be best buddies afterward (and he didn't need to be a disrespectful asshole about a nice lay)? That whole thing was just more of the "sex bad" bullshit that plagued the whole Buffy series.

[(Anonymous)]

Because she was an 18-year-old college freshman who had slept with exactly one person in her life, and look how that turned out? Based on everything we saw of her personality and life experience up to that point, I would have found it unrealistic if she was into the idea of fuckbuddies right then.

[darkmanifest]

To me, it was her personality and previous life experience that made what happened seem so inconsistent. She only ever had sex in a long-term mutually committed relationship, so then she...slept with guy she barely knew because she thought he was cute and interesting. Which would have made sense if her character had evolved to exploring her sexuality with no strings attached (like plenty of college freshmen do) after years of being strung up to a guy she could never have. But that wasn't the case, so it seemed like the narrative purpose of any of it was actually taking Buffy out of character to have the guy be a dick afterwards and therefore feed us some tired moral about Sex Bad.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT, days late because ... anon:

I can see your argument. I still feel like overall in terms of her character development having her try casual sex and discover it sucks was fairly unrealistic, but in terms of presenting a sex-positive moral message they could have handled it better.

[(Anonymous)]

Because what happened to her is a pretty stereotypical thing that happens to people growing up? It's not exactly uncommon for a person to think someone else is really into them, and then sleep with them and find the person just wanted to add a notch on their bedpost. Especially in college.

[darkmanifest]

It's also pretty stereotypical for young people growing up to explore their sexuality with casual partners without expecting a long-term relationship, but that wasn't what the writers chose to go with. And regardless, Buffy wasn't a blank slate onto which stereotypical experiences could be placed without a narrative purpose, and the purpose of that event in the context of Buffy's development seemed to be a reiteration of Sex Bad.