Oh I was disappointed with Tara's death too (after she and Buffy became close in season 6, it was disappointing to say the least when only Willow and Dawn were shown to mourn for her!) But I do think it all got a bit wanky and strange when the Kittens started looking through all these past examples of gay characters being mistreated (a lot of their rants can still be seen on jumptheshark), when they'd still be watching the show in all its "bigoted" glory, if Tara was around
The people suggesting they might not watch any more because the treatment of Martha was racist, I suspect would still be watching season 4 if Martha was still a regular. And people who are so offended at Martha having to serve as John Smith's maid in HN/FOB really seem to miss the point of that episode (it was an historical episode, what choice was there but to have the black companion in a lowly position!) in order to now back up their outrage at Martha being rebound companion to Rose. When the truth is that Martha has been pretty much kicking ass all season. Even if some of her fans scare me :P
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Date: 2007-07-05 09:37 pm (UTC)The people suggesting they might not watch any more because the treatment of Martha was racist, I suspect would still be watching season 4 if Martha was still a regular. And people who are so offended at Martha having to serve as John Smith's maid in HN/FOB really seem to miss the point of that episode (it was an historical episode, what choice was there but to have the black companion in a lowly position!) in order to now back up their outrage at Martha being rebound companion to Rose. When the truth is that Martha has been pretty much kicking ass all season. Even if some of her fans scare me :P