I've always thought that I was in the very small minority with my opinion that Joyce wasn't the amazing mother that a lot of peple make her out to be.
Granted, part of it is because the show is basically Buffy's POV and her mother is supposed to seem unreasonable (from a teenager perspective), but Joyce seems to be quite unfairly harsh towards Buffy. Especially since the 'official' explanation for Buffy's erratic behaviour was mental heath issues...
Nor should Joyce have left Buffy as the guardian of her 14/15 year old sister IMO.
I've never thought of that, but you're right. She didn't seem to make any kind of plans for the possibility that she might die. I mean, was there even a life insurance of any kind? Didn't all the hospital bills fall for Buffy to pay, or am I just remembering fanon? :D
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Date: 2015-05-07 06:19 pm (UTC)Granted, part of it is because the show is basically Buffy's POV and her mother is supposed to seem unreasonable (from a teenager perspective), but Joyce seems to be quite unfairly harsh towards Buffy. Especially since the 'official' explanation for Buffy's erratic behaviour was mental heath issues...
Nor should Joyce have left Buffy as the guardian of her 14/15 year old sister IMO.
I've never thought of that, but you're right. She didn't seem to make any kind of plans for the possibility that she might die. I mean, was there even a life insurance of any kind? Didn't all the hospital bills fall for Buffy to pay, or am I just remembering fanon? :D