V: Ah, I was forgetting that we are not properly introduced. I do not have a name. You can call me V. Madam Justice...this is V. V... this is Madam Justice. hello, Madam Justice.
Justice: Good evening, V.
V: There. Now we know each other. Actually, I've been a fan of yours for quite some time. Oh, I know what you're thinking...
Justice: The poor boy has a crush on me...an adolescent fatuation.
V: I beg your pardon, Madam. It isn't like that at all. I've long admired you...albeit only from a distance. I used to stare at you from the streets below when I was a child. I'd say to my father, "Who is that lady?" And he'd say "That's Madam Justice." And I'd say "Isn't she pretty."
V: Please don't think it was merely physical. I know you're not that sort of girl. No, I loved you as a person. As an ideal.
Justice: What? V! For shame! You have betrayed me for some harlot, some vain and pouting hussy with painted lips and a knowing smile!
V: I, Madam? I beg to differ! It was your infidelity that drove me to her arms!
V: Ah-ha! That surprised you, didn't it? You thought I didn't know about your little fling. But I do. I know everything! Frankly, I wasn't surprised when I found out. You always did have an eye for a man in uniform.
Justice: Uniform? Why I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about. It was always you, V. You were the only one...
V: Liar! Slut! Whore! Deny that you let him have his way with you, him with his armbands and jackboots!
V: Well? Cat got your tongue? I though as much.
V: Very well. So you stand revealed at last. you are no longer my justice. You are his justice now. You have bedded another.
Justice: Sob! Choke! Wh-who is she, V? What is her name?
V: Her name is Anarchy. And she has taught me more as a mistress than you ever did! She has taught me that justice is meaningless without freedom. She is honest. She makes no promises and breaks none. Unlike you, Jezebel. I used to wonder why you could never look me in the eye. Now I know. So good bye, dear lady. I would be saddened by our parting even now, save that you are no longer the woman I once loved.
*KABOOM!*
-"V for Vendetta"
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Date: 2009-06-21 08:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-21 08:26 pm (UTC)Buffy is <3 forever!
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Date: 2009-06-21 10:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-21 10:44 pm (UTC)The way a show is structured, interactions between characters, etc.
Most popular teevee wouldn't be what it is without Buffy.
Buffy isn't cult - the following may appear cultist, but it's huge. It's just been a while.
The cultural significance of Twilight is the same as any other mainstream juggernaut - money. If it makes an actual impact on people (I cannot tell you how many people I know who view Buffy as a life changing text) then there's something to talk about.
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Date: 2009-06-21 11:04 pm (UTC)As to Twilight, you admit you're not a fan, and outright dismiss it, so how can you say for certain who it's touched, and what its significance will be in a decade hence. I'm not saying it's going to outlast Buffy, or is artistically superior, but waving it away right now sounds like nothing more than a Trekkie saying Lucas is a hack, and Star Wars will never mean anything.
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Date: 2009-06-21 11:14 pm (UTC)I don't know what you're talking about.
I'm dismissing Twilight because it is just bad. I'm an HP fan, and if it weren't for Harry Potter, Twilight wouldn't have been as successful - as far as I'm aware everyone there is High School age - Harry Potter itself, are badly written books, the only thing worthwhile there is fandom, very likely the only thing worthwhile in Twilight is fandom.
I think Buffy, as a show, is more than just the fandom.
The episodic procedurals, as a type, have been around for decades. The kind of storytelling told in Buffy was not the type you'd find in young adult television - not to mention that its a transgenerational show - people from the age of 12 onwards can watch Buffy, understand and enjoy - which is something that occurs so much in television now we're barely aware of it, but before Buffy that sort of thing was very, very rare.
And now, I'm going to sleep!
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Date: 2009-06-21 11:55 pm (UTC)I hate it with the fire of a million suns.
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