Silly Subplots
POSTED BY: Zicsoft
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 17:14
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Well, I didn't use the word normal. Normal includes a wide range of heights and weights. So it is normal to be fat. It must be; I know a lot of fat people.
The average woman of 150 pounds is going to weigh more than the average *young* woman like Amber Benson or Sara Michelle Gellar or Jewel Staite.
But I still think that Amber Benson is chubby by TV standards. I really like Amber's character on Buffy and always looked forward to episodes that included her, but after The Musical she seemed to disappear and it irked me to think that they probably wrote her out of the series just because she wasn't TV skinny. I couldn't explain her disappearance any other way.
I've been misunderstood. I'm a big fan of Amber Benson.
roj
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For me, Tara was the character that really snuck up on me. She was just kind of there, but I never really thought about her. Then, around the begining of season 6, I finally got it. I really looked foward to the next scene with Tara in it. She has a quiet intensity to her emotions that makes her presence all the more powerful--in a different way from Spike, who perpetually cranks the volume on his emotions to "high." (Not to gripe on Spike--that works for his character.)
I think a turning point for me was when Buffy confessed to Tara her relationship (loosely speaking) with Spike. Tara's pure empathy for Buffy, her complete lack of condemation, it made me realize for the first time just how much I loved Tara.
Tara is perhaps one of the most realistic characters on the show, which is saying something. Even now, I often feel like I've lost a good friend.
Amber Benson 
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"You still don't get it. It's not about right, not about wrong... It's about Power." —Morph-O-Monster, "Lessons"
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Quote:SMG was just a little slow losing her baby fat. Which probably helped her get the role, since it made her look 15 when she was actually 18. But she's not thin, she's just a small person. Hence all the "I'm taller than you" jokes.
Originally posted by mojoeca:
I'm really attracted to the Buffy of the first 3 years. Then she just got too thin!
--- Joe
MT has the opposite problem. When she forgets to wear the teenage pout, she looks like she's in her 20s, even though she's really only 17. So she's closer to her character's true age than any of the other actors, but she's the one that has to work hardest not to look too old!
Anyway, anybody who thinks Sarah Gellar isn't the most gorgeous female on the planet has a screw loose!
JOSS, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!
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I happen to be more attracted to MT right now, out of all the BtVS female cast. One more year, and I can oogle her guilt-free.
--- Joe
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Oh good, so I'm not the only one who has the same Trachtenberg problem... (For me the problem is even worse, since I see her even more as a child, having been a big fan since she was on Pete & Pete. But though she's very attractive, she's really far too thin also.)
Anyway, I think it was The Body where I fully understood Tara's character. Joss spent so much time focusing on Tara's face when other characters were emoting, that I finally got it. She's this "Spirit of the Earth" kind of Mother Gaia character. She can't help but empathize. She is everyone's mother figure in a way.
"Plus she's hot."
(I must have a screw loose BTW, 'cause I don't see it. I don't find SMG attractive a bit.)
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this was done in star ship troopers...or was it forever war? anyway it was done...at least in books..
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Speaking of STARSHIP TROOPERS, anybody notice that the Alliance soldiers are wearing recycled MI battle gear?
--- Joe
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Quote:
Originally posted by Alternity:
I know a lot of fat people.
The average woman of 150 pounds is going to weigh more than the average *young* woman like Amber Benson or Sara Michelle Gellar or Jewel Staite.
But I still think that Amber Benson is chubby by TV standards. I really like Amber's character on Buffy and always looked forward to episodes that included her, but after The Musical she seemed to disappear and it irked me to think that they probably wrote her out of the series just because she wasn't TV skinny. I've been misunderstood. I'm a big fan of Amber Benson.
I have no doubt of your intentions or devotion. I just like to remind people that the body image offered by TV is representative of less than 1% of the population.
Jeff
Who notes the only two characters in BtVS who weren't too skinny were killed off.
Who also thinks Lucy Lawless is attractive.
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Quote:Which percentage goes down another couple of decimal points when you discount people who don't have eating disorders! Alas, some of us are permanently brainwashed by having grown up watching TV.
Originally posted by TinyTimm:
I have no doubt of your intentions or devotion. I just like to remind people that the body image offered by TV is representative of less than 1% of the population.
Quote:Beside Tara, who do you mean?
Jeff
Who notes the only two characters in BtVS who weren't too skinny were killed off.
JOSS, WHERE'S MY CHECK???!!!
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Quote:
Originally posted by Zicsoft:
Anyway, anybody who thinks Sarah Gellar isn't the most gorgeous female on the planet has a screw loose!
My definition of gorgeous includes well rounded.
Jeff
Who thinks a size four should be fed under a dietary Doctor's care.
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