I think perhaps watching Buffy can lead to an unrealistic glamorisation of Evil. I mean, face it, they make it look so damn sexy. In the Buffy world, evil can involve minimal clothing, a wicked sense of humour, and a low hungry growl in the back of the throat. Also possibly chains and knives and lesbian subtexts. And the other kinds of evil, the gross fat slimy guys and grumpy carebears with fangs, have an average life-span of 0.78 episodes. If they’re really evil they’ve got to the end of the season at best, before action packed, skimpily clothed and quick-witted smittage takes place.
Let’s face it, real life evil is not like that. It’s power games that involve blowing up children who happened to be born in the wrong country. It’s breaking people’s spirits, driving them like slaves, and then only worrying when the sweatshop they are trapped in burns down because it might damage the company. It’s medical experiments without consent, it’s abusing people who are already weak. For some people, it’s an every day reality. And it’s ugly.
I want the fantasy. I want to live in a world where evil is Willow in black leather, with whips and chains.
Posted by Fionnaigh at July 27, 2003 09:32 PMFunny that. I've been trying to figure out how to have *any* street cred in life without being evil. I think it must be possible to wear very cool clothes and have funny lines and a devil may care attitude and actually be moraly good.
I think that one of the reasons people choose to be 'good' is to avoid trouble. and that can lead to a deficit of real life experience.
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Evil? Eeeevvvvviiillllllll.....
There is no such thing as absolute good or absolute evil as portrayed romantically by "Star Wars" and somewhat less romantically by "...with us or against us..." Prez Dubya. It's nice to pretend, in fiction (and apparently in US politics) that people exist for no other reason that to be the evil that we smite in order to prove our righteousness.
The most saintly people have done bad in their lives. The most reviled people have done good deeds.
So, while we may do deeds that are negative and wrong, we are not EVIL boys and girls...
...just very very naughty...
Absolutely. There is no such thing as an evil person.
There are, however, people who do evil things.
Posted by: Cathy at July 28, 2003 07:38 AMHell yeah there's such a thing as a bad person!!! Not just anyone can be though. I meen everyone in there lifes have had to do something bad in there lifes. So for all the haterz who say aint no thing as a bad person you trippin because believe me thurr is such thing and its like me if you's a girl a pimpette and boyz pimps yeah!!!!!!!111
Posted by: p.i.m.p.e.t.t.e.#2 at April 13, 2004 07:38 AM