BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #13
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What is this I see in my 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' comic?
Vampires!
Just a couple issues ago, I commented that I didn't think there had been a single vampire in this series, and now we have a vampire-centric arc. That's a little confusing because it's called 'Wolves at the Gate' so -- silly me -- I expected werewolves. which there are! Japanese vampire-werewolves, who.. . won their powers from Dracula gambling on a motorbike? Anyway, I approve of this plot development. In a world overrun with Slayers, it makes sense that vampires would find a way to fight back. The 'serious' parts of this storyline are bringing the horror element back to the story, putting the vampire back in vampire slayer, and I'm very stoked to see what happens next.
Other parts of this issue weren't as strong. Drew Goddard wrote some great 'Buffy' and 'Angel' episodes, including some very funny scenes. But I suspect he's not completely comfortable writing funny for the page, without actors to interpret his words. Most of the 'humor' in this issue -- particularly the Dracula scenes -- felt very forced. Granted, the scenes with Xander and Dracula on the show weren't very funny, either (and Goddard didn't write those).
At a few points, the issue actually went from 'unfunny' to offensive, with Dracula referring to Xander's African-American girlfriend as a Moor, and asking if she was his slave. Now, obviously, the writer wasn't endorsing this point of view -- Xander's horror at Dracula being racist is actually one of the funnier lines in the issue. But it didn't seem necessary to keep repeating the 'joke.' Combined with Satsu's use of 'dyke' elsewhere in the issue, I had an uneasy feeling that Goddard was playing a little game of 'hahaha, they won't let me say this on TV!', which feels unworthy of the overall quality of this series.
Vampires!
Just a couple issues ago, I commented that I didn't think there had been a single vampire in this series, and now we have a vampire-centric arc. That's a little confusing because it's called 'Wolves at the Gate' so -- silly me -- I expected werewolves. which there are! Japanese vampire-werewolves, who.. . won their powers from Dracula gambling on a motorbike? Anyway, I approve of this plot development. In a world overrun with Slayers, it makes sense that vampires would find a way to fight back. The 'serious' parts of this storyline are bringing the horror element back to the story, putting the vampire back in vampire slayer, and I'm very stoked to see what happens next.
Other parts of this issue weren't as strong. Drew Goddard wrote some great 'Buffy' and 'Angel' episodes, including some very funny scenes. But I suspect he's not completely comfortable writing funny for the page, without actors to interpret his words. Most of the 'humor' in this issue -- particularly the Dracula scenes -- felt very forced. Granted, the scenes with Xander and Dracula on the show weren't very funny, either (and Goddard didn't write those).
At a few points, the issue actually went from 'unfunny' to offensive, with Dracula referring to Xander's African-American girlfriend as a Moor, and asking if she was his slave. Now, obviously, the writer wasn't endorsing this point of view -- Xander's horror at Dracula being racist is actually one of the funnier lines in the issue. But it didn't seem necessary to keep repeating the 'joke.' Combined with Satsu's use of 'dyke' elsewhere in the issue, I had an uneasy feeling that Goddard was playing a little game of 'hahaha, they won't let me say this on TV!', which feels unworthy of the overall quality of this series.
Story: 3 - Good
Art: 3 - Good
Art: 3 - Good
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I understand the feelings about certain words. I’ve never heard a lesbian refer to herself as a Dyke and when he used it I almost felt uneasy reading it. I on the other hand found the banter between Xander and Dracula hilarious, along with the word Moor. I did not on the other hand really think about the Slave bit, that does make Dracula even more racist then what he says elsewhere in the book.
I have definitely heard lesbians refer to themselves and others as "dyke". A lot.
I don’t know, I mean, "dyke" is a funny word; it depends a lot on who’s saying it and in what context. If you’d had two male characters in the same situation and one of them had said *several possible words that I’m not going to repeat here*, it would have seemed appalling (and I don’t think they would have written/printed it, either). I’ve definitely heard women use the word to refer to themselves, in a playful/subversive way (like the "Dykes to Watch out for" comic). But Satsu seemed to be using it in a self-loathing way, and Willow — who’s presumably supposed to be the wiser mentor figure here — makes a joke in response. The whole exchange felt a bit off; it’s not a huge thing, and I’m not trying to start a big political-correctness kerfuffle. But writers choose the words they do for a reason, and some of the word choices in this issue, taken together, threw me a little.