Joss Slaps His Fandom Jus' a Little

When Joss decreed that a freshly bereaved Buffy would spend her down time making doe eyes at morally dubious European playboys, it was greeted with a lack of enthusiasm that may be the most universal thing I have ever observed in this fandom. Some folks ran for the border, seeking asylum in previous seasons or alternate 'verses, but others stiffened their upper lips, rolled up their sleeves and made it work.

One explanation was simply that having a fling is what sexually liberated, well-adjusted young women do after saving the world and burying their latest star-crossed love. Buffy has her needs after all, and is long overdue for some frivolity.

Others explain the Immortal as a crisis of character brought on by grief and the vertigo of being cut loose from one's destiny and everything familiar. A phase quickly grown out of, sometimes even regretted.

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