#talk about nonconsent issues in the buffyverse

[girl4music]

My time with ‘Angel the Series’ is officially over. I will not be continuing watching the show from this point onwards because I’ve just watched something that shocked, angered and revolted me all at the same time that I almost projectile vomited. And no I will not elaborate on why or how. The tags will clue you in. It’s too NSFW to write about in the main post. But god…

To the writer of this episode -

I hope you went to therapy because that was horrific.

How this got passed The WB censors is beyond me.

I just… this is too much for me. So yeah, I’m done.

This was the last straw. Enough is e-fucking-nough!

I did want to watch Season 5 but I just can’t continue.

Not after seeing that. Experiencing that. I cannot.

This is worse than Willow and Tara, Spike and Buffy, Faith and Riley. It’s even worse than Buffy and Angel.

Network TV greenlit this for production and aired it in primetime hours. This could have destroyed the actors’ careers completely. Probably most likely did. ‘Angel the Series’ had a 9PM slot on a weekday so they would have likely avoided young children watching when it was a school night most nights. But my god… to show something like that in primetime is just wrong. Especially for a TV network like The WB.

#angel the series #apocalypse nowish #the worst part is I cannot blame either character #because one had amnesia and was clearly being mind controlled #and the other was a minor that was clearly being groomed #so in a sense both were a victim of rape #what was the writer thinking? #joss whedon is one sick fucking bastard #that was the most visceral reaction I’ve ever had watching anything in my life #that was depraved #holy fucking shit #talk about nonconsent issues in the buffyverse #that was the worst one I’ve seen yet #the direction of it was obscene #the way it was framed #like it was making love #it just made it even worse #guys I’m absolutely fucking floored #I cannot believe what I’ve just watched #I cannot believe this was even allowed to be aired on TV #I feel physically sick #I’ll never be able to get the imagery of it out of my mind #I’m traumatised for life watching that horror show #and I love horror #it was so bad guys #she was his surrogate mother for crying out loud! #she changed his fucking diapers! #she was in love with his father! #why?! #this is beyond fucked up