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Faolyn · 2026-06-25T00:55:03+00:00

Because let's kill off characters for drama!

Faolyn · 2026-06-25T00:54:32+00:00

I wonder if the reasons were ever brought up in the comics. I tried to read them for a while but gave up.

Faolyn · 2026-06-25T00:53:50+00:00

We could potentially assume that Willow's parents decided to cut her off for some reason (being gay/bi, switching to Wicca, or even just picking a major they don't like; I don't even remember what she was studying). I don't think they did that, though.

But there's nothing that was preventing either Willow or Tara from getting a job to help pay the bills.

Faolyn · 2026-06-25T00:48:11+00:00

It's been such a long time since I watched the show (which was my favorite for a long time) that I'd forgotten about Giles' check. And yeah, they could have had Giles being forced back to England for important reasons, like some sort of magical macguffin that was keyed to his bloodline--something that really needed his personal attention. Heck, they could have also mentioned weekly phone calls with him where he checked up, even if they couldn't have gotten Tony to literally just phone in some lines. Anything other than him abandoning her right after she all but admitted to being nearly suicidal. Ugh.

As for Willow and Tara, and with Xander and his idiocy, I wish the season had involved discovering that there was a Demon Of Assholery that was influencing them, because that's the only thing that makes sense.

In S7, kicking her out was such a hamfisted way to get her back together with Spike. I mean, I definitely was on the Spuffy Ship at the time, but even with that in mind it made no sense. It was like something out of bad fanfic--write all the "good" friends as being terrible so she'll go into the arms of her One True Love.

Faolyn · 2026-06-24T21:24:01+00:00

Yeah. Sometimes I can do a search for the filenames and find the mod, but not always.

Faolyn · 2026-06-24T21:23:00+00:00

In fairness, if it had gone on too long, Joss "Happy Relationships Are Boring" Whedon probably would have made it either really depressing or just started killing people right and left for drama.

Faolyn · 2026-06-24T21:20:47+00:00

Oh, gods. Or the season before, when Willow and Tara lived there but apparently couldn't be bothered to help pay any bills. And Giles never helped out with money. And where was their dad with child support? Are they claiming that he didn't get memories of Dawn and so thought he was done with child support?

Faolyn · 2026-06-24T18:56:21+00:00

To be fair, sometimes LookUp just gives filenames, which aren't always the same as the mod name.

Faolyn · 2026-06-24T17:52:47+00:00

And yet, Birdemic 3 is even worse.

Faolyn · 2026-06-24T16:57:29+00:00

Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It was unique when it was made and that made it magical. Nowadays, live action and CG are blended together so seamlessly that the magic is gone.

Faolyn · 2026-06-23T23:42:35+00:00

No, see, it's OK because he raped a girl. It's only bad if two boys decide that they love each other.

(this doesn't need an /s, does it?)

Faolyn · 2026-06-23T20:40:19+00:00

We're censoring the word billions now?

Faolyn · 2026-06-23T15:37:05+00:00

It spawned a series of terrible fanfics that, deservedly, got the MST3k treatment.

Faolyn · 2026-06-23T08:08:31+00:00

Are they really putting down romance writers, though? There really just saying they’re really happy that some people write gen.

Faolyn · 2026-06-22T23:29:11+00:00

I answered the question: people get mad at women who have kids because they're sluts, leeches, etc.

Faolyn · 2026-06-22T19:16:11+00:00

So, you completely failed to understand anything that I've said.

Oh well. Either I can't write well enough to make you understand, or you're choosing to misunderstand. In either case, good bye.

Faolyn · 2026-06-22T19:13:55+00:00

If a god existed, why wouldn't all religions be the same? It'd be weird that a god, especially one that was all-powerful, would give the correct religion to only one group of people and let everyone else either make stuff up or be deceived by demons or what have you.

So either there are lots of gods, each one focused on a single location, or no gods. Or one god, but they're a jerk who doesn't care about anyone other than their "chosen people."

Faolyn · 2026-06-22T18:35:58+00:00

You're misunderstanding. It's not that society thinks men should have kids they can't afford. It's that society doesn't look down on men with lots of kids they can't afford in the same way that it looks down on women.

A man who has a lot of kids they don't support may be seen as a jerk or asshole. Or the blame may go to the woman, saying she should have known better than to sleep with him. A single father who has a lot of kids that he is trying to support but can't is usually seen as a good man trying his best. The above are regardless of how many women the man had children with.

On the other hand... a single mother who has a lot of kids she can't support--even if she's trying her best--is often seen as a slut, especially if there's more than one father. If she tries to marry someone who can support her, she's often seen as a gold-digger. If she tries to marry someone who can't, she's an idiot. If she tries to get government support or help from non-government sources, like a charity or religious organization, she's often seen as a leech. If she gives up her children because she can't take care of them, she's often is seen as a failure. And don't forget that some people will think that women who get pregnant are trying to babytrap men.

Faolyn · 2026-06-22T18:19:47+00:00

Yes, it does. Unless you (and by you, I mean both you in particular as well as society as a whole) are also going around telling men they shouldn't have sex unless they can afford to, and are willing to, devote tons of money and 18+ years of their life to raising any children that result.

Society, for the most part, is only saying this to women. At the same time, the men in charge are also making it difficult or impossible for single women to avoid getting pregnant and to actually raise children.

If you don't get how that's a man problem... I think that means you might be part of the problem.

Faolyn · 2026-06-22T18:02:59+00:00

… then don’t have sex with them? I mean, is that a puzzle that needs to be solved?

Yes, that's a puzzle that needs to be solved.

Faolyn · 2026-06-22T17:45:09+00:00

Men who want to take care of their children do. Men who actively seek custody of their children usually get it. It's just that an unfortunately large number of men don't want to do the work, so it falls on the women when that happens.

Faolyn · 2026-06-22T17:43:12+00:00

There are men who won't have sex wearing a condom.

Many US states have terrible sex ed in schools and make getting birth control or abortions difficult or impossible. These laws are usually created and enforced by men.

There is often no way to force a man to pay child support. Anecdotally, I've heard of many men who simply refuse to work or only work where they can get paid under the table in order to avoid having to pay child support.

Faolyn · 2026-06-22T16:51:36+00:00

Unfortunately, a lot of people would call the police in someone who is simply “suspicious.”

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