Dawn!
Okay, fine.
You are right. I am wrong. It’s entirely possible that Dawn will become a Slayer. It’s entirely possible that Buffy will die and her spirit live on in a 1947 Packard. It’s entirely possible that Xander will have a sex change operation.
There, that make you happy? That make your little egos feel better because you’ve had your imaginings of what could happen validated? Good.
For the record, Squish, you’re not seeing the “real” Aleck. You’re seeing the same Aleck as before. The same Aleck that you attacked for saying that Eva Habermann couldn’t act (at least in English) because you have some crush on her. The same Aleck that you attacked for saying that Princess Diana was an unattractive person. The same Aleck you’ve attacked for having opinions differing from your own. The same Aleck you’ve launched into personal insults about because he dare state a view that opposes yours, when you weren’t insulted at all. You took this discussion, when I was just supporting *your* contention that it was unlikely that Dawn would become the Slayer and finding holes in the argument that she *would* even pointing out where we were in agreement, and decided to make it personal. I’ve never *once* said that I was “right” about any of this. I’ve simply been reiterating and interpreting plot points of the show, and pointing them out when I think they’re being overlooked. I’ve acknowledged that it’s possible, but very very unlikely (and pointed out as examples for comparison two examples of even more unlikely scenarios that you’ve thought of that, like the arguments you keep making in this thread, ignored important aspects of the shows — hardly as much of a “cheap shot” as the even more personal sh*t that you and Bonnee keep throwing around).
Again, and I don’t know where you keep getting this stupid f*cking idea, I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANYONE ELSE’S OPINION. ****YOU**** have problems accepting the fact that anyone disagrees with anything you say, and take it personal. Bonnee doesn’t launch into some pseudo-intellectual or pseudo-philosophical dissection of anyone’s particular personal philosophies unless they disagree with his. Bonnee says that I “contradict (my)self at every turn by presuming to contradict anyone else.” That’s ridiculous. As far as Bonnee’s concerned, because of some pathological need to focus on *my* personal philosophies for whatever insipid reason, I am not allowed to hold *any* opinion that differs from anyone else’s, particularly his. Bonnee would, I guess, enjoy his life more if I simply took whatever opinion was offered to me as my own. [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] But it’s you, Squish, that contradict yourself at every turn. You say you want to let things drop, but only on your terms. You say you’re accepting of others’ opinions, but when one’s expressed, you find some idiotic way of getting around it (“that’s not an opinion, that’s a rant”) and attacking the person *with* that opinion. You say “it’s unlikely that Dawn will become the Slayer” and then attack someone for ***pointing out the reasons why your opinion is supported by the show.*** You’re not attacking me for even having a *different* opinion, you’re attacking me for having a *similar* opinion that happens to be *just a little bit stronger than your own.* Take a look back, Squish. Did I say *anything* about *anybody* when I first posted in either this thread or the “Summer Movies” thread? How did I imply that there was anything wrong with anyone else’s opinion? YOU were the first one to be dismissive, when you went on your little “I can’t be bothered to read Aleck’s predictable long-winded post” shpiel. You took it out of the realm of “let’s talk about Buffy” to “let’s talk about your post,” just as you took a discussion of “what do you think of summer movies” and made it “what do you think of dissenting opinions of Star Wars?” You stopped talking about the show or movie, and decided it was better to talk about what *someone else said* about the show or movie. You took things to a personal level, something I did not do. Why? Because you can’t accept that anyone has an opinion differing from your own.
–Aleck