http://red-satin-doll.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] beer_good_foamy 2012-08-22 10:23 pm (UTC)

both are also part of a disturbing pattern of sacrificial woman/motherhood in Joss's work (and indeed in Western literature in general.) Heroes win by beating the bad guy; heroines win by sacrificing themselves.

*nods vigorously*

And the important word here is "pattern".
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