1. You forgot the part where Whedon's big feminist icon is based on the character he merged with the giant phallic bullet.
2. Know why I could never get into Fred/Gunn? Because they were obviously only doing it because everyone expected Fred/Wes. I never doubted that they'd eventually break them up and go for Fred/Wes.
Most of the things you listed? Pretty darn good. Most of the "Awesome" "edgy" etc. stuff? Crap.
Take a look at what Marvel just did with Jubilee. For twenty years, she's been at least partly defined by her fear of accidentally killing someone, even to the point where it's been stated in the books that she created a mental block on her powers to keep them from ever reaching lethal levels. She's been in several situations (including wars with alien races) where she chose to not kill (making it clear that being raised by a killer contributed to her stance on the subject) even though few would hold her morally responsible for at least 2 instances, and in other cases, the choice to not kill, and even save the life of her opponent, was the choice that was detrimental to her, which she knew even as she did it.
So Marvel had her teammates shrink down a skrull and have her step on it, essentially saying it would happen eventually anyway, with no consideration or sign of remorse, portraying it as a very casual decision. They also had her scraping the remains off her shoe, to make sure we had no doubts.
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2. Know why I could never get into Fred/Gunn? Because they were obviously only doing it because everyone expected Fred/Wes. I never doubted that they'd eventually break them up and go for Fred/Wes.
Most of the things you listed? Pretty darn good. Most of the "Awesome" "edgy" etc. stuff? Crap.
Take a look at what Marvel just did with Jubilee. For twenty years, she's been at least partly defined by her fear of accidentally killing someone, even to the point where it's been stated in the books that she created a mental block on her powers to keep them from ever reaching lethal levels. She's been in several situations (including wars with alien races) where she chose to not kill (making it clear that being raised by a killer contributed to her stance on the subject) even though few would hold her morally responsible for at least 2 instances, and in other cases, the choice to not kill, and even save the life of her opponent, was the choice that was detrimental to her, which she knew even as she did it.
So Marvel had her teammates shrink down a skrull and have her step on it, essentially saying it would happen eventually anyway, with no consideration or sign of remorse, portraying it as a very casual decision. They also had her scraping the remains off her shoe, to make sure we had no doubts.