The one Buffy scene that chokes me up whenever I think about it is in the final minutes of the very last episode, "Chosen", where the potential Slayers all over the world feel the effects of Willow's spell and feel, well, *Slayerness* just wash over them. This little girl playing baseball, can't be more than 8 or 9, is standing at bat, and you can see from the look on her face that she's wavering a bit. Willow's Slayer power-share spell kicks in, and the little girl lowers her gaze and you know from the look on her face that *she knows* she's going to knock it out of the fucking park.
When asked,"Why do you write these strong women characters?" Joss said,
"Because equality is not a concept. It’s not something we should be striving for. It’s a necessity. Equality is like gravity. We need it to stand on this earth as men and women. And the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance, and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who is confronted with it.
We need equality. Kinda now."
That's why I love Joss Whedon. That, and the fights on Buffy were so exciting. Oh yeah, and Giles.
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