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By Samuel Scott

“Some prophecies are a bit dodgy. They’re mutable. Buffy herself has thwarted them time and time again, but this is the Codex. There is nothing in it that does not come to pass.”

— Giles, “Prophecy Girl”

The definition of prophecy is two-fold – a prophecy, according to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, contains one or both of the following: a… Continue reading

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By Samuel Scott

“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” is often portrayed — especially by its creator, Joss Whedon, and the actors who starred in it — as a television program that celebrated feminism and ushered in an era of so-called girl-power embodied by the later arrival of many strong, female characters on TV and in film. Others, however, have criticized the show and said that it is… Continue reading

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