Oh I agree that Caleb wasn't planned, and I think that the second half of the season was botched up and giving Nathan a job was certainly a reason, but concerning BB there's a logic going on from season 1 to season 7...and that logic led us towards BB that were more and more human (The Master, a vampire without a human face, living in the underworld=>Angelus, a formerly soulled vampire = > The Mayor, formerly human, living in the human world => Adam, a BB created by men, with bits of human technology and demon parts, wanted to study humanity = > Glory, a goddess stuck in the human world, who had to share a body with Ben, a human => Willow, a human witch who went dark => Caleb)?
As for the finale. I really don't read it as you did. I don't see women emulating men at all, the Slayer's physical powers are a metaphor and I doubt that Joss meant that physical strength would be the quality by which women would be judged (and judged by whom?). I liked the idea that slayerhood was no longer showed as a "burden" but as something positive. And I don't see a man stepping in and saving the girls for instance.
I know that many connections I find may exist only in my own head, but it's fun to seek them, and who knows what went in the writers' head anyway...
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As for the finale. I really don't read it as you did. I don't see women emulating men at all, the Slayer's physical powers are a metaphor and I doubt that Joss meant that physical strength would be the quality by which women would be judged (and judged by whom?). I liked the idea that slayerhood was no longer showed as a "burden" but as something positive. And I don't see a man stepping in and saving the girls for instance.
I know that many connections I find may exist only in my own head, but it's fun to seek them, and who knows what went in the writers' head anyway...