WWBD? When Politics meets Buffy

“It does have that icky government feel to it.” – Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan), “Out of My Mind” on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

One 20-something girl takes on overwhelming political apathy and confusion with the aid of her favorite Vampire Slayer. You know her as Buffy.

When people relay information to me in terms of Buffy terms, I can much more easily comprehend them. It’s kind of like when you’re younger and learning math, and they try to trick you by having you count cookies or something you really like. (I do like cookies, for the record.)

Despite being published in December of ‘07, I still find this post on cogitamusblog.com very entertaining. It’s called “The GOP Primary Field in Buffy Villains” – and it’s combining my love of Buffy with my general apathy/confusion for politics. This is a perfect marriage that leaves me able to deal with politics in a new light. You know, one that makes sense to someone who doesn’t read about politics all the time. My philosphy in life is simple: Buffy good, Politics meh. (Fire bad, tree pretty.)

A Vague Disclaimer is Nobodies Friend: I do want to add that (on a more serious front here) I am someone who has always voted since age has allowed me to, and I do take the time to get informed so I’m not a blind voter. I encourage everyone to do the same. /end serious.

We know now that John McCain is the Republican nominee. If, as the above link states, John McCain is The Master, we’ll have to defeat him. Taking a cue from Prophecy Girl, the season one episode where Buffy fights the Master, I’ll have to put on a white party dress, drown for a couple minutes (lost in thought – it’s a metaphor!), and then vote him into dust! Followers will try to bring him back (When She Was Bad, season two), and it will not work because we’ll grind the bones of their operation to a halt. Or, dust. Whichever.

More ‘Buffy and Politics’ googling lead me to this post that compares a photo of U.S. Senator Fred Thompson to those of the villainous and hauntingly creepy evil dudes from the groundbreaking season four Buffy episode Hush. They were referred to as The Gentleman.

The more I googled away (which always sounds inappropriately dirty) I found more and more ways in which Buffy and politics were merged. Obama fans can wear this T-shirt that says: Barack, the tyrant slayer. The description of the shirt says it is meant for, “sci-fi fantasy geek liberals, democrats, (and) progressives everywhere”.

Since I’m talking politics here and I probably won’t again, I want to pose a question to the great void. It’s not about Buffy, but Gilmore Girls. The series finale of the show had Rory Gilmore heading off to work for an Online Magazine where she would be following the Obama trail. This was before Hillary Clinton had thrown her hat into the mix. Rory had previously been shown to be a great fan of Hillary, wanting to write about her for her Yale admissions essay. Do you suppose Rory would feel conflicted now? Or do you think she would prefer Obama to Hillary? There’s no ‘right’ answer.

P.S. This T-shirt is fun. So is this one, which less people might ‘get’, but it’s so cute! You’ll be singing all day. It must be bunnies!!! It has nothing to do with politics. Except, uh, bunny politics. Are you pro-bunnies or not? I like them and do not find them suspicious. In fact, I was in the pet store the other day and I met a very nice bunny whom I was told was named Bruno. Of course, then my wallet mysteriously went missing…

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