Veronica vs Buffy: Mind vs Emotion?

[james_davis_nicoll]

That's a grossly simplified summary of this entry over on resolute's LJ. Go read it.

If I were David Brin, I would use this as a springboard to show how this mean Veronica = Civilization and all that is good, whereas Buffy = the shadowy menace of irrationality. Note that Veronica and her father's snoopiness clearly is a metaphor for the Transparent Society.

Comments

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

For television values of high school age

I pretend that they all look 17 rather than their ages because what I have read about the career paths of young actors leads me to think casting them is generally not doing them a favour, if that makes sense.

[burger-eater.livejournal.com]

Perfect sense.