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.

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[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Towns where black people had to vamoose by sundown or risk arrest or beatings.

In Angel's LA, there are non-humans who are just folks. In Sunnydale, everyone knows demons are just evil stake-bait.

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

In Sunnydale, everyone knows demons are just evil stake-bait.

Well, not everyone in Sunnydale knows that demons even *exist*. And there are plenty of exceptions, even in Sunnydale. Willy's place was allowed to operate for a long time, no-one suggests killing Clem, etc. Plus, what we see of Sunnydale is centered on someone whose profession is all about killing demons; Angel *is* a demon, and has a mission statement of "Help the Helpless" -- this is bound to have an effect on the kinds of people they respectively meet.

There certainly are different tones between L.A. and Sunnydale, but they seem in keeping with the standard differences between large urban metropolises and small suburbs.