Princess Scream Once Blog

This article really brought a lot to light for me about the episode “Hush” of Buffy. First of all, it almost makes me mad how some people, or beings, seem to think that they are better than everyone else. This occurs a lot in this episode. First of all, the Gentlemen place themselves at a higher position that their minions. They think that they are superior and make their minions do all the dirty work for them so that they don’t have to deal with the struggle and difficulty of capturing their victims. Without any reason, the Gentlemen see themselves as superiors to everyone and everything in the episode. In a way, Buffy does the same thing. Immediately when Giles says that only the scream of a princess can kill the Gentlemen, Buffy automatically assumes that she is the princess and says “How do I get my voice back?” (Wilcox 148). Although she is the slayer, I do not believe that she automatically has the right to assume that she is the princess. Why isn’t Willow the princess? Willow is just as intelligent as Buffy, if not more intelligent. Why can’t she be the princess? Buffy automatically assumes that she is going to be the hero and places herself at a higher level than anyone else, assuming that she is the only one who can defeat the Gentlemen.
The difference between Buffy and the Gentlemen is that Buffy actually does work. The Gentlemen let their servants or helpers or whatever you want to call them do the work, whereas when Buffy assumes that she is to be the one to defeat the Gentlemen, she does the work herself. She sets out to fight them and gets her hands dirty to get the job done. One must give Buffy credit for this and the fact that she is taking it upon herself to do the work to defeat the enemy gives her some validation for assuming that she is to be the princess, but still does not give her the right to assume that she is better than anyone.