True enough. however at 25 we don’t know that any of that was happening, but it would make him less believeable NOW. Seth Green was probably the most successful actor going in to the series. There are a lot of people who were on that show for whom it was one of their first paying jobs. 

The vagueness was exceedingly frustrating. I didn’t disbelieve him, but I had no idea what he was talking about and could only shrug and say “Welp, I guess we’ll have to wait until the next time he does something to someone.” Which actually made me a little angry with Fisher. Which is a bullshit reaction!

the kid that played Xander

Right on the nose. You would think that we as ‘modern’ society should be accountable for mistreatment of a fellow human. Sadly it is not the case.

And people assume that you are doing something to be a victim of such abuse/toxicity - along the lines of you can’t be bullied if you don’t let yourself be bullied.

i originally said he was somewhere with armie hammer and a bunch of young women but it was jeremy renner. nothing abusive though! still follows armie hammer on ig.

It’s so frustrating. We’ve known since 2003 that this was shady BS and that he was angry at her for being pregnant. How did we, his feminist audience, not drag him to shame then I don’t understand. 

Whedon had Jewel Staite put on weight to play Kayleigh on Firefly, and then cast slightly-larger-than-Hollywood-normal Miracle Laurie on Dollhouse.

allegedly cheated on his ex-wife with his assistant. he was on some island or somewhere with armie hammer and a bunch of young women. he still follows armie on ig. i haven’t heard any abusive behavior about him yet.

What’s insane is I’ve met Benson in person and she’s incredibly beautiful, and (not a determiner of beauty, but worth noting in terms of fat shaming) very thin. Clearly the production was making particular choices on how to dress and film her that was presenting her a certain way on camera.

Ugh yes I remember seeing pictures of Amber out of her Tara costume and she looked like an average sized actress. In addition to just being bigger than her thin-framed co-stars Hannigan and Geller, the show also some reason styled her to look bigger. Like they would also give her chunky, oversized clothes to wear and…

For me, the worst part was when she felt guilty about Ray being fired because she still felt that if she’d said something, things might have been different, despite overwhelming evidence that nothing of the kind would have happened. 

They literally did a “magical pregnancy” arc for the same character in the first season of the SAME show. There is is just no excuse for his reaction and even LESS of an excuse that he never apologized for what he did years later.

I don’t know how Benson got through Buffy with her self esteem intact. Do you remember how she got fat shamed by Oz-Willow shippers who wanted to hate her for any reason, so much so she actually posted on the Bronze message board to stand up for herself? Even though she was an average size for a working TV actress, ie…

Fortunately, I have had friends who worked with Taika who said he is probably one of the nicest people they’ve ever met in the industry. I know that sounds like a cliche, but there are definitely some “above and beyond” stories that have been shared with me.

“this is something that countless productions have cheerfully adapted to.”

I hear ya.  

sadly, he’ll continue to get tons of work. while we’re at it, david boreanaz is an asshole too. ban men.

Amber Benson tweeted this in support of Charisma

I’m so happy she is coming forward with her truth and she is healing. Even as an avid Buffy-Angel-Firefly fan, it was obvious what had happened to her even then. This is so, so disappointing from Joss but it is not surprising.