Having been without a drivers license for a time in a place where there is also some public transit (and I ride my bike a lot) I do know that the enforced loss of my car felt like a loss of part of my adulthood, it was a loss of privilege that I resented (never mind that I can drive my car again now and rarely do.It's like a security blanket, it't there and I know I can use it if I want to or need to, never mind how often I do. )
And we know Giles drove in Sunnydale and had one of those little middle life crisis convertibles, so I think that psychologically that would still have an effect.
I do think he'd be less sanguine about the loss of alcohol, the USA approach to which is just silly.
Very very VERY good point!
I just think the comics have been very one-note about the whole thing which sadly reduces Giles' character far more than the mere fact of being reduced to a 12 year old. There are complicated preteen characters in literature. But "complex characterization" is not really the comics' strong suit.
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Having been without a drivers license for a time in a place where there is also some public transit (and I ride my bike a lot) I do know that the enforced loss of my car felt like a loss of part of my adulthood, it was a loss of privilege that I resented (never mind that I can drive my car again now and rarely do.It's like a security blanket, it't there and I know I can use it if I want to or need to, never mind how often I do. )
And we know Giles drove in Sunnydale and had one of those little middle life crisis convertibles, so I think that psychologically that would still have an effect.
I do think he'd be less sanguine about the loss of alcohol, the USA approach to which is just silly.
Very very VERY good point!
I just think the comics have been very one-note about the whole thing which sadly reduces Giles' character far more than the mere fact of being reduced to a 12 year old. There are complicated preteen characters in literature. But "complex characterization" is not really the comics' strong suit.