“Surrounded by candles and crystals, [Erin Shade] described their relationship as an abuse of power. “People like Joss offset their trauma on other people in exchange for their energy, and take their energy to keep going — to keep themselves alive, almost,” she told me. “That’s why he’s so good at the vampire narrative.” (Whedon says he “should have handled the situation better.”)”

– The Undoing of Joss Whedon (Vulture, cw: descriptions of abuse, racism).

Joss previously on the Blue, here, here and here.