Exactly! Ooooh, well said about Dr. Horrible. I'd never thought of it that way before, but yeesh.

I've always gotten the feeling that with the more power Joss gets, the more uncomfortable he is with what it does to him. His stories always seem to come back to abuse of power and how power can lead to darkness.

And as Joss has become more powerful in his career, his stories about abuse of power have become more and more incisive.