Buffy: the events that stay powerful, and the ones who's impact has faded... by chrisisall

The Body for sure. It's so strong on all levels and then it has greater impact because it is so 'unBuffy' yet... still Buffy.

Plus for me HUSH. That did something quite incredible for TV. I've watched it several times and it still has impact. Would make a great film! It says so much without uttering a word. I also think The Gentlemen are brilliant iconic figures.

In terms of faded impact, I'd maybe go with a few season two episodes. At the time they seemed hard hitting, but then given where the show took some of those principle characters I'd say it diminished the overall significance.

As for season six I tried giving it another whirl a few weeks back, and save for 'Once more with Feeling' and 'Tabula Rasa' it is just below par. (Sorry)

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Friday, July 13, 2007 8:49 AM

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:

As for season six I tried giving it another whirl a few weeks back, and save for 'Once more with Feeling' and 'Tabula Rasa' it is just below par.

Actually, while I find it entertaining enough, it sometimes feels like a 'filler season' with a few amazing standout eps. But it gets us to seven, my favourite!

Ahhh, seven...Chrisisall

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Friday, July 13, 2007 8:59 AM

WOW! Season seven is your Favourite!!! How come I didn't know that?! Wait... Did I know that? Maybe I've just forgotten.... No wait wasn't season three your favourite?

*scratches head*

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Friday, July 13, 2007 9:10 AM

Season three is the objective best season IMO, but season seven is my personal favourite.

Why...is it yours as well?

Potentially Chrisisall

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Friday, July 13, 2007 10:15 AM

It's close but, no my objective best is season three and my personal favourite is season four.

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Friday, July 13, 2007 10:31 AM

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
It's close but, no my objective best is season three and my personal favourite is season four.

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Those are my other two favourites. I think I heard somewhere that 4 was Joss' personal fave.
But they don't have Chosen...

But they all have Faith Chrisisall

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Friday, July 13, 2007 10:52 AM

Originally posted by chrisisall:

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Those are my other two favourites. I think I heard somewhere that 4 was Joss' personal fave.

I didn't know that. That is interesting. I just love four because it is entertaining, and funny. The funny part being what wins me over every time. I still crease up watching Xander and Harmony have that slow-mo fight. It is just about the funniest thing!

Upon first viewing I wanted Spike GONE, but on repeated viewing they do extract the maximum humour from his just 'being around' so well that it becomes so much apart of the season. The initiative while annoying to a large extent are perfect foils for Buffy to neuter with her brand of demon dealing.

Then there's HUSH, JONATHAN AND RESTLESS to name but a few :D

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Friday, July 13, 2007 1:07 PM

RUGBUG

Lets' see what's not lost its impact:

Buffy killing Angel
Buffy letting Angel bite her
The Body
Willow saying goodbye to Oz
Spike seeing Buffy's hand and knowing she had to crawl out of her grave
Xander and the yellow crayon speech
Xander, Caleb and the eye popping grossness
Spike trying to rape Buffy
Cordelia's struggle after seeing Xander and Willow liplocked

I'm sure there are more I can't think of right now.

What has lost its impact?

Buffy jumping off the tower for Dawn
Buffy coming back to life
Spike getting his soul back
A lot of the Faith stuff (except for This Year's Girl and Who Are You?)

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Friday, July 13, 2007 1:20 PM

SERENITYINSCOTLAND

Events that have stayed powerful for me, in no particular order save the last one:

"Full of Grace" at the end of 'Becoming' - got to watch from 'Suprise' onwards for it to work though.
The hilltop speech in 'Amends'. The greatest Buffy moment ever.
The "This is the world we made" sequence in the 'The Wish'.
Angelus's speeches in 'Passion'. It does indeed rule us all.
Spike's immolation in 'Chosen'.
Drusilla's speech to Spike in 'Crush' (an odd one I know).
Tara/Giles refrain in 'Once More...'
"My whole life - I've never loved anything else." from 'Wild at Heart'.
A whole bunch more (trying to spread over the seasons) but no. 1 for never losing impact....
'Prophecy Girl' - when Buffy finds out she is going to die. "Read me the signs! Tell me my fortune!" The moment when SMG and the series came of age.

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Friday, July 13, 2007 3:42 PM

Ok, somebody tell me what this Hush episodes about? I keep seeing people mention it.

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Friday, July 13, 2007 4:58 PM

WTE

It's the mostly dialogue-less episode of Buffy from season four.

HONKS

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Friday, July 13, 2007 5:11 PM

DANNIISUPERNOVA

I have to say:
The Wish
This Year's Girl
when Buffy stabs Faith/the Faith dream sequence in Graduation Day Pts 1/2
Buffy killing herself
Willow's transformation
the empowering bit in Chosen
Tara's death
The part where Giles listens to the Led Zepplin song in "Forever" (I am SO convinced he was in love with Joyce)

have lost impact?
Buffy getting thrown out
Any Oz/Willow
Angel/Buffy Season 3
A LOT of Spike from the seventh season.

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Friday, July 13, 2007 6:04 PM

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It's the mostly dialogue-less episode of Buffy from season four.

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Friday, July 13, 2007 6:38 PM

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Most of the best moments from season two still have incredible impact, while a lot of season three, apart from the final two episodes, has lost its impact. I always thought, if there were an overrated season of Buffy, it would definitely be three...

There are a lot of other moments and events which I can't be bothered listing here but when it comes to episodes, 'Restless' is the one that never loses its impact no matter how many times you watch it. This is because you keep discovering new things on repeat viewings.

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Friday, July 13, 2007 6:53 PM

WTE

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Originally posted by Misstressahara:
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Originally posted by WTE:
It's the mostly dialogue-less episode of Buffy from season four.

HONKS

Oh, well that tells me a whole damn lot. Thanks.

It's an episode Joss wrote in which demons steal the voices of everyone in Sunnydale. Thus, most of the episode is mimed, mouthed, whatever. There isn't dialogue.

EDIT: Forget it. http://www.buffyguide.com/

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Saturday, July 14, 2007 9:43 AM

America loves a winner!

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Originally posted by chrisisall:

But the shock of Buffy and Spike destroying an abandoned house with their lust has faded some; at first viewing it actually brought tears to my eyes,....

Chrisisall, the Vampire Poster

How ever much I saw you as half a sissy before, pales in comparison to the full blown sissy I see you now.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Sunday, July 15, 2007 6:42 AM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

How ever much I saw you as half a sissy before, pales in comparison to the full blown sissy I see you now.

I am a man of feeling, sir, so I'll take that as a compliment, considering the source.
*and to throw in the testosteronic proof of manhood*
Plus: hand to hand, I could kick your ass, pal.

Chrisisall

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Sunday, July 15, 2007 6:45 AM

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Originally posted by SerenityinScotland:

The hilltop speech in 'Amends'. The greatest Buffy moment ever.

Spike's immolation in 'Chosen'.

Those two have me tear up every time.

Sissy Chrisisall

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Sunday, July 15, 2007 6:48 AM

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Originally posted by danniisupernova:

the empowering bit in Chosen

Hairs on back of neck stand on end/lump in throat EVERY time seeing it.

Heck, even thinking about it.

My inner feminist-like Chrisisall

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Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:34 AM

America loves a winner!

It's not that there aren't 'moments' in Buffy which would make even the most he men around get misty eyed, but Spike and Buffy goin' at it ? You'd best ease up on the loafer lightener. I think the fumes have gone to your head.

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Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:43 AM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
It's not that there are 'moments' in Buffy which would make even the most he men around get misty eyed, but Spike and Buffy goin' at it ?

Subtext, oh thickest one.
She was making a choice to hurt herself, and possibly destroy her relationship with her friends. It was one of the most lost moments she went through, and it hit me the same way a suicide attempt would. To feel something, she was risking her very soul, almost literally!

Sorry, but it was powerful stuff, for ME, anyway.

Explaining Chrisisall

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Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:57 AM

America loves a winner!

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
It's not that there aren't 'moments' in Buffy which would make even the most he men around get misty eyed, but Spike and Buffy goin' at it ?
Subtext, oh thickest one.
She was making a choice to hurt herself, and possibly destroy her relationship with her friends. It was one of the most lost moments she went through, and it hit me the same way a suicide attempt would. To feel something, she was risking her very soul, almost literally!

Sorry, but it was powerful stuff, for ME, anyway.

Explaining Chrisisall

And here I thought the girl just had an itch that needed scratchin'.

Mentality of Spike here.

*Oh, and since I've not mentioned a scene yet, I'll go along w/ the Xander yellow crayon speech to Willow. For once, he did something right.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

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Sunday, July 15, 2007 11:12 AM

SERENITYINSCOTLAND

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The part where Giles listens to the Led Zepplin song in "Forever" (I am SO convinced he was in love with Joyce)

Yes. I don't know about him being him in love with Joyce, I think it was more of a mother-father dynamic with himself and Joyce rather than him being madly in love with her but this scene will never lose its poignancy. Thing is, to the casual viewer who hasn't seen 'Band Candy' it will mean almost nothing but to see him sit down with it on (does he have a glass of Scotch at the time?) and stare into memory, it gets me everytime. Excellent choice, and thank you for bringing it to mind.

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Sunday, July 15, 2007 11:15 AM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

Mentality of Spike here.

No worries, chicks dig that, it's been said.

Nancy-boy Chrisisall

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Monday, July 16, 2007 5:24 AM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
*Oh, and since I've not mentioned a scene yet, I'll go along w/ the Xander yellow crayon speech to Willow. For once, he did something right.

I've been re-watching Buffy for the umpteenth time (it always starts with.."I'll just watch _____ episode" and ends up with me watching all seven seasons)...and it just dawned on me how often Xander was actually the pivotal character in the finale. Screw Buffy. It's all about Xander. :D He does right. A lot.

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Monday, July 16, 2007 6:54 AM

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Originally posted by RugBug:
It's all about Xander. :D He does right. A lot.

I'ma write a book: The Tao Of Xander.

Runaway best-seller Chrisisall

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Monday, July 16, 2007 7:50 AM

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Oh, well that tells me a whole damn lot. Thanks.

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Monday, July 16, 2007 7:53 AM

]Originally posted by RugBug:

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I've been re-watching Buffy for the umpteenth time (it always starts with.."I'll just watch _____ episode" and ends up with me watching all seven seasons)

Hey that happens to me too :D

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..and it just dawned on me how often Xander was actually the pivotal character in the finale. Screw Buffy. It's all about Xander. :D He does right. A lot.

So good to hear someone else think this too.

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Monday, July 16, 2007 8:47 AM

The only thing that strikes me as losing it's impact is Oz leaving. I'm still not thrilled about the way he was written out in "Wild At Heart" (felt his actions in that ep. were completely out of character for him and Seth's exit should've been handled differently), but it doesn't bring me to tears anymore. Jenny's death never did, although I did feel bad for Giles and Willow.

The stuff that still retains it's impact are the basics...

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Meeting the original Scooby gang for the first time, especially Xander and Willow; Buffy's cool reaction "Oh look, a bad guy" line in "Prophesy Girl" after being drowned by the Master and the theme playing in the background; Xander's "If Willow dies I'll kill you" speech to Buffy in "When She Was Bad"; Oz seeing Willow for the first time; Xander and Cordy's kiss; Oz's "In my fantasy, when I'm kissing you, you're kissing me" speech; Buffy and Angel having sex for the first time and it's consequences; Buffy preventing Giles from getting killed by Angelus; Buffy killing Angel; Angel's return; the shock of finding out that Cordy really loved Xander; Faith's downfall, Buffy trying to get through, Angel almost succeeding where she failed; "Earshot"; Xander's speech to Buffy in "The Freshman"; "Hush"; Faith's return; Buffy telling Giles she needs him before he can tell her he's leaving because she doesn't; Xander's speeches to Buffy and Anya in "Into the Woods"; Riley leaving and thinking Buffy let him go; "The Body"; the final scene in "Forever"; Tara's brainsuck by Glory for protecting Dawn; Buffy's "any of you goes near Dawn, I'll kill you" speech; Buffy's sacrifice and Spike & Giles reactions especially in "The Gift"; The gang surprising Giles at the airport; Spike's protection of Dawn; the heartbreak of knowing what Buffy experienced while dead and was forced out of by those who loved her; "OMWF"; Giles leaving; Willow & Tara's breakup; Anya's heartbreak; Dawn's reaction to Tara and Willow's make-up; Tara's death and especially Dawn's reaction; Andrew saying he could summon a demon to kill Willow and Xander saying "And I could smack you so hard your eyeballs'll switch sockets"; Giles returning with the intent of sacrificing himself to save Willow; Buffy telling Giles the events of the year and the laughter that followed; Dawn helping Buffy fight for the first time; Xander saving scary-veiny, crayon-breaky Willow and the world; Willow's "I just wanna be Willow" line; Buffy sharing her strength with a wounded Willow; the song in "Conversations with Dead People"; the First using Tara's memory against Willow; Xander's speech to Dawn in "Potential"; Xander being wounded by Caleb; Buffy being kicked out of her house by Dawn; Buffy calling Xander her strength and getting him to take Dawn out of town; Dawn getting the upper hand and going back to help fight; Dawn refusing to say goodbye to Buffy; Dawn kicking Buffy and saying "Dumbass"; the original Scooby gang meeting in the school hallway; Buffy's "are you ready to be strong?" speech; Anya's death; the spell and it's impact on young girls; Spike's sacrifice; that most survived for new adventures; Buffy's smile.

Feel free to tell me if I left anything out!

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So I say we change the rule. I say my power should be our power...
Every girl who could have the power, will have the power. Can stand up, will stand up...
Make your choice. Are you ready to be strong?"--Buffy Summers, May 20, 2003

"In Joss We Trust."

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Monday, July 16, 2007 9:30 AM

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Originally posted by jwhedonaddict:

Feel free to tell me if I left anything out!

Buffy's speech to Angel in "Amends", which pretty much became the Angel mission statement.

Chrisisall

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:56 AM

You got me!

Guess what else I thought of?

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The scene in the library from "Dopplegangland" when Buffy, Xander & Giles think Willow is dead. You still totally empathize even though you know perfectly well that she's fine. Somebody says (I think Buffy) that she was the best of all of them. Xander says she was way better than him. Giles agrees. Then she walks in and they think she's a vamp. Xander waves the cross in front of her, to no effect. They all hug her, overexcitedly. Completely weirded out, she asks if they all took a bunch of drugs. Buffy asks Giles to explain, which he can't. Xander says "Can you believe the Watcher's Council let this guy go?"

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:00 AM

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Xan's da man Chrisisall

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:13 AM

Why yes, he is!

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So I say we change the rule. I say my power should be our power...
Every girl who could have the power, will have the power. Can stand up, will stand up...
Make your choice. Are you ready to be strong?"--Buffy Summers, May 20, 2003

"In Joss We Trust."

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 1:44 PM

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MISSTRESSAHARA Wrote:

Oh, well that tells me a whole damn lot. Thanks.

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Well how far into the show are you? I wouldn't want to spoil anything for you. Just to say keep an eye out for it.

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Don't plan on watching it, just wanted to know what it was about. Don't mind spoilers at all.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:03 AM

"Hush" (probably the creepiest episode of the show ever) was about a group of demons called The Gentlemen that could not speak, could only smile and show their metal teeth. They stole the voices of everyone in town (through magic) so they could float around and steal their hearts without a problem. They had these weird demony straight-jacketed things that went around and attacked people for them. It was never explained, I don't think, why they needed the hearts, but in the end it was Buffy's screaming (a magical box that contained the voices had been opened) that killed them, exploding their heads.

The overall theme of the episode was about communication. The gang had to find creative ways to communicate so they could figure out what was going on and stop it. Scary, funny,and fun. Great episode. Scared the crap out of me--and I was 21.

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So I say we change the rule. I say my power should be our power...
Every girl who could have the power, will have the power. Can stand up, will stand up...
Make your choice. Are you ready to be strong?"--Buffy Summers, May 20, 2003

"In Joss We Trust."

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 2:11 PM

REGINAROADIE

One moment from season 7 that no one really mentioned that I always liked was in "Conversations with Dead People" when Johnathan finally remembers his locker combination, which leads to this bit about how he thinks about the people he went to high school with and wonders what happened to them. Andrew dismisses this saying that high school was a horrible time and that no one cares about him. And then Johnathan replies, "Yeah, but I still care about them." and then continues to dig up the seal. You really get a sense that he's gotten past all that high school bullshit and that he's doing something good for his former classmates, even if he was never once accepted.

Two weekends ago, I attended a wedding. And to my surprise, there was a guy from my first school there at the wedding. This guy was in the grade that was two years ahead of us. And the guys in that grade were the worst guys you could imagine. It's as if all the bullies in one school was grouped in to one class. To be fair, this guy wasn't the worst amongst them. Maybe he was, but her never bothered me personally. Anyways, I go up to him after the service and at the reception, and we end up having a nice chat and was pleasant and all. I brought up high school and he admitted that he was an asshole then and that he got better. The point is, with high school past us, we were able to get past all that clique bullshit and just have a good time. I even made him bust a gut laughing.

I bring this up, because that real life incident reminded me of Johnathan's last good deed. In the quagmire that was season 7, this was one of my few favorite moments in the season, because it touches on something that happens to all of us in a subtle way. When we're living through it, high school is a tumultuous and torturous time. But after we've gotten past it and we've moved on with our lives, we do eventually look back on it and gain perspective and acceptance about our high school years. And we no longer look back wishing death to our enemies, but we have a genuine curiosity of "whatever happened to that guy or girl".

I think that great for a show that metaphorically was about growing up and that transition from being a teenager to being an adult, that it did touch on that psychological byproduct of the high school experience. That what was once horrendous and terrible now seems spiritually cleansing.

I wish Johnathan was the one left standing and was helping the Scoobies in Season 8. Andrew is just an annoying little bitch that deserves to be slaughtered.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 2:29 PM

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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
Andrew is just an annoying little bitch that deserves to be slaughtered.

What was that about leaving stuff behind???

Issues, dude

Chrisisall

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Thursday, July 19, 2007 6:59 AM

I loved Andrew! Of course I also loved it when Xander threatened to smack him so hard his eyeballs would have switched sockets when Andrew offered to summon a demon to kill Willow.

But I loved Andrew...and Jonathan.

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"What if you could have the power? Now? In every generation, one Slayer is born...because a bunch of men who died thousands of years ago made up that rule...
So I say we change the rule. I say my power should be our power...
Every girl who could have the power, will have the power. Can stand up, will stand up...
Make your choice. Are you ready to be strong?"--Buffy Summers, May 20, 2003

"In Joss We Trust."

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Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:14 AM

So say we all............er, most of us!

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Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:53 AM

chrisisnotaloneinthat!

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"What if you could have the power? Now? In every generation, one Slayer is born...because a bunch of men who died thousands of years ago made up that rule...
So I say we change the rule. I say my power should be our power...
Every girl who could have the power, will have the power. Can stand up, will stand up...
Make your choice. Are you ready to be strong?"--Buffy Summers, May 20, 2003

"In Joss We Trust."

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Thursday, July 19, 2007 2:25 PM

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Originally posted by jwhedonaddict:
"Hush" (probably the creepiest episode of the show ever) was about a group of demons called The Gentlemen that could not speak, could only smile and show their metal teeth. They stole the voices of everyone in town (through magic) so they could float around and steal their hearts without a problem. They had these weird demony straight-jacketed things that went around and attacked people for them. It was never explained, I don't think, why they needed the hearts, but in the end it was Buffy's screaming (a magical box that contained the voices had been opened) that killed them, exploding their heads.

The overall theme of the episode was about communication. The gang had to find creative ways to communicate so they could figure out what was going on and stop it. Scary, funny,and fun. Great episode. Scared the crap out of me--and I was 21.

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"What if you could have the power? Now? In every generation, one Slayer is born...because a bunch of men who died thousands of years ago made up that rule...
So I say we change the rule. I say my power should be our power...
Every girl who could have the power, will have the power. Can stand up, will stand up...
Make your choice. Are you ready to be strong?"--Buffy Summers, May 20, 2003

"In Joss We Trust."

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So I guesse it never occured to them to write things out. Hmmmm, smart.

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Thursday, July 19, 2007 4:10 PM

SIRI

I thought Hush was an amazing piece of work. And they did write things out! The masterpiece of Joss making an entire show without words (almost) that was understandable and believable (as far as vampire stories go) and at the same time, creepy, funny and a whole lot of fun. It was as if someone said to Joss, "I'll bet you can't make a silent show that stands up to the rest of the series." And he said, "Just watch me!" and there was Hush.

Siri

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Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:09 PM

Of course they ended up writing things out. I explained the basic details, not every little one. You're using what you want as an excuse to be nasty, plain and simple.

With all do respect, Misstressahara, I kind of have to wonder, why are you on the BUFFY and ANGEL boards as much as the rest of us when you repeatedly claim that you have no interest in the shows?

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So I say we change the rule. I say my power should be our power...
Every girl who could have the power, will have the power. Can stand up, will stand up...
Make your choice. Are you ready to be strong?"--Buffy Summers, May 20, 2003

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:01 AM

CHARLIETHEBLOODY

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
And here I thought the girl just had an itch that needed scratchin'.

Mentality of Spike here.

hardly... spike was one of the most sensitive males in the show, and he always knew what issues people were having before they or their bestest friends/family noticed it

and on topic... I dunno, it all fades for me

I've watched them all too much and things that had me in floods at the mere thought of them before, now have hardly any impact...

but the ones that are fading slower are:
the yellow crayon speech,
spike crazy the church in beneath you,
dawn cutting herself to see if she's real,
faith beating herself to a pulp in who are you,
buffy making andrew cry in storyteller,
angel coming to dance with buffy at the prom,
buffy's response to finding joyce in the body,

but the rest of the body I find a bit tedious now, which is sad...

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 7:55 AM

America loves a winner!

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charliethebloody wrote:
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 07:01
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
And here I thought the girl just had an itch that needed scratchin'.

Mentality of Spike here.

hardly... spike was one of the most sensitive males in the show, and he always knew what issues people were having before they or their bestest friends/family noticed it.

Hey now, you got me all wrong! Spike's one of , if not my FAV character. My comment per his shaggin' Buffy was simply a poke at Chrisisall and his chickified tendencies. Truth be said, I find Spike's sensitive side and ability to 'get' what others look blindly past to be refreshing. I'm glad that his becoming a deamon didn't erase that quality in 'William'.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:08 AM

CHARLIETHEBLOODY

so "mentality of spike" would actually be closer to chris's chickifiedness, wouldn't it?

it's good to know you appreciate that in a man though

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:32 AM

CLEMENTINE

Off the top of my head, one quick moment that hasn't been mentioned...

Forget the espisode but season 5. Buffy asks Spike to look after Dawn and he has her in the caves. She complains about something and Spike reaches his hand out to her head. When she looks up, he lets it drop before he's touched her.

What's fading? The whole angsty Bangel 'ship seems so high school since I've grown up and gotten a real relationship. Tuxedo man and Sailor Moon have the same dynamic. The hundread year old vampire and the high school sophmore just seems kind of creepy now. (I know many disagree. Flame away.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:42 AM