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I'm terribly anal about crossovers, actually - the fact that Dawn specifically mentions the existance of the Harry Potter books, and Xander (and the Trio) making all their Spiderman/Superman comments really make it hard for me to suspend disbelief for crossovers with other canons.
Sometimes I can sling a rope around disbelief's neck, hang it from the rafters and go 'lalala I can't
hear
you' while reading something good, though.
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Oooh! Polgara, I was watching
Smallville
Season 6 earlier today, and there was a big strapping dude who did the whole built-in-impalement-device thing, and I was all "You're a Polgara Demon!" at the screen. And then reflecting upon how insanely referential things are, when their monster reminds me of a Buffy monster named after your good self, whom I assume to be named after the David Eddings character? It's like six degrees of, er, something.
I was noticing on that timeline that Hermione's birthday is the day before mine (And ten fictional years apart.). But have they ever celebrated Hermione's birthday? I don't think so.
I'm terribly anal about crossovers, actually - the fact that Dawn specifically mentions the existance of the Harry Potter books, and Xander (and the Trio) making all their Spiderman/Superman comments really make it hard for me to suspend disbelief for crossovers with other canons.
Alternate dimensions!
waves hands frantically.
And then reflecting upon how insanely referential things are, when their monster reminds me of a Buffy monster named after your good self, whom I assume to be named after the David Eddings character?
and also the way that every supernatural/fantasy/sci fi shows steals or adapts from Buffy.
and also the way that every supernatural/fantasy/sci fi shows steals or adapts from Buffy.
wrod.
...it's fun, watching the same tropes get played out in different shows, though. The 'Oh Noes, I'm crazy! It was all a dream!' schtick being the most recent one I've rolled my eyes over.
...it's fun, watching the same tropes get played out in different shows, though. The 'Oh Noes, I'm crazy! It was all a dream!' schtick being the most recent one I've rolled my eyes over.
How about a Buffy episode where a demon or curse transforms everyone into LOLCats?
The 'Oh Noes, I'm crazy! It was all a dream!' schtick being the most recent one I've rolled my eyes over.
Hardly original to Buffy. I nearly hurt myself eyerolling over that ep.
Quick question to verify something: until the Malfoys at the end of OotP, there wasn't any family we knew of that had a parent in Azkaban and a child at Hogwarts, right? (I'm specifically thinking convicted Death Eaters, but really, anybody.)
Dumbledore... but that was back in the day
Oooh, thanks! I'd forgotten about that!
Weren't Sr's Crabbe and Goyle in there when Malfoy went, or no?
