But she became White Willow in the end, and the magic was good again!
Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Connie Neil - Dec 01, 2016 1:57:09 pm PST #10135 of 10457
brillig
Jessica - Dec 01, 2016 2:04:53 pm PST #10136 of 10457
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
See, I don't even mind the notion that some kinds of magic are good and some are harmful (and Willow is TOTALLY the kind of arrogant utilitarian who would dismiss that as ridiculous and use dark magic because it's easier and more powerful).
But instead of trusting the audience to understand that, we got slurred stumbling and giggling about dude I scored such a great spell last night, and Amy sneaking into Buffy's house to steal sage and ACTUAL CAR CRASH.
DavidS - Dec 01, 2016 2:30:34 pm PST #10137 of 10457
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
As I recall from reports from our source inside the writer's room (coughSCRAPPYcough) a lot of the writing staff was in recovery so the addiction metaphor was a little too easy for them to reach for.
But I concur, JessiMoon, they blew a character arc which could have stood next to Wesley's story.
Steph L. - Dec 01, 2016 2:41:46 pm PST #10138 of 10457
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
ACTUAL CAR CRASH.
Man, I totally forgot the actual car crash.
brenda m - Dec 01, 2016 3:50:02 pm PST #10139 of 10457
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I think you mean ACTUAL CAR CRASH!!11!
DavidS - Dec 01, 2016 7:47:31 pm PST #10140 of 10457
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think Trudy initiated the Trademark on Actual Car Crashâ„¢.
Calli - Dec 08, 2016 1:58:28 am PST #10141 of 10457
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I never got the whole stealing sage thing. I'm pretty sure it grows natively in S. CA. Just go to an abandoned lot with a pair of clippers.
ETA: Which is the least of the arc's problems, I know. But as a would-be gardener, it bugs.
billytea - Dec 08, 2016 2:42:35 am PST #10142 of 10457
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I never got the whole stealing sage thing. I'm pretty sure it grows natively in S. CA. Just go to an abandoned lot with a pair of clippers.
The arc would have been markedly improved if you'd been there to give them your sage advice.
Jessica - Dec 08, 2016 3:41:36 am PST #10143 of 10457
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Best thing about binge-watching the whole series? Not having to wait 6 years for XANDER LIES to come back around.
(Also, S6 improves dramatically on binge-rewatch. There are still individual terrible eps - OH HAI Wrecked - but the emotional highs and lows make a lot more sense consumed all at once.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 08, 2016 6:56:58 am PST #10144 of 10457
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I always think of that "Where's the coriander, bitch?!?" quote from some review or recap in connection with Amy and Season 6.