Buffistas

Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.

Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'

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.

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Jessica - Oct 30, 2025 10:17:00 am PDT #10547 of 10560

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

We're still loving S3 (even Gingerbread is better than I remember, and Aeryn definitely wanted to know Does Amy Stay A Rat Forever?), just not posting as many reactions because we are Deep In Plot now. (The back half of S3 is just one banger after another. I mean Bad Girls into Consequences and then DOPPELGANGLAND??? Truly we are blessed. I predict this household will be big fans of the return of Vamp!Willow.)

I did start to wonder - is the reason A can predict so many lines/plot points because I absorbed the rhythms and phrasings of this show into the way I speak (and they, raised by me, have simply grown up assuming this is how people talk)? Or because so much media of the past three decades has been inspired by this show and so everything they've ever been a fan of was probably created by someone who watched the original run of this one?

(Or, you know, good old-fashioned neurodivergent pattern recognition which they ALSO got from me. Maybe being able to quip along with Buffy is literally genetic.)

-t - Oct 30, 2025 10:59:33 am PDT #10548 of 10560

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I would guess all those things, yeah

I can't tell you how many times I think about the exact moment when BtVS became my fandom home which I can pinpoint with great accuracy as when Buffy said "You're my Q" and DH was like "what?" and I said "James Bond Q not Star Trek" just before Buffy made the same clarification. A key moment in my biography

Laura - Oct 30, 2025 12:08:23 pm PDT #10549 of 10560

Our wings are not tired.

I can see where it is all of the above, Jess. Also, I had totally forgotten about Amy! I should have watched along with your crew.

Jessica - Oct 30, 2025 5:00:54 pm PDT #10550 of 10560

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Mayor: "I think some lucky girl's got herself a Playstation!"

A: "They had those back then?"

-t - Oct 30, 2025 5:04:14 pm PDT #10551 of 10560

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Ouch!

Jessica - Oct 30, 2025 5:25:03 pm PDT #10552 of 10560

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

After Vamp!Willow licks Our!Willow's neck, "Oh becoming a vampire makes you bisexual"

Moments later.... "and I think I'm kinda gay."

A: "I was right!"

DavidS - Oct 30, 2025 6:13:17 pm PDT #10553 of 10560

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

A: "I was right!"

Heh!

Laura - Oct 31, 2025 6:32:36 am PDT #10554 of 10560

Our wings are not tired.

Yes, yes she was.

Kate P. - Nov 03, 2025 8:17:25 pm PST #10555 of 10560

That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Jess, you've inspired me! I started watching S1 with Rose tonight, and I have assured her that it does get much better. She asked at the beginning if Buffy is more like Doctor Who or Stranger Things, and was relieved to hear that the answer was Doctor Who.

Jessica - Nov 04, 2025 7:21:37 am PST #10556 of 10560

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

When the Mayor is talking shit about Buffy/Angel during the box-of-spiders-for-Willow swap: "Oh SHUT UP. This guy suuuuuuucks!"

(You guys have no idea how rare it is for A to be rooting for a het onscreen relationship. THAT'S how good this show is.)

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