I'm saying it seems like a technical undo button that you'd put there because there was some benefit to having a built-in undo button and a reduction of The Consequences of Magic is the best reason I can come up with.
If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Book ,'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.
DebetEsse - Sep 13, 2005 4:19:51 pm PDT #2110 of 10464
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Topic!Cindy - Sep 13, 2005 4:30:36 pm PDT #2111 of 10464
What is even happening?
Oh, I think I see the escape clause differently. I don't actually see it as an escape clause even, I just use those terms, because that's how it's always discussed.
To me, the soul-losing seems more like a result, rather than an undo button. In other words, it just happens. The curse fails if the vampire gets completely happy. The curse is fueled by vengeance, and the point of the curse--vengeance's aim--is to make the vampire suffer for his crimes for all eternity. If he gets happy, he defeats vengeance. Vengeance is the power that summoned the soul from the ether in the first place. Once it's defeated, the soul goes back out.
That probably makes no sense to anyone other than me.
edited to speak English good.
Strega - Sep 13, 2005 6:32:49 pm PDT #2112 of 10464
It makes total sense to me. Of course I agree, so I might be biased about the sense-making.
Wolfram - Sep 20, 2005 8:04:59 am PDT #2113 of 10464
Visilurking
Not really news, but Joss says the buffyverse will definitely be back on tv one day: [link]
ETA: Possible casting spoilers for Veronica Mars and Lost in the sidebar of that page.
sfmarty - Sep 20, 2005 11:57:39 am PDT #2114 of 10464
Who? moi??
Maybe it is the animated series...
§ ita § - Sep 20, 2005 12:11:05 pm PDT #2115 of 10464
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Or maybe it's the Spike movie he spoke to Tim about.
Gris - Sep 20, 2005 12:43:06 pm PDT #2116 of 10464
Hey. New board.
Maybe it is the animated series
I hope so. It sounds better to me than any likely spinoffs (except maybe Ripper). Always has.
Jim - Sep 20, 2005 11:18:37 pm PDT #2117 of 10464
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Jesus, anything but a fucking spike movie. How long can they keep flogging that undead horse?
Camcam - Sep 28, 2005 4:15:11 pm PDT #2118 of 10464
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. --Tuco
I'm tired of grading exams. Nothing much happening on the list, so I might as well amuse myself. Here are my top 10 things I learned from watching Buffy and Angel. Sort of in order.
10. When there's a knock on your door, don't say "Come in," say "Who is it?" And keep Mr. Pointy handy, just in case.
9. You don't have to be a superhero to be a hero (sounds like the tagline for a movie I didn't see).
8. Crucial victories are won not by the strong, but by the smart.
7. The only way to cope with really serious things is to not take yourself too seriously.
6. You won't last long without friends.
5. We each have a responsibility to fight for what's right, in proportion to the gifts we've been given.
4. We bear responsibility for the damage we do, but forgiveness makes it possible to bear that burden.
3. Knowledge is power.
2. The demon within each of us cannot be hidden nor destroyed, but it can be conquered.
1. Ugly monsters aren't as dangerous as human beings who choose to hurt rather than help.
DXMachina - Oct 03, 2005 2:30:14 pm PDT #2119 of 10464
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Nothing to see here. Just testing something.