Huh. I sound like a Spuffist. Still, he used to have quiet moments.
He did, and that was what made me love the character so - the quiet shining through the bluff and swagger.
I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
juliana - Oct 20, 2005 4:25:41 am PDT #2245 of 10459
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Connie Neil - Oct 20, 2005 4:46:37 am PDT #2246 of 10459
brillig
I've always liked the very chipper "We're very pretty," 'cause, well, they are.
Fred Pete - Oct 20, 2005 4:55:37 am PDT #2247 of 10459
Ann, that's a ferret.
"Intervention" -- Spike telling Glory that Bob Barker is the Key. (ETA: And when the real Buffy kisses Spike at the end of the ep.)
Sophia Brooks - Oct 20, 2005 4:56:37 am PDT #2248 of 10459
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I also like, in that same episode, the Bot saying to Anya 'How is your money?" and Anya being so pleased that someone has asked after it. Of course, I could go on and on about Intervention, because I think it is my favorite normal episode (not the musical or Restless or Hush). I just love it to death.
Its weird because I do self-identify in some ways as a Spuffyist, but I have the same objections to later Spike and the same love for the quiet moments Spike that some of you have expressed. I think I might just be better at repressing the parts I did not like.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2005 5:07:38 am PDT #2249 of 10459
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think I might just be better at repressing the parts I did not like.
This makes Spike so wonderful. It's how I hold onto the magic.
Vortex - Oct 20, 2005 5:11:57 am PDT #2250 of 10459
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
"I felt your heart beat" is possibly my favorite line ever in the Buffyverse. So quiet, so small, but so HUGE. He's declared his love, they've had The Sex, and the thing she focuses on is so tiny.
In Dopplegang land, when Angel starts talking about the personality and vampires, and Buffy gives him the "shut up" glance/glare.
When Cordelia gives everyone their breakfast drinks -- "coffee. english breakfast. o pos."
when The Pack crests the hill, to the dark, broody music.
In the Prom, when Giles says "who knew that children, as a whole, could be gracious", and then he looks up and sees Angel, takes the award and there's a tiny smile on his face.
"Look at my pretty mask, it raises the dead pause, then snarls Americans!"
Frankenbuddha - Oct 20, 2005 5:12:39 am PDT #2251 of 10459
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
A good small moment from Buffy:
Xander facing down Angelus at the hospital in KILLED BY DEATH.
Amy - Oct 20, 2005 8:05:55 am PDT #2252 of 10459
Because books.
A favorite small moment from Buffy:
When Giles tells Willow there is no spell at the end of Faith, Hope, and Trick. Just the look on his face.
God, I miss Giles.
P.M. Marc - Oct 20, 2005 11:02:15 am PDT #2253 of 10459
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Buffy kissing Faith's forehead.
I think that's my favorite small OTP4EVAH character moment.
Maria - Oct 20, 2005 11:18:20 am PDT #2254 of 10459
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
The look on Angel's face as he walks into the Hyperion from his "restful" sojourn at the monastery. He's mourned Buffy, but now he's got this family that's just as important to him. Life goes on.
Cordelia, in TSiLA, after she recovers from Vocah's touch. She's finally accepted the visions, with a little bit of resignation and a lot of empathy.
Doyle trying to convince Angel to take up the cause in the series premiere. He's so uncomfortable and his reasons are unconventional, but there was something there. That was when I knew I was going to love this show.