What bothered me about Xander's Big Lie was his self-righteousness in "Dead Man's Party," when everyone is ganging up on Buffy over her running away and possible running again. I think the Big Lie played a fairly significant part in Buffy's feelings of isolation from even her friends following her "killing" of Angel. Xander seemed to have no clue as to how his message affected Buffy.
Yes. After Strega mentioned that she was surprised it was such a big deal, this is what came to my mind. I think
Dead Man's Party
made the lie a bigger deal than if Xander had been ultra-sympathetic to Buffy in it, and nobody had known why.
Ah, I kind of ignore Dead Man's Party because everyone in it seemed to be drunk or insane.
I just wanted to slap everyone who wasn't Buffy. I wanted to line them up against a wall, and let hand fly down the line. Flippa flippa flippa flippa.
I just wanted to slap everyone who wasn't Buffy. I wanted to line them up against a wall, and let hand fly down the line. Flippa flippa flippa flippa.
Which is my basic reaction to, oh, all of S7.
Well, I don't want to slap Faith, but that's about it.
Not gonna touch it.
Well, maybe a *little* slapping...
I just wanted to slap everyone who wasn't Buffy.
I sort of understood their bitterness and resentment, though. She just poofed, and they didn't even know if she was alive. She was the center of their world, once she arrived -- she brought them all together, and they had a purpose they'd never had before she came. (Except for, you know, Joyce.) They were entitled to a little acting out, I think, but I'm glad they got it over with in one episode.
Which is my basic reaction to, oh, all of S7.
Well, I don't want to slap Faith, but that's about it.
Yes, this. And once in a while I wanted to slap Buffy, too.
That said, JZ convinced me that a marathon of S7 might not be a bad idea.
I just wanted to slap everyone who wasn't Buffy. I wanted to line them up against a wall, and let hand fly down the line. Flippa flippa flippa flippa.
I gave Joyce a pass for her behavior post-Buffy's return, though of course it was her ultimatum in "Becoming" that made Buffy feel she couldn't go home. But "freaked-out Mom who hasn't heard from her teenage daughter in months" trumps just about every other excuse for overreaction.
