Buffy sussed out a few deep cover vampires over the years, but I think it was more due to growing experience and expertise than anything supernatural.
Saffron: You just had a better hand of cards this time. Mal: It ain't a hand of cards. It's called a life.
'Trash'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 25, 2007 4:25:00 pm PST #5518 of 10469
"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
Typo Boy - Dec 25, 2007 9:16:36 pm PST #5519 of 10469
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I think Joss gave up the whole "sensing vampires via menstrual cramps" thing. Instead Buffy spotted them via her keen fashion sense -- vampire fashion sense tends to be centered around the time they were killed. Buffy can spot the out-of-fashion. I wonder how many live people who are simply out of date this resulted in her killing? Plot bunny for anyone who wants one.
Stephanie - Dec 26, 2007 2:53:39 am PST #5520 of 10469
Trust my rage
But we don't see a whole lot of garlic use during the rest of the series do we?
This is such a vague memory that it's hardly worht sharing, but isn't there a scene where Buffy is sad because she just broke up with either Angel or Spike and she has garlic around the room to keep him out? I can see the image in my head, but I don't remember the story at all. Anyway, it's the one time I remember seeing garlic.
le nubian - Dec 26, 2007 5:08:46 am PST #5521 of 10469
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yep. that was after Angel's breakup. After Spike, she got Willow to put a spell on the house as if he were never invited in in the first place.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 26, 2007 6:57:55 am PST #5522 of 10469
"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
Actually, she got Willow to do that for Angel, in "Passion" if I'm not mistaken.
She may have again for Spike, with me missing it due to my eyes rolling like a Vegas slot machine.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 26, 2007 7:00:17 am PST #5523 of 10469
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I sort of remember the garlic after Buffy and Spike had sex in Wrecked (or was it Smashed, I get them mixed up).
Typo Boy - Dec 26, 2007 8:16:23 am PST #5524 of 10469
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I think the reason she did not use garlic much is that garlic repels rather than kills or disables vampires, and mostly she wants the vampires to get close enough that she can kill them.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 26, 2007 9:50:31 am PST #5525 of 10469
"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
Yeah, someone who can't flip a buick over by themselves would probably find vampire repellent more strategically useful.
Wolfram - Dec 26, 2007 4:42:23 pm PST #5526 of 10469
Visilurking
I guess garlic and crosses were a bit redundant as repellant. Although it does seem like crosses only burn vampires so not really more effective than a torch (albeit a bit easier to carry in your pocket or hang from a necklace).
sumi - Dec 27, 2007 6:04:08 pm PST #5527 of 10469
Art Crawl!!!
"Ripper" project still a go . . . but no further details.