We watched I Was Made to Love You, The Body, and Forever last night. (We decided it would be better to get it all over with in one fell swoop.) I feel bad for not warning The Boy; I remember knowing ahead of time that Joyce was going to die. Although knowing it ahead of time didn't make The Body any less gutting.
And Anya's fruit punch speech still makes me cry.
And Giles drinking scotch with "Tales of Brave Ulysses" on the stereo is *still* one of my favorite scenes, after all this time. It's utterly perfect.
After watching IWMTLY, it occurred to me that we don't know what happened to the April-bot after her batteries ran out. Did Buffy leave her on the swing? Surely not. But what, then?
(I know, it's better to handwave these things.)
Maybe Willow took her home to tinker with.
Maybe Willow took her home to tinker with.
Eeek. *There's* a visual!
And by "tinker," I mean...
My uncle, who never watched Buffy and hardly watches TV was flipping channels shortly after my grandma's death and came across The Body. He sat down and watched it, and thought it was really brilliant and cathartic, even though he hardly watches TV, and probably will never watch any more Buffy.
I remember (and I was unspoiled for everything Buffy, except for the great Torex B. (I think) spoiler that was accidentally spoiled) and both Joyce's and Buffy's death's gutted me for days. I feel a little silly, because there is no show now that I take such care to remain unspoiled for, or that I would actually morn the loss of characters, even though there is plenty of TV that I really a) like, b) enjoy, or even if I don't "enjoy" it, think is brilliant and has important things to say (like Mad Men))
I have vivid memories of all the hubbub surrounding that spoiler, but I can never for the life of me remember what the spoiler actually was.
Yeah, I was totally spoiler-phobic back in the day but I've pretty much dropped caring about it. I don't go looking for them but I don't really care if I stumble upon them (mostly by way of forgetting not to read the whitefont, really.)
I was the world's biggest spoiler 'ho back in the BtVS/AtS days, but I don't really have a show anymore that has (1) the necessary arc/plottiness that makes spoilers worth caring about and (2) an online community of spoiler 'hos to share with.
I miss spoilers.
I am embarrassed to admit that, like Brenda, I remember the hub bub, the new thread, etc, but I don't remember the spoiler. I think it might have been that Buffy was alive? Or that Spike was getting a soul?
I don't really have a show anymore that has (1) the necessary arc/plottiness that makes spoilers worth caring about
I occasionally look for LOST spoilers, but that's mostly because I have this misguided hope that the spoilers will help me make sense of what's recently aired.
