Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.

River ,'Objects In Space'


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.


Tom Scola - Dec 30, 2011 5:14:00 pm PST #8009 of 10467
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Drusilla just needs a hug.


DebetEsse - Dec 30, 2011 5:15:44 pm PST #8010 of 10467
Woe to the fucking wicked.

Can you drive someone delusional?

I would think so.

Drusilla just needs a hug.

After all, a hug is just a strangle you haven't finished yet.


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2011 5:19:36 pm PST #8011 of 10467
"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

They're allowed to talk about mental illness, they just can't use the word "crazy" - which is ableist, I guess.

Can I just say this sticks in my craw, and I've actually flown over the cuckoo's nest in the last 3 months.


§ ita § - Dec 30, 2011 5:20:42 pm PST #8012 of 10467
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I would think so.

Okay, but I don't think that's what happened in the story.


sj - Dec 30, 2011 5:32:18 pm PST #8013 of 10467
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I rather think "batshit crazy" is accurate.

When it comes to Drusilla it really is the best term.


DCJensen - Dec 30, 2011 6:15:03 pm PST #8014 of 10467
All is well that ends in pizza.

I actually look forward to the subject. I would like to think that Mark will sit back and say, "Okay, crazy it is." IRT Dru.


Steph L. - Dec 30, 2011 6:19:27 pm PST #8015 of 10467
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Is he okay with "insane" as a clinical term? I can't think of a way to describe Dru's clear break from reality without using "insane" or "crazy" or "psychotic" or something. I mean, I have no doubt she'd be diagnosed with at least one mental illness, if she didn't eat the shrink first.


DavidS - Dec 30, 2011 6:24:25 pm PST #8016 of 10467
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I mean, I have no doubt she'd be diagnosed with at least one mental illness, if she didn't eat the shrink first.

What does it mean when you're a vampire who can hear voices but you can also prophesize? I mean, on a sanity scale.


Steph L. - Dec 30, 2011 6:27:22 pm PST #8017 of 10467
I look more rad than Lutheranism

What does it mean when you're a vampire who can hear voices but you can also prophesize? I mean, on a sanity scale.

Well, before Angelus made her crazy (I remember him describing it to Buffy in some S2 episode, but I disremember which), she had visions, and they seemed to come true (or, if you will, be accurate visions). So that's not really mental illness, though I suppose at that time it would have been seen as such.

But Angelus really drove her around the bend. I don't know what it's called when someone has such a break with reality. That's not dissociative personality disorder, is it?


Zenkitty - Dec 30, 2011 6:29:29 pm PST #8018 of 10467
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Psychotic break. Saw my ex have one. Terrifying.

Dru also has Stockholm Syndrome, let's not forget!