Joyce ,'Never Leave Me'
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.
And I really don't ship Dru with anyone other than Miss Edith at best.
No no no. Miss Edith is her treasured confidant, but they're not in a *relationship*.
... I'm doing that thing again where I am maybe over-identifying with a crazy person who talks to toys, aren't I? Clovis and I will be right over here.
(Dru+Spike=foreveah!11!)
Look, Jilli, some people are shagging their toy confidantes. That does not have to reflect on all the platonic toy relationships out there in any way.
love it, Hec!
love it, Hec!
We had Willow and Oz cake toppers. And a little Buffy book from Rayne. All of which are neatly assembled in our bedroom today.
I wonder how he'll handle Go Fish.
I just realized what bugs me about Mark and some of the other Xander haters - I can't be the only person that had a friend that was obsessed with a crush. It isn't evil - it just something some people do as teens. (or even through college). Is it healthy? No. Normal? My life seems to suggest that it isn't abnormal either
Yeah, I get that it's not great that he continues to be hung up on Buffy even when she's made it clear that she's not interested, but it's a big leap to gross and disgusting stalker.
He's clearly not stalking his friend--he's not around her unsolicited any more than Willow is, it's just normal friend stuff. He's not peering through her windows at night. I wouldn't even describe him as obsessed with a crush (I, on the other hand, do find that intensely disturbing--I just don't think Xander has gone to *any* extremes. He's just living in hope).
Did Mark make that leap? I'd hope not, for someone who dances around the world of words describing actual conditions existing on the screen to have the lack of empathy to do that.
There's a lot of complaint in the comments about Xander slut-shaming Cordelia. And trying to control Buffy's love life.
OMG, he's a lying sack of crap for that one time, but he's really not that invasive. He's clearly devoted to her for who she is, he's got her back as a friend, doesn't think she owes him sex, just that it would be really cool if he could get it. He's living in hope, and trying to nudge the game every now and again.
And Cordelia is everything-shaming everyone, So people insult her back? It's called fair play.