I think he might really hurt himself after that one.
Didn't he make it through The Hunger Games without self-harm?
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2012 3:38:53 pm PST #8400 of 10459
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Rayne - Jan 18, 2012 3:51:42 pm PST #8401 of 10459
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
To me, The Body is much more brutal than The Hunger Games. I sobbed like a baby during THG, but I was physically ill during The Body. (Then again, my mom had cancer when it aired and it wasn't going well at all.)
I know so many people who haven't been able to watch The Body again. It's just too gutting.
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2012 3:53:16 pm PST #8402 of 10459
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I find I can't summarise either of them without tearing up, but even though my mother is undergoing chemo (or, well not) at the moment, I still think they're of a quantum level of fuck-you-over.
le nubian - Jan 18, 2012 3:54:30 pm PST #8403 of 10459
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I think I found THG far more disturbing than "The Body." But it could be a recency effect.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 18, 2012 3:59:44 pm PST #8404 of 10459
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I too, sobbed like a baby during Hunger Games, but The Body felt like a person I loved had actually died. There was no distance for me at all.
My uncle, who hardly watches series TV came across The Body shortly after my grandma died and sat and watched the whole thing, so I don't even think the reaction is based on knowing the people in the Buffyverse and being invested.
Atropa - Jan 18, 2012 4:03:45 pm PST #8405 of 10459
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I know so many people who haven't been able to watch The Body again. It's just too gutting.
raises hand
I'm one of 'em.
Mind you, I've been told that I shouldn't read Hunger Games for at least another year, so I can't make a comparison.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 18, 2012 4:06:13 pm PST #8406 of 10459
"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
raises hnd too
I saw it once, and I think that will do for me for the forseeable future.
Laga - Jan 18, 2012 5:46:37 pm PST #8407 of 10459
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I sobbed at "The Body" and have avoided watching it since.
I also sobbed reading "The Book Thief" and Mark got through that. I think he'll be OK.
victor infante - Jan 18, 2012 7:53:27 pm PST #8408 of 10459
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
The clincher here is that he just seems SO much more invested in Joyce than most fans. I mean, I love Joyce. Lots of people did. But he obviously has a much deeper attachment than usual. He's gonna break.
Burrell - Jan 18, 2012 8:23:34 pm PST #8409 of 10459
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
"The Body" aired after my dad died. I don't really whether or not I cried, I assume I did. I remember the episode made me angry.