my first thought: how do you kill death?
Take me, sir. Take me hard.
Zoe ,'War Stories'
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.
Laga - Jun 30, 2013 11:04:10 pm PDT #9860 of 10458
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 01, 2013 12:29:28 am PDT #9861 of 10458
"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
Hm. I don't think you can if Gaiman is one of the writers - she was the only thing designed to last longer than the universe.
Typo Boy - Jul 01, 2013 1:19:29 pm PDT #9862 of 10458
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.
But in the Gaiman universe it seems like the personifications are like a job title. You can kill off the seed that currently holds the position and someone new takes it over. The takeover apparently includes memories and skills that go with the position, but not necessarily the personal memories. So Death could die and be replaced by a new Death. It is the personification that outlasts the universe, not necessarily the particular person wearing the personification at any one moment. Maybe Gaiman intends Death to be the exception to this, but nothing in Canon has ever specifically said this. We don't know that the "Death" we saw shutting down the universe in the Books of Magic is the same person we see in our time. Of course Death remembers every person she takes, which is everyone, so maybe more continuity of memory than others.
At any rate, you could have Death die, and still be consistent with Canon.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 01, 2013 4:30:12 pm PDT #9863 of 10458
"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
But we've already seen her become other people and die in Death: The High Cost of Living, and it was implied it happens every 100 years. I don't think the experience of death is the same for her as it is for others, even her fellow Endless.
Typo Boy - Jul 04, 2013 4:39:34 pm PDT #9864 of 10458
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.
But since that is inherent in the office, maybe she can experience death more like the others too. The point is that it is open enough that she could have some part her not killed off every 100 years that could die - if the writers wanted it that way.
SuziQ - Jul 21, 2013 4:35:35 pm PDT #9865 of 10458
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Steph L. - Nov 14, 2013 10:23:42 am PST #9866 of 10458
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Good old Buzzfeed ranks all the episodes of Buffy: [link] A little harsh on "The Pack," man, and WAY too nice to "Gingerbread." But apparently the whole world agrees on "Beer Bad."
And this made me laugh: "Play the cover of 'Wild Horses' by The Sundays. See how fast you can get a Buffy fan to cry."
It's true. (I was going to play it at the wedding, and then Tim told me it was a special song for him and his ex-wife, so...NOPE.)
Polter-Cow - Nov 14, 2013 10:31:40 am PST #9867 of 10458
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
WAY too nice to "Gingerbread."
No, I love that episode!
Whoa, "Anne" is way low. I'm glad to see "Witch" so high, though, since it was my first episode and hooked me good.
sj - Nov 14, 2013 10:45:39 am PST #9868 of 10458
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I love Beer, Bad.
Typo Boy - Nov 14, 2013 2:41:15 pm PST #9869 of 10458
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.
>WAY too nice to "Gingerbread."
Poltercow
No, I love that episode!
I'm with the ghostly bovine on this one.