Although, upon reflection, that scenario seems more Anne Rice-ish than Buffyverse. Or perhaps True Blood.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'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.
-t - Apr 10, 2015 5:43:01 pm PDT #9957 of 10467
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jessica - May 26, 2015 6:53:54 am PDT #9958 of 10467
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Amber Benson is about to give a talk in my company's cafeteria, and I'm going to miss it because I have to go to a sprint review. #buffistaproblems.
Polter-Cow - May 26, 2015 7:03:36 am PDT #9959 of 10467
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Aw! I was hanging out with her at BayCon. Sorry you have to miss the talk!
-t - May 26, 2015 8:02:56 am PDT #9960 of 10467
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Woes!
Vortex - Jun 07, 2015 3:24:43 pm PDT #9961 of 10467
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
OMG, Mr. Trick was nominated for a Tony - for a second time. Again, I say that his character was WASTED.
Beverly - Jun 07, 2015 3:56:04 pm PDT #9962 of 10467
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
OMG, I love Todd Freeman SO MUCH. I think the first thing I ever saw him in was a recurring on Sisters, where he was playing a direct ripoff of the trans character from Midnight in the Garden. Script and series soap aside (also where Mr. Clooney had a juicy role he left for ER), Freeman was simply *luminous* in the part. And I've been devoted ever since. I'd have been SO happy if Mr. Trick had been the Big Bad, instead of Mr. "I just want to be a giant snake".
Steph L. - Jun 07, 2015 4:20:04 pm PDT #9963 of 10467
I look more rad than Lutheranism
He popped up in Elementary this season, too.
Strix - Jun 08, 2015 9:12:35 am PDT #9964 of 10467
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
"Marmaduke...that's my kinda dog."
Relatedly, I slept very long last night, and I had a Buffy dream, which I haven't had in a long time, and which I always enjoy. This time, I had to run a 5K in order to sneak past the city limits without raising the suspicions of the Big Bads, and my shoelaces kept breaking and I was carrying a backpack of magic books needed for the asskickery, and I was BITCHING MIGHTILY that I hadn't trained and that I was actually Not A Runner, so I was going to get there WAAAAY after Buffy, so would she carry the goddamn backpack of books, Miss Superstrong?!
Which goes to prove that while I will help you save the world, I will complain every damned step of the way about the little stuff, even though I am pretty stoic about actual pain.
Steph L. - Jun 13, 2015 7:35:18 pm PDT #9965 of 10467
I look more rad than Lutheranism
True story: my cousin just sent me an email:
"Steph, I just started watching Buffy. I am on season 1, episode 7. Please tell me Angel doesn't disappear forever."
AWESOME! I kind of envy her, getting to watch it all new from the beginning.
(I replied "Angel definitely doesn't disappear forever -- I promise! He's around for a LONG time.")
Frankenbuddha - Jun 13, 2015 7:48:33 pm PDT #9966 of 10467
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Please tell her to refrain from reading ANYTHING online about the show. I love the idea of someone coming to this completely without knowledge of what happens. Also, tell her to ignore any comics if she's a comics person at all.