So, I watched season 5 in its entirety and jeezy pete, The Body is one of the most agonizing but best hour of television. It is so gut wrenching but SO PERFECT. I am in awe of everyone involved in that episode.

Watching the Gift was heartbreaking, to see Buffy with that look of contentment and determination and relief while running off the platform.

Then Bargaining (and the rest of the start of season 6) was heartbreaking too. Poor Buffy. Poor Dawn. Poor Giles.

I remember laughing at Buffy's line, "Full! Copper! Repipe!" at the end of Flooded the first time I saw it, but it made me so sad to see tonight.

Got back on the Season 6 train (it's hard to marathon that season, so depressing.) I listen to the Once More With Feeling soundtrack every once in a while, but forgot how awesome the episode it around the songs. The visual aspect of the musical numbers is so amazing to watch.

On to Season 7. Man, I forgot this was the Season of Many Speechifying Speeches. SOOOOO MANY SPEECHES.

I still think they should have revealed that it was the First Evil giving all those speeches while wearing Buffy's face.

That is a very evil yet banal plan, to bore everyone to death.

Finished Season 7, which started strong and finished with much action, but was just waaaaaaaay too long in the middle. My solution: Go straight from "Never Leave Me" to "Dirty Girls."

I don't care if it's true or not, but damn...

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Crossposting.

The squee heard round the 'verse!

Dear god, the fic that is spooling off people's fingers as we speak.

Colors by Anaross, one of my favorite Spike/Buffy writers from back in the day.

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