I think that Joss really tried his best to satisfy everyone, which I thought was impossible at this point.

I sincerely hope he wasn't. I don't want to be satisfied, I want to be amazed, awed and weepy. And I am, damnit, I just wanted him to do it at least a couple more times! I want TV movie of the week specials. I want Buffy:TNG XIII. Boo and hoo.

Man, oh man.

Things I loved, in no particular order:

The new slayer montage, with the girls. Could have been so totally cheesy, and yet it worked so well.
Angel getting pissy, but not righteous, about Spike. Spike being upfront about what he saw. The picture of Angel
Buffy finding her path, finding her answer, by listening instead of reacting to the FE's taunts
Vi kicking ass and taking - well, I guess they don't really have names. But kicking ass, oh yeah.
The four scoobs in the hallway, and Giles walking off almost exactly as he did in WTTH/H - even the same headtilt
Anya finding her inner Bunny!Slayer
and Andrew making up stories for Xander
Knowing Willow's spell had worked just from the look on Kennedy's face
Kennedy and Willow in general - who knew? Such is the power of Joss
Buffy and Xander's brief handhold before they go off on their different paths
"I love you." "No you don't...but thanks for saying it." I can't think of a better ending for these two.
Spike going willingly, joyfully, to his death
Principal Hottie's welcome to Sunnydale High speech
Spike getting to take out the "Welcome to Sunnydale" sign one last time

But mostly, I'm in love with Joss for recognizing and running with the idea that Buffy's greatest burden has always been the "one girl in all the world" bit, not the slaying. In defeating that, she's won a much greater battle than just putting down the FE.

Allyson, before you are free, I want to know why you hated it, cause you explain that stuff so well.

Actually, Allyson hasn't seen it yet. That was me. ;-) Hey, she might even like it.

But yeah, I'm not harshing anyone's buzz tonight. Maybe in a few weeks.

The random Quote up top made me think--was Andrew wearing Buffy's Red Riding Hood costume during the D&D game?

I bet Fox had already auctioned that off...

I thought it was just wonderful. I'm oddly fulfilled.

I want TV movie of the week specials. I want Buffy:TNG XIII. Boo and hoo.

I want the frelling BUFFY CARTOON already. Every Saturday morning at 9 am so that I can watch it eating cereal.

And I haven't had cereal in three or four YEARS!

Thing is, Anya feared mortality. And she chose it, sideways maybe, but she chose it. And then she risked it, being callous all the way. And now I'm thinking of her speech in the Body, railing against the frustration of grieving. And she died. And I appreciate that.

For some reason, I now have Natalie Merchant's group's "These are the days" stuck in my head which hasn't been stuck in my head since I cleaned out my room to move to college.

Okay - that's just f'ing creepy, because me, too, sarameg.

You know, I don't know how other people feel, but if I had personally written the end I wanted for Spike and Buffy, this is exactly what I would have written. Becuase he made this sacrifice not for Buffy, but because it was the right thing. And she learned how to speak up and share what she was feeling in the moment. And that is what they needed to learn from each other.

W.R.O.D. Sophia. Thank you. That's how I'm feeling, exactly. (that and tipsy)

I have a house full of drunken Buffistas! AIFG!

Victor. You. Taunter! Worst part for me - dh ended up off-site for the day, and was home much earlier, so in theory, we could have made it there. I'm bitter.

(note to self - check out Sophia's post 1218 - that links to her At. Can. post)

Plei? Were you happy for our girl?

When they showed Anya laying there dead and Xander frantically trying to find her...that got me.

On the funny half, Spike and Angel's bitterness toward each other, especially Angel muttering about how he had a soul before it was the cool thing to do.

Plei? Were you happy for our girl?

Oh, of course.