Gimme some milk.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.  

This is where we talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No spoilers though?if you post one by accident, an admin will delete it. This thread is NO LONGER NAFDA. Please don't discuss current Angel events here.


msbelle - May 20, 2003 8:20:07 pm PDT #1308 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Ken!!!!! Why are you not socializing with MA BUFFISTAS???!!!!

I';mapparently too drunlk topost,soI'mgonmnnal;eave hnow/


Cindy - May 20, 2003 8:20:10 pm PDT #1309 of 10001
Nobody

I need more wine...

My sistah.

Well, Buffy sharing the power really isn't about feminism. It's about the hero's journey, where the final stage is the return with the elixir, which the hero then shares with everyone.

Well

  • I think empowerment is at the root of feminism, especially Jossian feminism

  • She gave them a choice in whether or not to join the battle. Everyone gets the strength; nobody gets the burden of "this is your fault burden/responsibility

  • I was mentioning wine. I think that's an important point.

Plei - buttery? Now I'm coming up all corn on the cob. After my Justine revelation in spoilers today (*shaky fist at Laura*) - I think... yeah. More wine.


justkim - May 20, 2003 8:20:15 pm PDT #1310 of 10001
Another social casualty...

Did the camera work during the Core Four power square remind anyone else of the camera work in "Restless"?

I'm still digesting everything. I don't feel gutted like I did after "The Gift". Which I guess is a good thing, since I have to work tomorrow, but I wanted to be gutted.

Poor Anya. Poor Amanda. Poor Dead Jonathan (old news, but still).

And poor glowy Spike.

And Huzzah for Buffy. May her cookie dough continue to bake.


Kate P. - May 20, 2003 8:21:07 pm PDT #1311 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

He wasn't lying, he was storytelling. The moment when Andrew decided to tell Xander that Anya died heroically was the only thing in the episode that made me tear up.

Oh yeah, I cried at that part. I like the storytelling explanation; I just couldn't remember if Anya had actually saved his life.


Frankenbuddha - May 20, 2003 8:22:12 pm PDT #1312 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Yes happy that RL is in love, sad that she is too busy and upset that Anya died.

And hi! I'm a recent delurker but have followed for a LONG time now.

Curious about what the naysayers have to say, but if they don't want to subject themselves to the attention (certianly not tonight, for instance), I respect that.


P.M. Marc - May 20, 2003 8:22:38 pm PDT #1313 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Plei - buttery? Now I'm coming up all corn on the cob.

Buttery Spred. I'm telling you, it's the wave of the future.

Like kickboxing's the sport.


Kate P. - May 20, 2003 8:24:01 pm PDT #1314 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

She gave them a choice in whether or not to join the battle. Everyone gets the strength; nobody gets the burden of "this is your fault burden/responsibility

Ah-ha! I was wondering why she'd given them the choice of whether or not to take her power, since clearly all the other potentials all over the world didn't have a choice; it didn't even occur to me that the choice was about whether or not to join her in battle.

Like I was saying... more wine?


victor infante - May 20, 2003 8:25:01 pm PDT #1315 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

Hi. I take full responsibility for posting by fdrunken Buffistas in New England. It can't be helped. It's a sickness.

VW Bug is not drunk. She swears it.

I can't vouch for anyone else.


Cindy - May 20, 2003 8:25:06 pm PDT #1316 of 10001
Nobody

Like kickboxing's the sport.

I thought it was krav. Huh.

Okay. More wine. More Buffy (but only in the sense that there'll never be more Buffy).

t sniff

'Night sweet Buffistas. There's no place like this place. There are no people like y'all.


§ ita § - May 20, 2003 8:25:43 pm PDT #1317 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I cried. Of course I did. Girls killed things. Girls got the power to kill things. I'm tearing up right now thinking of the girl that's going to hit that stupid softball right out of the park and she doesn't know why.

I yelled a bit of "No! You can't do that!" when Anya and Wood took their blows. Giles was really Giles.

Oh, I'm still pissed at parts of the season, but not at much of the ep. There's only so much that could be done in 43 minutes, and like "Home", I think it's much more valuable to go forward than patch the past.