And his respecting her decision was a nod to her maturity.

I've liked Angel in these past two BtVS episodes. There was a sort of joy in watching Buffy kick ass that was nice to watch, and I liked the sense he conveyed that he was there to help, but didn't neccesarily believe that she couldn't do it without him.

Plus, the A/S snipes at each other were priceless.

Seriously, I can't take that little baseball girl. I was that little girl at the plate.

Me three. But I'm telling you. Major league shortstop, that girl's gonna be. And she fights crime, and hangs out with hot baseball players. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

He knew the deal, and that that might not live through the next day.

Yep. I didn't see any using going on to begin with, since they were honest with each other, but in any case, I'd cut them a wide degree of latitude under the eve of battle exception clause. AFAIC, they didn't do anything they couldn't have coped with later had both of them survived, so they're fine.

I've liked Angel in these past two BtVS episodes.

I've liked Angel ever since his last F2F with Angelus.

Angel's whole "I did it first" moment was priceless. He actually took Spike's soul-having a lot better than I thought he would.

Angel snarking about Spike made me think of Angel and Lindsey in "Dead End."

Angel/Spike/Lindsey. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

I'm sorry, were y'all saying something?

A set of interesting responses to Buffy - starts on May 17th. Come to think of it, doesn't someone here know Will Shetterly? So, you know, small world.

I forgot one of the most exciting things that happened yesterday.

My tubey t got dirty at work, so I decided to go cleavage-y slutbomb for the finale. Dark eye makeup, dark red lipstick, jeans, and A RED TANK TOP! I'm so prescient!

I mean really. There's a synchronicity there that borders on predestination.

okay so my jeans were black and hers were blue -- i will not let this be ruined by either the nit or the pick

And those of you that say Wood is prettier than Faith -- you are welcome to him.

And, yes, I am working on a "My Faith" bit. Thanks for asking.

Oh, I don't know if this was covered already or not, but I realized late last night why they made such a big deal about everyone clearing out of Sunnydale. The whole town collapsing into the hellmouth would be kinda horrifying if it was peopled at the time.

I finally made it to the end of the thread!

Anyhow, that was ... wow. I was just sitting there at the end with the HUGEST GRIN on my face. Because it ended exactly where it should have ended, and everyone found their redemption or calling, and it was beautiful.

I LOVED tough!Vi, and the montage of potentials. Poor Anya. Poor Spike -- but he had the death he would have asked for.

Joss is such an aggressively good writer -- every line was note-perfect. I loved every character.

And it would never have occured to me that Buffy & Spike slept together. Y'all have dirty minds.

Oh, and thanks to Jack Esteve for hosting the DCista finale party. He made a great cake, a great quiz, and a great amaretto punch.