Yes! The cemetery, too! I thought, "Poor Joyce, dropped into whatever the heck that sinkhole went into."

The sex is really a separate issue. Though, were I forced to link them, I would probably argue that in Entropy, Buffy told Spike she wouldn't sleep with him because she didn't love him, so if she did sleep with him, that means she loves him.

I think she loves him. I don't think she's (necessarily) in love with him, or rather, knows she's not in a healthy/right place to be thinking about "in-love" stuff.

I think she (was?) in love with Angel. I don't necessarily know that she loved him. That may make no sense to anyone who isn't in my my-kids-were-nuts-today brain.

At any rate though, it's why the cookie dough thing worked for me. It's an apt (and appropriately Buffy-corny) analogy.

When I can think, I'm going to go through some episodes and pull out examples of where and when I think Buffy indicated to Spike (in a way that wasn't an anvil for us, but would have been clear to him - in a between-them sort of way) that she wasn't ready. It's not only limited to End of Days.

I can't even analyze the episode yet. I didn't take notes (which is the first time in a long time) and when I start to think of the episode, I flash immediately to the four standing face to face, Giles splintering off with the WTTH/TH echo, Willow going off and then Xander and Buffy's hand squeeze. And again I break.

And to whomever noted upstream that that was a perfect reverse order of how they met, and found it significant, I'd just just like to say that I did, too. I meant to remember to note it last night, but I forgot in all the tears.

This episode made me happy that the show is over. It ended it exactly (if we're not counting nits, and I'm not) how I wanted it to end. It hit all the right emotional notes, and it was what the series deserved.

Wrod, Cindy. Plus all the possible storylines leading off into the distance... mmmm.

All I thought about was the destruction of the family photos (which would be the one thing I'd grab if I had to jump out of the window to escape a fire).

I came late to the show, S2 reruns, start of S3. Came waaaay late to the Buffistas party.

So did I Sean. Exactly then for the series, and the Buffistas is foggy to me. They were already at WXing, but I lurked for so long. I've been out of lurk for maybe a year, I think.

All I thought about was the destruction of the family photos (which would be the one thing I'd grab if I had to jump out of the window to escape a fire).

We can fanwank those, and some important watcher-style texts right onto that school bus. I know I am.

All I thought about was the destruction of the family photos

Of *everything.*

Mr. Gordo. The cross Angel gave her. The Class Protector Award. Her well-worn VHS copy of The Cutting Edge....

Damn, Teppy, there go the allergies again.

Mr. Gordo. The cross Angel gave her. The Class Protector Award. Her well-worn VHS copy of The Cutting Edge....

They're on the bus, Teppy. They're on the bus.

Yeah. They had the forethought to clear out the high school at the end of season 3, why did they not think to clear out the Summers household?

The cross Angel gave her

No, that's on eBay.