It's the flip in POV that gets me (I think "Old Apartment" by BNL does the same thing). Is it suddenly her singing? Who's the him?
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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It's the flip in POV that gets me (I think "Old Apartment" by BNL does the same thing). Is it suddenly her singing? Who's the him?
IIRC, Jesus.
And she feeds you tea and oranges/ That come all the way from China
Constant Comment.
IIRC, Jesus
Yep, that's my take.
Heh. Don't Go Home With Your Hard-on just came up on my playlist (AIFG).
Who's the him?
Right.
And Jesus was a sailor
when he walked upon the water
mumble something
He said 'All men will be sailors, then
until the sea shall free them'
But he himself was broken
long before the thought was spoken
Or words to that effect.
IIRC, Jesus.
Okay. I'm good. It's the closest I'll ever come to having a song in my name, so I just needed to get it first.
Brenda, I love Don't Go Home With Your Hard On.
Pity about Spector being fucking nuts, because Death of a Ladies Man had a hell of a lot of potential.
I'm listening to Lover Lover Lover on repeat. AIFG.
mumble something
He spent a long time watching
from a lonely wooden tower
And when He knew for certain
only drowning men could see him
He said "All men shall be sailors, then...
Pity about Spector being fucking nuts, because Death of a Ladies Man had a hell of a lot of potential.
We're covering it in the book.
We're covering it in the book.
I know. You mentioned in Bitches. Which, of course, prompted my Defending of DoaLM back then.
bigness of action, Buffy, all on her own, outrunning the implosion and leaping tall buildings in (almost) a single bound is literally larger.
Sure. But it's not an action that defeats the villain of the season or It's minions, which is why I consider it "denouement" rather than "climax."
Not to pull you back in when you thought you were out, Micole, but...
It's not minions that defeat the villain this season. Not for me.
And it's not Spike that gets the big moment.
The big moment, action wise, was Buffy's "Get out of my face."
That's when she was the selfless hero. That's when she stood up. And she took back what was hers. (Quite literally.) And she turned the tide. Again.
It's all, Chamberlainesque "Hold the line, Hold the line, Oh, dammit, I'll hold the line myself".
Look at the effect that it has on every other person in the room. Not symbolically. Not metaphorically. Buffy's resurgence actually strengthens them. They had faltered. And then they recovered.
Beating the First down? That was the victory, here.
All Spike did was a little post action cleaning, filled a few divots the party had opened up. It was the burn it down and salt the earth of season seven. But the battle had been fought and won by then. (Of course, getting out alive is always nice, too :)