Just because it's the FE, it doesn't mean it's not right. The FE got right at the heart of the humans it was trying to manipulate and it did it by knowing them. It not only knoew Andrew's weakness, it had to know Warren as well, to fool Andrew. So, to fool Dawn it had to know a bit aout BUffy, I think.
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.
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scrappy - Jul 09, 2003 7:36:52 am PDT #3245 of 10001
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Cindy - Jul 09, 2003 7:41:50 am PDT #3246 of 10001
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Just because it's the FE, it doesn't mean it's not right.
I agree with this. I just think since it was intended to be the FE visiting Dawn, it sh/could have been done differently. Knowing Joyce was intentionally written as FE!Joyce in CwDP, the poltergeisty action that left the house a wreck, the glowy-angel look of Joyce and other bits, coming on the heels of the particular incantation that Dawn ... incanted - well, to me, it was poorly executed. Of course nobody is paying me anything for anything I do.
Sean K - Jul 09, 2003 7:42:53 am PDT #3247 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
And don't forget, the FE specialized in working its evil by telling the truth (in its own fashion).
Wolfram - Jul 09, 2003 7:43:49 am PDT #3248 of 10001
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Just because it's the FE, it doesn't mean it's not right. The FE got right at the heart of the humans it was trying to manipulate and it did it by knowing them. It not only knoew Andrew's weakness, it had to know Warren as well, to fool Andrew. So, to fool Dawn it had to know a bit aout BUffy, I think.
But by giving Dawn the knowledge, she was less upset when it actually happened and was more helpful at the end with fighting the FE. I am going to pretend that Jane didn't understand the question, and that it really was Joyce.
Fred Pete - Jul 09, 2003 7:47:23 am PDT #3249 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I am going to pretend that Jane didn't understand the question, and that it really was Joyce.
A reasonable way to look at it. Because it fits my theory that Buffy "didn't choose" Dawn when she asked Xander to drive Dawn far away from Sunnydale.
Katie M - Jul 09, 2003 7:48:24 am PDT #3250 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
It would've worked perfectly well with Joyce as the FE if Dawn had actually suffered some fallout - actually changed her behavior in a way that made a difference because she'd been warned not to trust Buffy. Joss has said that Dawn kinda got shafted in S7, though.
Fiona - Jul 09, 2003 8:54:03 am PDT #3251 of 10001
It's a case where reading the script gave away something that might not have been so obvious otherwise.
Ftr, I watched on time delay, and didn't read the scripts. I missed the Giles-not-touching-things completely until I read about it here.
kat perez - Jul 09, 2003 8:56:29 am PDT #3252 of 10001
"We have trust issues." Mylar
The Giles-not-touching-things will never be as bad for me as the "I didn't get my head cut off because the Bringer had squeaky shoes."
Cindy - Jul 09, 2003 9:14:42 am PDT #3253 of 10001
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Ftr, I watched on time delay, and didn't read the scripts. I missed the Giles-not-touching-things completely until I read about it here.
Fiona's post has made me curious about something. I knew Giles wouldn't be touching anything before he didn't touch anything - or soon after he started not touching anything.
For those of you who didn't spoil at all, did you notice it yourselves, or did you notice people talking about it here first, and then notice it?
A reasonable way to look at it. Because it fits my theory that Buffy "didn't choose" Dawn when she asked Xander to drive Dawn far away from Sunnydale.
Yep. See when I take away my knowledge of Jane's totally wrong answer (Jane, I'd still give you a kidney, well, maybe not a kidney, but some money or something), that's how it fits in for me, too.
tina f. - Jul 09, 2003 9:24:57 am PDT #3254 of 10001
I didn't notice Giles not touching until I saw you guys talking about it. This may have a lot more to do with giving up on trying to speculate about Giles' story after Grave than anything else. It's a long story. I thought he had been in Hell (where Angel was) and we were going to find out about in some flashback for like three seasons because I am a moron.
I did not think Joyce was the First. It makes abso-fucking-lutely no sense that she was. I can't read Buffy sending Dawn away as "not choosing" her - now I will look back and just think. "Hmmm. Joyce/The First just said something to freak Dawn out - that's all it was."
These things aren't what makes the bulk of S7 kinda crappy for me - for me - it's the lack of good stand-alones, too many extra people I don't care about, not even caring about some of my core four (Willow) and the speeches.
However, the finale made up for a lot of it. It is pretty much exactly what I wanted. Especially when it comes to Slayer-empowerment. Plus, if you would have told me that they could have "ended" A/B and S/B exactly the way I wanted them - I would have said "Impossible! Stop smoking all that crack!" And yet, they did.