Let it be over, raise a toast and move on to the next obsession.

Well, I only get obsessed about a tv show about every 20 years (only happened twice before-original Trek, and Hill Street Blues, but in neither case as strongly as Buffy) but fortunately for me as long as a Buffyverse show is on the air (or in the works) it isn't over. (After Angel, maybe Ripper?)

I'll not likely shed a tear, but I might raise a toast to seven years on the air, old school Bronzers (REPRESENT REPRESENT), and an assload of fun and drama that I got from both Buffy, and the communities she inspired.

I cried watching End of Days, Allyson. Because, I think, I realised, really realised, I could see the finish line. And it wasn't in the hazy, fuzzy, intangible future. It was almost here, and nearly now.

I had the episode in the house for over 24 hours before I watched it. And I could sense that I was delaying, but I couldn't work out why. I want it to be over. Part of those tears were bitter Buffy flavoured. But also? I have a sense of loss akin to losing the Bronze. Or, you know, a friend.

If the show had just tanked, I think I could have walked away and good riddance. But it had.. moments. Every single week. I still saw shadows and flashes and hints of what made the best episodes the best. Little ME spices in the big Buffy stew. The knowledge that a little twist in the wrong direction here, or a miscued sentence there, could have been tweaked and pulled and replaced. And it would have been my show again.

I guess it's akin to loving someone, just because you can look in their eyes and remember who they used to be.

Or to quote The Whitlams...

what'll become of us?
I had my dreams for both of us
You might be unworthy
But you remember what I remember
And that's enough to care
You don't fall off the rails

(Or, perhaps I'm just a frustrated fanfic writer who hasn't found her words yet :)

My "What I want before BtVS ends" list has wasted away through out season seven (And it never really recovered from season six!) until it looks like a shopping list for the slightly depraved.

Gourd soup for one, a visit from Mr Gordo and the ever shiny PLPs might just about see me out.

And it may not be fine, but it will be okay.

Victor-I just read your article "She Saved the World a Lot." Great stuff!

Topic: Xander Harris has finally out Lloyd Dobler-ed Lloyd Dobler.

Witness:

Lloyd gave her his heart and she gave him a pen

vs

Xander gave her his heart and he got his eye poked out.

Compare. Contrast. Discuss.

Victor-I just read your article "She Saved the World a Lot." Great stuff!

Thanks, Ted and all. I'm glad everyone seems to like it.

That's cause you're smart n' stuff, Victor. And cause it's a good article.

That Kita Angel list was awesome {sob}. Where's yours of Buffy, Plei? Did skim past a link?

here

I loved Kita's Angel.

I have a horrible desire to filk My Baby Does the Hanky-Panky for an Angel essay, so I just won't.

Plei, other people beat me to it, but thanks again for the link, and the other recs. I read all four of them (yours included) last night, and liked them all a lot.

Plei, can you give me a link to the "My Angelus" one? I can't seem to find it. My Angel and My Buffy made me so teary. *sniff*

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Going over the script...

GILES: "Andrew, things are getting very dire around here, and we've got more important things to worry about than -- Ooh! Jaffa Cakes!"

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BUFFY: "Kills strong bodies three ways."

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ANYA: "They're all gonna look like mortally wounded Easter baskets."

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ANYA: "Giles knows his single-malt antiseptics."

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ANYA: "And I could use a cookie. But I'm not making reckless wishes."

Ah Anya...not making reckless wishes. Hehehe...

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XANDER: "I'm still optimistic! You're just thrown off by this gritty looking eyepatch."

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XANDER: "If you die I'll just bring you back to life." (beat) "That's what I do."

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BUFFY: "You're a dope, and a bonehead, and, and you're shirty."

SPIKE: "Have you gone completely Carrot-top?"

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SPIKE: "We'll go be heroes."

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ANYA:"Wanna rob?"

ANDREW: "Let's rob!"