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Oh. Wait. That was a penis temple. Never mind.
Temples do usually have spires.
However? They seldom have naked women wrapped in snakes for decoration.
At least not in Minnesota.
Okay, maybe not in the Twin cities. Outstate? We'll see.
Any state that has several Paul Bunyans, a huge concrete Otter, A concrete Loon, a 40 ft Viking, a concrete Prairie Chicken, and a huge ball of twine....
Joss, next time? Resist the snake
This makes me worry if they ever adapted Fray. He couldn't resist the giant snake there either.
Is Joss trying to tell us something, or is it his unconscious?
The Gift is last for me because I knew Buffy was coming back. It's not a bad episode for all that and Joss certainly made her earn her resurrection. But for me it totally undercut her death. Death oughta mean something narratively dammit.
This was my reaction, too. It was completely undercut by the fact we knew she *had* to come back, because show no work without Buffy. So it really wasn't even a shocker.
And then they went with the "Willow does a spell" resurrection, which I always thought was the most boring possibility.
Joss may have been trying to tell us something with all the phallic snake business in Buffy. Subtle HoYay! as compared to that of Angel.
Grad Day gets docked for use of giant snake which is always a bad idea in the Jossiverse
I'm willing to give him a pass (mostly) on the giant snake because I just loved loved loved the Mayor/Harry Groener. "The Gift" on the other hand, had a crappy build up and a crappy resolution ("It's all Summers' blood" my ass) & therefore gets cut no slack. Loved the gravestone, but that lost most of its zing since we knew the show was moving to UPN & the chances of it doing so w/o the lead character were roughly... oh, ZERO.
Joss may have been trying to tell us something with all the phallic snake business in Buffy. Subtle HoYay! as compared to that of Angel.
Well, y'know, eponymous main character a girl, so appearance of phallic symbols not necessarily indicative of HoYay!.
Now Angel repeatedly getting penetrated by wood, I got no argument against.
Now Angel repeatedly getting penetrated by wood, I got no argument against.
Heh. Riley penetrated Spike with plastic. Which, going with this metaphor, makes Riley the lesbian he always claimed he was.
Heh. Riley penetrated Spike with plastic. Which, going with this metaphor, makes Riley the lesbian he always claimed he was.
Cleans water off monitor (I started typing minotor, which would be a VERY different thing).
My list: The Gift, Restless, Becoming, Graduation Day, Grave, Chosen, and Prophecy Girl.
Riley penetrated Spike with plastic. Which, going with this metaphor, makes Riley the lesbian he always claimed he was.
Or a believer in safer HoYay!