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It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.

Angelus ,'Smile Time'

Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.

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Frankenbuddha - Sep 16, 2004 8:45:18 am PDT #9022 of 10001

"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I like all the previouslies, but I can understand why they generally weren't on the DVD.

Especially if you can't avoid them. "I'm gonna go out on limb here and say there's a new slayer in town" and "Handsome man saved me from the monsters" were bad enough on a weekly basis.

Am-Chau Yarkona - Sep 16, 2004 11:12:58 pm PDT #9023 of 10001

I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty

I'm not a DVD owner (not enough money, so the tapes-from-the-telly are the best I can do), but on the subject of previouslies I have found that they come into their own when you're watching moderately random midday repeats (such as we're getting on SkyOne at the moment). I can always get the season number, and about half the time the episode name, before the teaser has even started, by watching the previouslies carefully. Not much, but it impresses people who are geeky but don't know Buffy.

-t - Sep 22, 2004 8:53:22 am PDT #9024 of 10001

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

According to this website Buffy means "God's promise".

I had no idea.

§ ita § - Sep 22, 2004 8:57:24 am PDT #9025 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's a diminutive of Elizabeth (no idea, so don't even ask) which is "God's oath" on that very page.

-t - Sep 22, 2004 9:05:23 am PDT #9026 of 10001

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The diminutive is how I've always thought of it (I don't know why eitehr. But if you can go from Henry to Hank, why not?). I'm interpreting the page to imply that "Buffy" is a name in its own right, not just a diminutive.

But promise and oath are awfully close. So I guess not.

Nutty - Sep 22, 2004 9:08:14 am PDT #9027 of 10001

"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

Most of the time, it's interpreted as Elizabeth -> Beth -> Bethy -> Buffy.

Which is no more of a stretch than that fellow in the NFL name of Anfernee.

But just as Jane and Joan and Jean are all based on the same name, and thus have the same basic meaning, all of the Elizabeth variants should also have the same meaning. Unless Buffy derived from someplace else entirely than Elizabeth, which I'm pretty sure it didn't.

§ ita § - Sep 22, 2004 9:09:52 am PDT #9028 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Which is no more of a stretch than that fellow in the NFL name of Anfernee.

At least Anfernee sounds like Anthony, even a little. It's one sloppy step.

Buffy? They might as well have ended up with Bernice when all is said and done.

brenda m - Sep 22, 2004 9:12:07 am PDT #9029 of 10001

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

fellow in the NFL name of Anfernee.

NBA

t /pedant

eta:

And his diminutive is Penny. There's a head-scratcher.

§ ita § - Sep 22, 2004 9:13:29 am PDT #9030 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I always forget that's Penny's real name.

eta: Is it a diminutive, or just a nickname?

brenda m - Sep 22, 2004 9:14:49 am PDT #9031 of 10001

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Couldn't say. I'm guessing he gets to write the book on that one anyhoo.

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