Xander ,'Chosen'
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Tending to agree with much of the "did Buffy love Riley" ideas, but I think she also felt the need for A Boyfriend, and Riley loved her.
When she decided not to call Ben, it was like a light bulb went off in her head that it was ok to be unattached. Which suggests to me that she'd been in the mode of "gotta have someone" up until then.
Riley's shining moment was his resigned, "but she doesn't love me."
He should have really just left then, or he and Buffy should have had a slow, painless sizzle. The melodrama only weakened the real pain there. Understatement was called for.
I agree. I felt like Riley (as a character) got trashed. Now that's a weird thing for me to say, because I enjoyed his slide to the pathetic corner of the dark side. I did not enjoy his whinging, though. And I felt badly that he left the way he left. I think that's one of the non-Buffy reasons I liked As You Were. Riley's last note was less sour.
Riley's last note was less sour.
Yeah,that wasn't the best of episodes, but that at least made me happy. Plus, I kind of like the nick and Nora Fury, secret agent stuff. because I am a geek.
I liked it too. I figured we were seeing everything through a miserable!Buffy lens, so it didn't bother me that Samantha seemed so perfect.
Riley's shining moment was his resigned, "but she doesn't love me."
such a great moment. your heart stopped. he should have just fucking sacked up and left. But nooooo, he had to go get munched on by a vampire. Passive aggressive much?
I'll just sit here and nod.
I'm not sure she said she loved him though
Now that you say that, Cindy, I'm not sure she ever said it to him. I guess I was drawing conclusions after her "run after him if you love him" conversation with Xander.
Riley's shining moment was his resigned, "but she doesn't love me."
He should have really just left then, or he and Buffy should have had a slow, painless sizzle. The melodrama only weakened the real pain there. Understatement was called for.
Once again agreeing with victor.
I feel like Buffy was using her Slayerness as a wall between her and Riley. It seemed to me that she used her Destiny as a way to keep parts of herself separate from him. She told him that she gave him as much as she could and that wasn't enough for him. But is that true? Or just her viewpoint?
She told him that she gave him as much as she could and that wasn't enough for him. But is that true?
Yeah, I think it was. Kind of part of the whole not loving him thing, really. I don't know that that was so much a Slayer thing as a Buffy thing.
And, in all fairness to Buffy, HER MOTHER WAS DYING. She had to deal with that, take care of her, and take care of her "sister". She didn't have enough left for a relationship.