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Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.  

This is where we talk about Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No spoilers though?if you post one by accident, an admin will delete it. This thread is NO LONGER NAFDA. Please don't discuss current Angel events here.


Una - Nov 21, 2004 6:33:18 pm PST #9439 of 10001
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.

Seeing the high post numbers on this thread is also sad, because it's the last Buffy thread, isn't it?

Nooooo!

Seriously, can't we discuss old episodes? 'cause I, for one, came to buffy late, watched it from both ends at once, and am still missing bits of the beginning.

I still wonder how people who could write/film stuff like that could overlook the possibilities inherent in having the First Evil appear to all the Scoobies as Buffy to sow dissension in their ranks.

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that....


Connie Neil - Nov 21, 2004 7:03:39 pm PST #9440 of 10001
brillig

The paranoia level would have been wonderful, if the Scoobies had to keep poking Buffy to see if she was the First or not. Everytime she walked into the room, people would sidle up and nudge her or something. Or she could start knocking on tables first thing, just to prove it.


DebetEsse - Nov 21, 2004 7:04:58 pm PST #9441 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I wanted that to happen, anyway. I would have loved for everyone to need to touch at the start of each scene. I think it would have done wonders for the group dynamics.


Sean K - Nov 21, 2004 7:11:10 pm PST #9442 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I would have loved for everyone to need to touch at the start of each scene. I think it would have done wonders for the group dynamics.

Yeah, I think I was even more surprised that this didn't happen as soon as they realized that the First was impersonating people. Just start touching each other at regular intervals.


Polter-Cow - Nov 21, 2004 7:12:34 pm PST #9443 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

That's one of the things the TWoP recappers were yelling about week after week, and, as bitter as they were, they were right. I mean, even after they tackled Giles to prove he wasn't The First, they never implemented a system. Did they realize it could be Buffy? I mean, when did they discover the fact that it could only take the form of someone dead?

Hell, even so, they should still be testing everyone the first new time they see them, because for all they know, they could have been killed recently.


Jon B. - Nov 21, 2004 7:15:52 pm PST #9444 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Seeing the high post numbers on this thread is also sad, because it's the last Buffy thread, isn't it?

No reason we wouldn't start a new one. There's always been strong sentiment to keep a Buffy thread open. We're not called the Lostistas, after all.


§ ita § - Nov 21, 2004 7:27:49 pm PST #9445 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

We're not called the Lostistas, after all.

Yet.


victor infante - Nov 21, 2004 8:01:05 pm PST #9446 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

No reason we wouldn't start a new one. There's always been strong sentiment to keep a Buffy thread open. We're not called the Lostistas, after all.

There will always be Buffy and Angel threads on this board. It IS our raison d'etre after all.

Besides, I just finished rewatching Buffy Season Five, and man did I enjoy it. A lot of my issues really floated away, and watched in rapid succession, it hung together well.


Polter-Cow - Nov 21, 2004 8:04:21 pm PST #9447 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Besides, I just finished rewatching Buffy Season Five, and man did I enjoy it. A lot of my issues really floated away, and watche din rapid succession, it hung together well.

I like S5 for the most part, but as I rewatched it, I realized how much I'd forgotten about it, even though it was only a few years ago. The episode titles didn't ring any bells, and it was so hard to remember when Glory appeared and when she started doing things. In contrast to the earlier seasons, which, on the rewatch, I realized I remembered a ton from, even from only ever seeing them once, longer before.


victor infante - Nov 21, 2004 8:15:08 pm PST #9448 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

Yeah, I had that happen to. Which, on a certain level, was nice. It meant a lot of it was a surprise.

I'd totally forgotten how much "business" Buffy had in her scene in "The Body," when she was alone with Joyce's corpse. Especially between when the paramedics left and Giles appeared. Gah. Heartbreaking.