I think IRL, I would find Buffy too bossy. Bossy people make me want to do the opposite just to be contrary to their bossiness.
Which probably means I would have died in Season 1.
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness
[NAFDA] We used to get Buffy the day before everyone else, now we get Angel a week after everyone else. And Firefly every Monday!
Sue - Jan 20, 2003 8:10:49 pm PST #1142 of 6793
hip deep in pie
Jon B. - Jan 20, 2003 8:11:14 pm PST #1143 of 6793
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
And when they were in the lab she didn't use the gas flame on the highly flammable vampire - granted, she did use it on a Harbringer, but vamps are much more up-in-flamey.
It looked to me like she intended to flame the vamp - there was a quick shot of her flipping on a bunson burner - but she got distracted when the Bringers showed up.
I thought all the Buffy/Spike awkward-ex crap was strained as hell
But I loved that the SiW's picked up on it right away, as opposed to...say.... her slow-on-the-uptake best friends last season.
And how "watcher's council" was it for her to lock the 4 slayers in training into a crypt with the vampire?
Totally! That surprised me.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 20, 2003 8:11:54 pm PST #1144 of 6793
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
See, I tend to adore bossy women who know what they are doing. I become their very nice sidekick. Hmmm. I haven't however, yet taken up magic.
Elena - Jan 20, 2003 8:13:26 pm PST #1145 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
It looked to me like she intended to flame the vamp - there was a quick shot of her flipping on a bunson burner - but she got distracted when the Bringers showed up.
You're probably quite right; too bad she was busy being pinned to the ground to do it.
Sue - Jan 20, 2003 8:14:35 pm PST #1146 of 6793
hip deep in pie
Does anyone else think that having the FE retreat to re-group is kind of a lame excuse to do something else for an episode? I mean, it's the First Evil!!! Shouldn't it be chock-full of evil goodness all the time? Shouldn't it know every evil trick in the book?
amych - Jan 20, 2003 8:20:37 pm PST #1147 of 6793
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Yeah, I caught her turning on the gas tap too.
And my last (utterly obscure) shout-out moment was that Giles was in Shanghai collecting another potential -- which proved to me that I'm still not over my FFL obsession, since I heard "Shanghai" and immediately thought, "probably another Hellmouth -- after all, it's where the Chinese Slayer was from."
Elena - Jan 20, 2003 8:21:31 pm PST #1148 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
Yeah, why should it have to regroup? It's a single entity! And there were clearly Harbingers left, so how did Buffy just waltz in to rescue Spike? Hmm?
Okay, bed now. Chat later.
Jessica - Jan 20, 2003 8:21:45 pm PST #1149 of 6793
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I would have to kill her because the way she says 'okay' bugs the shit out of me. She did it again tonight.
I thought I was the only one bothered by that! That kind of swallow-y "aow-kay" she does. Hate it hate it hate it.
I thought the ep was good at both ends, weak in the middle. The problem is I can't decide if I'm supposed to think Buffy's doing a good job or not. If I'm supposed to think that Buffy's a piss-poor Watcher, well then I like the last three eps much better, because so far she's been damn lucky her "training" hasn't gotten all of the Potentials killed.
Elena - Jan 20, 2003 8:22:33 pm PST #1150 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
Jessica, I'm stunned that my hated of her 'okay' isn't as widely known as my hated of Willow.
Jessica - Jan 20, 2003 8:26:40 pm PST #1151 of 6793
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I can't remember you, or anyone ever mentioning it before. But it drives me absolutely batty every time she says the word, so I'm glad I'm not alone.