we don't carry leprosy

Mostly Filler, Installment 42

3:8 Lover's Walk

 

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buffy angel meh
what's classier than bowling
spike is back woohoo

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Funniest Moment:

"We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru..." I know, this should not be funny, but Spike just is.

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Favorite Character: so totally Spike

 Every time Spike arrives on the scene, stuff gets funny and poignant and layered all over the place. The Spike/Joyce dynamic is hilarious and darling, though one would think Joyce would be a little more cautious by now. No, never mind, one wouldn't. Spike's perspective on life is so fun. He, not unlike many of us, has a perfect grip on other people's situations (ie Buffy/Angel) but nary a clue about his own ("she didn't even care enough to cut off my head or set me on fire...").

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Best Dressed: Willow

Purple adorableness.

 

Worst Dressed: Buffy

Exercise outfit of badness.

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Musings:

• Spike is hilarious and terrifying all at once.
• I think Buffy is offended that people (Giles, friends, her mom, even Angel) seem to think she could go to college and Faith could take her place. Even if she wants to leave, the idea that somehow she is expendable does not sit well.
• I love how Oz keeps his cool throughout.
• Is this the first time we actually see the magic shop? It's the first magic show owner bites the dust moment.
• Holy carp, the mayor is creepy.
• "Whoa, it smells like church in here. Wait... evil church." Is there any other kind?
• I still think Allyson Hannigan is this show's best actor. I believe every moment from her.
• The funeral mislead is just lame.
• Though I don't care greatly about Buffy/Angel, I will admit that the, "tell me that you don't love me" at the end is sad. As is the picture of Oz with his guitar at the end. Sad sad sad.

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Lover's Walk Drabble



“We don’t carry leprosy.” She giggled nervously while she tried not to look upstairs toward the more potent spell books. They did carry leprosy. And boils. And plagues. And all sorts of badness. But those were just for emergencies. Well, emergencies and very insistent customers. A few years ago there had been this group of lawyers from LA, very well-dressed, very insistent. She had sold them the books, leprosy and such. And some charms and objects she really shouldn’t have had in the shop. And an awful lot of eye of newt. But this guy? Nah, no leprosy for him.

synchronized slaying

 

Well, it's like this. I abandoned this blog 5 years ago, and yet, my love for all things Buffy has not waned. I have a different perspective now, but I still love the show and the characters. So I think I will continue, sans the fanart, which I think I no longer have the brain power to make. Pity. Looking at the old posts makes me remember the fun. But anyway...

 

Mostly Filler, Installment 41

3:7 Revelations

 

 

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watcher feels betrayed
faith's lipstick is awfully dark
there's guilt a-plenty

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Funniest Moment:

Wow, this episode is humorless. But Willow makes cute faces.

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Favorite Character: Buffy

I actually have a lot of sympathy for B in this episode. I totally get why she kept Angel's return a secret. You get so tired of the judgment, the looks from your so-called friends... ugh. Rational or not, I can't help being on her side for this one.

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Best Dressed: Buffy

 

Love this. Supercute.

 

Worst Dressed: Also Buffy

 

Tank top bag shirt and winter hat? I don't get it.

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Musings:

• I can't remember whether Gwendolyn Post fooled me on the first watching. Probably. I find myself wondering what happened to her to make her lose her marbles. She's funny because, in spite of having turned evil, she still has that whole watchers' council snobbery thing going.
• I am so over the Buffy/Faith innuendo. Whatever. But on the other hand, I cannot stand to watch that fight scene. I do not want the slayers to beat each other up.
• I'm still a fan of Willow/Xander. I never saw them as brother/sister and always wished they'd have a chance. But alas...
• Does an intervention ever really work?
• I wonder if someone other than Xander had been the one to see Angel first if things would have gone differently. Xander really never stops being a jealous ass for an entire 7 seasons. Interesting how he sticks up for Angel in front of Faith but blames Angel in front of Buffy. And I wonder whether Willow would have reacted differently if she hadn't been wrapped up in her own secret.
• Why did Giles not suspect Angel's return when Buffy told him about her "dream?" He's usually more astute, right?
• Many of the characters are at their most insipid in this episode - Angel, Faith, Xander, Cordy. Yet they're still all such sympathetic characters. Currently, I'm into season 2 of Dexter - everyone says to keep watching because it's such a great show. But I have yet to find even one character on that show sympathetic, thus I'm just not interested.
• Still, after many years of Buffy watching, just cannot care that much about Buffy/Angel.
• Buffy is awfully naïve, even if well-meaning, to tell Faith, "You can trust me." She has no concept of her own privilege in this situation, none whatsoever.

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Revelations Drabble

 

OK, listen, I researched how to do this the right way. You have to use what’s called “I statements.” Otherwise the person feels like they’re being attacked.

Yeah, we did this for my Uncle Rory once. It so didn’t take.

I mean it, Xander. We have to help Buffy here. I’m sure she didn’t mean to… I mean, I’m sure she was planning to tell us as soon as she...

Yeah, no doubt. I mean, why wouldn’t she want to tell us Angelus was back? It’s not like he’s a cold-blooded murderer. Damn, how many lives does that guy have?

I know a beast who knows a guy

Mostly Filler, Installment 40
3:6 Band Candy

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suburban mom plus
librarian watcher make
the sixties appear

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Funniest Moment:

Hee hee! Willow is so cute in the driving scene. Reminds me of how my sister is always saying, "We are gonna die!" when I drive.

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Favorite Character: Giles
Or Ripper, I suppose. This episode gives us the character we've been longing for ever since the Eyghon episode. If anyone managed to not be in love with Giles up until this point, there's no hope after it.

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Best Dressed: Cordelia

This isn't the best screencap, but this is a typical adorable Cordy outfit. Plaid skirt, love it!

Worst Dressed: Joyce

I guess it's not so so bad, but I just want Joyce to be hipper than this. She is an art gallery chick, after all.

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Musings:

• Studying for the SATs in a cemetery pretty much tells the story of the whole series - slayering superimposed over life. Great scene.
• Angel - I try so hard to care about him, and I just can't. Meh. I do, however, LOVE the music behind Angel's little exercise montage.
• Principal Snyder and the Mayor are both such brilliant characters, and both are played flawlessly. Love love love.
• Joyce and Giles both have fabulous hair.
• I bet this episode was way fun to make for the actors.
• The mailman sitting in the playground reading people's mail is so hilarious. Makes me laugh every time. I have no love for the USPS, so mailmen behaving badly is fun for me.
• One of my favorite lines of Buffy speak is in this episode. I use it all the time. "...somewhere that's else."
• I always wish we could have had Giles/Joyce for real. They would have been a great couple.
• This is one of my favorite episodes. It's just so much fun. And so many fabulous quotations: What? I can't have layers? Those tall, fuzzy hats ain't cheap. But they go with everything. I think that is my doctor. He's usually less topless. Summers, you drive like a spaz!
  

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Band Candy icons and wallpaper

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Band Candy Drabble

"So, why do they call you Ripper?" Joyce asked afterwards.

The part of Giles’ brain that had up until just recently been trying to take back control had disappeared. Not exactly like losing a soul, but…

The words "I was an adventurous lad in my youth, you see, and my chosen comrades were not such that my responsible side often won out" did not form like they should have, and did definitely not make it to the outside air.

Nope. Instead, our Rupert just grinned a devilish grin, leaned back, and struck a match on the sole of his shoe.

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