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laurashapiro August 31 2014, 15:18:04 UTC
Oh, this is splendid! I love how shit gets real at the key change -- that was a great decision.

Jonathan's story is a tragedy and it's easy to forget that, but this made me ache for him.

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bradcpu September 1 2014, 03:31:42 UTC
I love how shit gets real at the key change
Whee, thanks! I was fretting over how to handle the final third because it's such a big tonal shift, and yet the song stays very much fun and bouncy. Really happy to see your reaction.

Jonathan made a lot of mistakes, but so did the Scoobies. I think the most painful part in the rewatch was when Andrew leads him to the basement by promising that what they're doing will let them be part of Buffy's "gang." Jonathan thinks about it and comes back with the most hopeful sounding "Do you really think she'd let us join her gang?" Broke my heart.

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laurashapiro September 1 2014, 16:22:25 UTC
Aww! I'd forgotten that! ):

Just showed the vid to P. and it affected him, too. He said, "Jonathan deserves a better ending than he got."

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bradcpu September 1 2014, 17:34:36 UTC
Glad P. liked it! Yes, I agree he needed a better ending.

I did a tumblr search for Jonathan and almost everything on there was a scene in which Spike or Andrew was the focal point and Jonathan was *also* in the scene. Kind of appropriate in a way, I guess.

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laurashapiro September 1 2014, 18:50:55 UTC
Totally appropriate! And also sad.

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