100 Youtube Videos - No. 4 - All I ask is that you try to see me
Day 4 of my Youtube recommendations, and you must have known I couldn't go much longer without picking a Buffy video. The one I've chosen for today is a really interesting video that makes innovative use of dialogue and text to highlight the differences between the Buffy/Angel and Buffy/Spike relationships. Personally I'm a shipper of both, but my preference these days is definitely for Spuffy (when I first viewed the show many years ago I was quite the Bangel fan!), and this video is heavily inclined towards Spuffy also.
The maker of this video has used text to highlight certain dialogue from the show and certain song lyrics. By then fading out some of the words from the text, the vidder has cleverly contrasted the Bangel and Spuffy dynamics. For example, Angel's line 'I want to take comfort in you' is used, then words faded out to leave 'I want to comfort you', accompanying pictures of Spike comforting Buffy. And Buffy's declaration that 'we're not friends' with regards to Angel, is faded to leave 'we're friends', overlying images of Spike and Buffy sharing jokes. Essentially, the video shows that Angel loved Buffy on his own terms, was prepared to leave her when it was necessary and when it was for the good of the world, and ultimately could never give her what she wanted or needed. Meanwhile, Spike loved her more than himself, more than the world, and would stay by her side even if it mean the planet dissolved around them. Angel does not always put Buffy first even when he has a soul; Spike puts her first even without a soul. Buffy idealises the Bangel relationship, but eventually she opens her eyes to what Spike is offering her...
Warnings: Some relationship-based spoilers for season 7 of Buffy. Made by SpuffyProductions.
The maker of this video has used text to highlight certain dialogue from the show and certain song lyrics. By then fading out some of the words from the text, the vidder has cleverly contrasted the Bangel and Spuffy dynamics. For example, Angel's line 'I want to take comfort in you' is used, then words faded out to leave 'I want to comfort you', accompanying pictures of Spike comforting Buffy. And Buffy's declaration that 'we're not friends' with regards to Angel, is faded to leave 'we're friends', overlying images of Spike and Buffy sharing jokes. Essentially, the video shows that Angel loved Buffy on his own terms, was prepared to leave her when it was necessary and when it was for the good of the world, and ultimately could never give her what she wanted or needed. Meanwhile, Spike loved her more than himself, more than the world, and would stay by her side even if it mean the planet dissolved around them. Angel does not always put Buffy first even when he has a soul; Spike puts her first even without a soul. Buffy idealises the Bangel relationship, but eventually she opens her eyes to what Spike is offering her...
Warnings: Some relationship-based spoilers for season 7 of Buffy. Made by SpuffyProductions.
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