Fire bad. Tree pretty.
I finished Buffy season 3 with Meg tonight.
I still love Season 3 Angel. Love him to bits and tiny broody pieces. He loves Buffy so much. The Buffy/Angel love story is truly and deeply epic - it always gets to me, no matter how many times I see it. I just.. I don't know why, but I feel how much they love each other. They're both phenomenal actors (though I admit, Angel is pretty one dimensional in BtVS. He fleshes out a whole lot more on his own show, but that only makes sense) and together they just spark so beautifully. I want to be mad at Angel for leaving but I CAN'T becaue he's RIGHT, you know? That's the beauty of Joss's work (or the torture?) - everything's so COMPLEX. You can't have simple emotions about it all. Oh sigh.
Buffy and Faith's relationship continues to get me right in the gut. There are just such high emotions riding there, and then the dream Buffy has? Where they're all quiet and affectionate and thoughtful? It's such a beautiful, peaceful moment, and a lovely note to send off Faith, for the time being. And then how Buffy kisses Faith's forehead - it's an acknowledgement of all that they share, of all the horror Faith has been through, and that no matter what Faith's done, she's still a victim. I thought that was beautiful and touching. Their relationship is so complex and messed up - full of betrayal on both sides, but they also share the greatest part of who they are.
One of my favorite moments of the whole show is when Jonathan gives Buffy the Class Protector award. It invariably makes me all teary. VALIDATION. For all the shit she's gone through. Absolutely wonderful. And deliciously real, because you KNOW all those people know that crazy shit happens in Sunnydale. You can't act like they wouldn't notice. So Joss takes that and turns it into this absolutely gorgeous, touching moment.
Can you tell I want Joss to have all my babies?
ETA: LOOK AT THE ICON CASSI MADE ME! NO JUST LOOK! *swoons* SO PRETTY. Thank you Cassibean! *huggles endlessly*
I still love Season 3 Angel. Love him to bits and tiny broody pieces. He loves Buffy so much. The Buffy/Angel love story is truly and deeply epic - it always gets to me, no matter how many times I see it. I just.. I don't know why, but I feel how much they love each other. They're both phenomenal actors (though I admit, Angel is pretty one dimensional in BtVS. He fleshes out a whole lot more on his own show, but that only makes sense) and together they just spark so beautifully. I want to be mad at Angel for leaving but I CAN'T becaue he's RIGHT, you know? That's the beauty of Joss's work (or the torture?) - everything's so COMPLEX. You can't have simple emotions about it all. Oh sigh.
Buffy and Faith's relationship continues to get me right in the gut. There are just such high emotions riding there, and then the dream Buffy has? Where they're all quiet and affectionate and thoughtful? It's such a beautiful, peaceful moment, and a lovely note to send off Faith, for the time being. And then how Buffy kisses Faith's forehead - it's an acknowledgement of all that they share, of all the horror Faith has been through, and that no matter what Faith's done, she's still a victim. I thought that was beautiful and touching. Their relationship is so complex and messed up - full of betrayal on both sides, but they also share the greatest part of who they are.
One of my favorite moments of the whole show is when Jonathan gives Buffy the Class Protector award. It invariably makes me all teary. VALIDATION. For all the shit she's gone through. Absolutely wonderful. And deliciously real, because you KNOW all those people know that crazy shit happens in Sunnydale. You can't act like they wouldn't notice. So Joss takes that and turns it into this absolutely gorgeous, touching moment.
Can you tell I want Joss to have all my babies?
ETA: LOOK AT THE ICON CASSI MADE ME! NO JUST LOOK! *swoons* SO PRETTY. Thank you Cassibean! *huggles endlessly*