Question Meme from kikimay

[itsnotmymind]

1. Comment with "I got drunk and bought a ton of flowers" (or, you know, just ask for questions)

2. I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.

3. Update your journal with the answers to the questions.

4. Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions. (If you want. Totally optional.)

Comments

[kikimay]

Andy is the cop/Gwen's friend, right? I don't dislike him but I love Gwen so I keep Gwen in the team.

[itsnotmymind]

Yes, Andy is Gwen's cop friend. I'd much rather have Gwen then him.

[lokifan]

OMG yes, I love Dead Things. It's utterly fantastic if incredibly dark.

Wow, you've only lived in one city? I can't imagine living in one place... but I guess you must like it plenty!

[itsnotmymind]

My family is there and most of my friends are there, and it is a good place to be except for how cold it gets in the winter.

[red_satin_doll]

Sorry I missed this post but I just wanted to add 1000% of YES and my whole heart to your DT love. It's one of my all-time favorite episodes. The only part of it that doesn't quite work for me is the actual dream sequence (except for the beginning of it when it's not yet clear that it is a dream) because the entire episode already has the feeling of a fever dream so a dream sequence seems redundant. Except for Katrina's death - shit just got REAL, y'all.

The scene at the end with Buffy and Tara is just devastating. I already love their (very underplayed) friendship, and I love that it's occurs on the living room sofa - where Joyce held Buffy at the end of Innocence, where Joyce died; and her picture is visible next to the sofa in DT (and all of S6-7 if I'm not mistaken.) It breaks my heart every time I watch it.

[itsnotmymind]

You don't have to apologize for missing a post! That is totally allowed. Although of course your comment is appreciated.

I like the dream sequence because it takes you inside Buffy's head, and that's a lot of what the episode is about for me.

I love that it's occurs on the living room sofa - where Joyce held Buffy at the end of Innocence, where Joyce died; and her picture is visible next to the sofa in DT

I have never made that connection, but you're right. There's a connection to Joyce even though she's dead.

[red_satin_doll]

There's a connection to Joyce even though she's dead.

Indeed. My fanwank is that the reason Tara doesn't figure into NA until the end of the ep is because of the presence of Joyce in Buffy's hallucination - there seems to be a theme on the show of a multitude of father-figures but only one (Slayer, Mother, etc) at a time. Which is what the Slayer spell changes but I think there's the fact that the writers unintentionally repeat the sins of other mainstream media - mature women and mothers don't exist, or only one woman can be in the story at a time, etc.