Buzzfeed posted a list of "Most Depressingly Realistic Lessons" on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and it got me thinking. The author, while discussing the most "depressing" aspects of the show says, "Buffy is essentially a bildungsroman, a coming of age tale. At its core, it’s not about vampires or demons ( Read more... )

This manifesto is a long time coming ( Read more... )

Our fate has to be our own, or we're nothing.- Angel ( Read more... )

Something dawned on me today.

Buffy is going to end up with Spike.

This isn’t me fanwanking. This isn’t wishful thinking. It’s as clear as canon.

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I thought it was time to devote a post to two of my very favorite television characters; Buffy Summers, the quirky and courageous title character of the cult favorite Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Dean Winchester, one of the two central characters in a equally popular show, Supernatural. These two have so much in common it’s almost eerie. Shall we ( Read more... )

( Can-can we rest now? Buffy? Can we rest? )

So, they've been arguing about/discussing The Top Fifteen Greatest Scenes in BtVS over at The
Buffy-Boards, and I thought I'd give a shot at making my own list.

( With so many great scenes to choose from, I had a hard time, believe me... )

I love you.

No, you don’t.Three words, uttered twice by the two in the course of the series. Once in “Dead Things” and later, in “Chosen.“ Yet, surrounded by a very different context. A specific choice by the writers, this exchange is extremely important to an understanding of this couple. But how do we even begin to extract meaning from this ( Read more... )

Firstly, I’m new to the big, wide world of the Supernatural (SPN) fandom. I haven’t even finished the entire series yet. But what I do know is that it’s been a long, long time since I’ve come across a show that I've become so invested in. So I write. About what I think. Because, well, that’s what I do. Comments are always welcome.

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There’s something I’ve been thinking quite a lot about since my recent re-watch of Season 5. And as a result of my musing, and theorizing, I’ve come to a rather radical decision ( Read more... )