Yay for converting friends to BtVS! Heee, you can tell her that Amy's mom *kind of* shows up when Oz points out that the statue's eyes seem to move. O_o
It's so intereting and kind of heart-breaking to watch Buffy in the different seasons. Going through s1 for episodic_buffy, I keep saying aloud "Awww, she's so young! She's so cute and round-cheeked!" And yes, curvy Buffy, sadly, was pretty much s1 only, though SMG did seem to get even skinnier as the series went on.
I did tell her about the statue. And she laughed at that, but I feel like I shouldn't've said because now that part is spoiled for her.
Even though she's never that curvy again, she still had *some* in 2 and 3, and even got some back (I thought) in 5. It's 6 and 7 that really make me cringe. She looks skeletal. But yeah, one of the things that really surprised me about BtVS was just how endearing Buffy herself was. S1, except for "Prophecy Girl," was the quality of plots I'd expected out of the show (though the dialogue was much more intelligent than I'd've ever guessed),--that is, many of them are ridiculous. But it's really Buffy that makes me adore that season; she's not only quippy and kind and loyal and kick-ass, she's so adorable to look at.
I have heard that the producers of Scooby Doo demanded that she lose ten pounds to play Daphne, which is why she looks so dreadful in S6. Dear God, she didn't have ten pounds to lose.
Woody Allen isn't in Match Point; he just wrote and directed it. I have an Annie Hall hat though, or so I'm told; I've been meaning to see it forever. Drew's cute. I can't imagine her singing
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One thing that I think is interesting is how different Wishverse Buffy is from Faith. Faith is obviously a reflection of Buffy, what she could be if she let go. Faith accuses Buffy of being exactly the same as her, and that what's holding Buffy back is weakness. It's obvious that's not so, but I think Wishverse Buffy and S6 Buffy make it even more clear that Buffy's sense of right and justice and good are something absolutely fundamental to her; she's not trembling on the brink of immorality, like Faith; her darkness is something completely different. Her darkness is a devotion to duty and good so stringent that she won't accept help, hates herself when she fails, and takes it out on herself. That is, Buffy's darkness is an inward spiral that destroys herself; Faith's is an outward one that destroys others. What gets me is how much of that is THERE is wishverse Buffy; even as they're pushing us toward paralleling Faith and Buffy more and more, they're showing us their fundamental differences, and creating something that's echoed
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One of the big differences is that Faith was second. And in addition to all that inferiority, it's also part of why it's easier for her to be irresponsible. Because a part of her knows that no matter how much she messes up, Buffy will do things right. So she can let herself fail.
And Buffy never had that - Buffy knows that she's got to do things right and can't let herself fail. Even with Kendra around and later Faith, Buffy still knows she has to take her duty dead serious.
What the Wishverse/S7 and S6 showed me, was that a Buffy who tried to live like Kendra (all duty) or Faith (lots of wildness) was going to not be a happy/fulfilled person.
BTW - It's kind of a neat thing that Faith really proves that she's going to grow up and do things right in AtS-4 when Wesley tells her that Angel is gone and Buffy's not coming - without them as a security blanket Faith steps up and acts like she should have in the first place.
That's a good point. And yet, I don't feel like if Faith had been called before Buffy things would be all that different. I feel like it's in the make-up of the person, in Buffy and in Faith. I think Faith needed to fall before she could stand up straight and tall. I think Buffy needed to fall before she'd hunch lower to the ground.
You have an FF fic I've been saving up to read. I'm behind on fic reading my flist, but I want you to know how much I look forward to reading anything you write!
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It's so intereting and kind of heart-breaking to watch Buffy in the different seasons. Going through s1 for episodic_buffy, I keep saying aloud "Awww, she's so young! She's so cute and round-cheeked!" And yes, curvy Buffy, sadly, was pretty much s1 only, though SMG did seem to get even skinnier as the series went on.
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Even though she's never that curvy again, she still had *some* in 2 and 3, and even got some back (I thought) in 5. It's 6 and 7 that really make me cringe. She looks skeletal. But yeah, one of the things that really surprised me about BtVS was just how endearing Buffy herself was. S1, except for "Prophecy Girl," was the quality of plots I'd expected out of the show (though the dialogue was much more intelligent than I'd've ever guessed),--that is, many of them are ridiculous. But it's really Buffy that makes me adore that season; she's not only quippy and kind and loyal and kick-ass, she's so adorable to look at.
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Hey, did you ever wish there was a way to just bleep out people's icons?
Heee, YES!
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There this one icon on my flist that I just wish I didn't have to see every day.
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And Buffy never had that - Buffy knows that she's got to do things right and can't let herself fail. Even with Kendra around and later Faith, Buffy still knows she has to take her duty dead serious.
What the Wishverse/S7 and S6 showed me, was that a Buffy who tried to live like Kendra (all duty) or Faith (lots of wildness) was going to not be a happy/fulfilled person.
BTW - It's kind of a neat thing that Faith really proves that she's going to grow up and do things right in AtS-4 when Wesley tells her that Angel is gone and Buffy's not coming - without them as a security blanket Faith steps up and acts like she should have in the first place.
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Just because you are so smoochable AND you make me laugh. YAY!
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You have an FF fic I've been saving up to read. I'm behind on fic reading my flist, but I want you to know how much I look forward to reading anything you write!
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