Buffy 4x15-4x16, minor spoilers for Buffy S6
Wow. Really great episodes. I can't believe this is the first time I've seen them! Now I feel a great desire to rewatch all the Faith vids.
Lots of little things, like the multiple dream sequences, especially the ones with the Mayor. The oft vidded making the bed sequence and "little sis is coming." I really liked Riley when he was having sex with Faith-in-Buffy, he came off perfectly as the sweet, normal guy that Buffy probably needed after Angel, the part that I felt ME and company stopped emphasizing with the Initiative arc. See, I like that Riley.
Latent sexual tension between Buffy and Spike and Faith... I wonder how much of this he remembered and kept in mind with S6? He's almost got the same expressions there as he does in Smashed.
Buffy/Faith/Willow tension. I love the Tara and Willow relationship right now, I love the gradual falling in love bit and Tara's "I am, you know. Yours." The spell to go into the netherworld was gorgeously done.
Eliza Dushku was awesome as Buffy (I also loved the credits!), as was SMG! I loved the Buffy in Faith interaction with Giles, and how she was so perfectly Buffy.
The staking scene in the church echoing the one in Bad Girls (I think... you know, Faith at the last minute stakes the vamp about to get Buffy in the cemetary). The beating scene hurts so much, even more with the remembrance that Dead Things is going to come Buffy's way. So much of Faith-in-Buffy I see echoed in S6 Buffy, the unsureness of her own sexuality, the fear and enjoyment of violence, the incredible self-hatred.
And hee, of course Riley was going to church! And Giles: "Tiny, tiny babies!"
Now I really want to watch Five by Five and Sanctuary to see how they'll feel! I've seen those two multiple times, but never seen This Year's Girl and Who Are You, which I think will definitely change some perspective!
Lots of little things, like the multiple dream sequences, especially the ones with the Mayor. The oft vidded making the bed sequence and "little sis is coming." I really liked Riley when he was having sex with Faith-in-Buffy, he came off perfectly as the sweet, normal guy that Buffy probably needed after Angel, the part that I felt ME and company stopped emphasizing with the Initiative arc. See, I like that Riley.
Latent sexual tension between Buffy and Spike and Faith... I wonder how much of this he remembered and kept in mind with S6? He's almost got the same expressions there as he does in Smashed.
Buffy/Faith/Willow tension. I love the Tara and Willow relationship right now, I love the gradual falling in love bit and Tara's "I am, you know. Yours." The spell to go into the netherworld was gorgeously done.
Eliza Dushku was awesome as Buffy (I also loved the credits!), as was SMG! I loved the Buffy in Faith interaction with Giles, and how she was so perfectly Buffy.
The staking scene in the church echoing the one in Bad Girls (I think... you know, Faith at the last minute stakes the vamp about to get Buffy in the cemetary). The beating scene hurts so much, even more with the remembrance that Dead Things is going to come Buffy's way. So much of Faith-in-Buffy I see echoed in S6 Buffy, the unsureness of her own sexuality, the fear and enjoyment of violence, the incredible self-hatred.
And hee, of course Riley was going to church! And Giles: "Tiny, tiny babies!"
Now I really want to watch Five by Five and Sanctuary to see how they'll feel! I've seen those two multiple times, but never seen This Year's Girl and Who Are You, which I think will definitely change some perspective!