Buffy 5x14-5x17, spoilers through S6
Watched Crush through Forever tonight. Spoilers through S6
Crush always makes me horribly embarrassed for everyone involved, though I do very much like the Spike outburst at all the bloody women in his life. And Joyce asking Buffy if she's inadvertantly led Spike on eerily echoes the fandom arguments about the attempted rape in Seeing Red. It was weird watching this again, because all the other times I watched it was when I was just getting into Buffy and a big fan of Spike. Still like Spike, but I was also sort of watching this ep through Buffy's POV and getting her complete disgust at the idea of Spike having a crush on her.
I keep forgetting how good I Was Made to Love You is, despite the fact that it's about a sexbot, and watching Warren now knowing everything that's going to happen in S6 is also incredibly strange. I keep wanting to warn Buffy somehow.
The Body hits as hard as always, and as always, I teared up during Anya's speech.
I was wrong previously about having seen all the Buffy episodes -- I had completely forgotten I hadn't seen Forever and sundry S1 episodes. I knew The Body was good, but I didn't quite realize just how good Forever was as well. Despite being a non-B/A shipper, I smiled when Buffy's hand slipped into Angel's at the graveside, all without her even looking at him. I feel if they had that sort of connection in S2 (or emphasized it), I would have been a bigger fan of the ship... Never quite caught on in S2 because it just felt so high school crush like. And I hope Spike's flowers made it to the grave.
It's interesting how much this episode sets up for the rest of the season -- Glory finding Dawn, obviously, but also Doc on the tower and, further down the line, Willow's eventual resurrection of Buffy and her attempted resurrection of Tara.
And I was doing ok until the end, when Buffy breaks down in front of Dawn. I didn't think it was possible, but it hurt even more than Anya's speech in The Body because this was Buffy and my heart just went out to her. Sometimes when I'm watching I just want to reach out and hug Buffy and tell her everything's going to be ok by S7, even if she has to go through hell to get there. Haha, I get very involved in my show sometimes ;).
Crush always makes me horribly embarrassed for everyone involved, though I do very much like the Spike outburst at all the bloody women in his life. And Joyce asking Buffy if she's inadvertantly led Spike on eerily echoes the fandom arguments about the attempted rape in Seeing Red. It was weird watching this again, because all the other times I watched it was when I was just getting into Buffy and a big fan of Spike. Still like Spike, but I was also sort of watching this ep through Buffy's POV and getting her complete disgust at the idea of Spike having a crush on her.
I keep forgetting how good I Was Made to Love You is, despite the fact that it's about a sexbot, and watching Warren now knowing everything that's going to happen in S6 is also incredibly strange. I keep wanting to warn Buffy somehow.
The Body hits as hard as always, and as always, I teared up during Anya's speech.
I was wrong previously about having seen all the Buffy episodes -- I had completely forgotten I hadn't seen Forever and sundry S1 episodes. I knew The Body was good, but I didn't quite realize just how good Forever was as well. Despite being a non-B/A shipper, I smiled when Buffy's hand slipped into Angel's at the graveside, all without her even looking at him. I feel if they had that sort of connection in S2 (or emphasized it), I would have been a bigger fan of the ship... Never quite caught on in S2 because it just felt so high school crush like. And I hope Spike's flowers made it to the grave.
It's interesting how much this episode sets up for the rest of the season -- Glory finding Dawn, obviously, but also Doc on the tower and, further down the line, Willow's eventual resurrection of Buffy and her attempted resurrection of Tara.
And I was doing ok until the end, when Buffy breaks down in front of Dawn. I didn't think it was possible, but it hurt even more than Anya's speech in The Body because this was Buffy and my heart just went out to her. Sometimes when I'm watching I just want to reach out and hug Buffy and tell her everything's going to be ok by S7, even if she has to go through hell to get there. Haha, I get very involved in my show sometimes ;).