Comments | boot_the_grime: Buffy rewatch: 2.22. Becoming, part 2

boot_the_grime

Buffy rewatch: 2.22. Becoming, part 2

Dec 15, 2011 07:31

When I was about to watch this episode, I wondered if I can still be affected by it, since I’ve seen it several times. Of course, this is one of the most important and iconic episodes of the show, but can it still move me when I almost know it by heart? And…it didn’t exactly make me cry this time, but it’s still an awesome episode you could ( Read more... )

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gisforbeans December 15 2011, 23:25:48 UTC

Interesting catch on the unintentional foreshadowing! Am enjoying your reviews. And yes, this finale still also makes me cry.

itsnotmymind December 15 2011, 23:29:25 UTC

Yay, a review!

I always thought this was a perfect resolution to the Xander/Willow/Oz storyline

I actually like the idea that it didn't end there, that the tension and feelings didn't go away, but Willow and Xander's S3 fling does nothing for me.

I always think back to these scenes as one of the obvious proofs that the idea that Buffy really thought of soulless Spike as a “thing” is utter BS.

I think she wanted to think of Spike as a "soulless thing", but she couldn't. She not only sees him as human, she identifies with him: when she calls him "pathetic" and tells him she hates him, she's taking her own self-disgust about her feelings for the murderous Angel on him. Which is also foreshadowing...

Not only does she feel that they wouldn’t understand what she’s been through, but, in her emotional state, she wouldn’t be able to be their friend and daughterWhile I think Buffy has the best of intentions in emotionally (and sometimes physically) withdrawing from her loved ones when she's in a bad mental state, I'm not sure it's the ( ... )