not a photo, but...selenakNovember 4 2003, 10:55:31 UTC
...Buffy, Xander and Willow sitting together at the end of The Wish, laughing and talking, is certainly presented as a counterpoint to the AU we've just been shown in which the ultimate alienation - them killing each other - has taken place.
Interesting observation about the photos. They seem to work as a touchstone of emotional connections for her, or as the past she tries to get back in touch with. Not just the Scoobies together but also her parents; I recall Buffy watching the photo of herself and her parents (sans Dawn) in Normal Again, and of course the photo with Dawn and her mother from which Dawn kept dissappearing in There is no place like home.
Here's something odd: she never does this with any of her love interests. Not Angel, not Riley, not Spike. With them, it's things (the cross, the claderagh, Riley's t-shirt, for example), but not pictures.
And, oh: Restless. Buffy looks at a picture of Xander, Willow, Giles and herself (in fact the four of them as they're sleeping in the Summers living room) when having the
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Re: not a photo, but...butterflyNovember 4 2003, 17:49:00 UTC
It seems to be only a 'family' thing, not a love interest thing. She sees pictures of her chosen family to remind her of her ties to this world and pictures of her blood family to remind her of her blood ties.
And yeah, the Restless card/picture is interesting (it's actually of them waking up, as I recall... hmm, I want to go rewatch and see if it mimics the real wake-up). And she tries to follow Xander up the stairs in her dream... the only time she physically sees one of the other Scoobies, interestingly enough. She sees Anya, not Willow in the dorm. She doesn't see Giles in her dream. But she does see Xander. And she tries to follow him, leaving her mom behind (hmm... Xander was part of both of her resurrections and the only part in her first, could it be that she's leaving her mom behind the wall (death) and following Xander (normal guy, heart guy, the one who sees and loves) back to where life is?)
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Was there a picture in When She Was Bad? I guess I just thought the photo thing happened sooner than season three.
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But yeah, I think that DMP may be the first time.
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Interesting observation about the photos. They seem to work as a touchstone of emotional connections for her, or as the past she tries to get back in touch with. Not just the Scoobies together but also her parents; I recall Buffy watching the photo of herself and her parents (sans Dawn) in Normal Again, and of course the photo with Dawn and her mother from which Dawn kept dissappearing in There is no place like home.
Here's something odd: she never does this with any of her love interests. Not Angel, not Riley, not Spike. With them, it's things (the cross, the claderagh, Riley's t-shirt, for example), but not pictures.
And, oh: Restless. Buffy looks at a picture of Xander, Willow, Giles and herself (in fact the four of them as they're sleeping in the Summers living room) when having the ( ... )
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And yeah, the Restless card/picture is interesting (it's actually of them waking up, as I recall... hmm, I want to go rewatch and see if it mimics the real wake-up). And she tries to follow Xander up the stairs in her dream... the only time she physically sees one of the other Scoobies, interestingly enough. She sees Anya, not Willow in the dorm. She doesn't see Giles in her dream. But she does see Xander. And she tries to follow him, leaving her mom behind (hmm... Xander was part of both of her resurrections and the only part in her first, could it be that she's leaving her mom behind the wall (death) and following Xander (normal guy, heart guy, the one who sees and loves) back to where life is?)
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