Xander and Dawn's fighting doesn't necessarily concern me,
I really like the theory going around that Xander is acting strangely because all his monk-made memories of Dawn have been erased with the Seed's destruction and he doesn't know how to tell her/doesn't want to hurt her. I would feel a lot more sympathy for him and be very invested in that plotline (despite my dislike for Dander) if that were the case.
Willow's petty contempt
I don't know if I would call it contempt. She's definitely being passive aggressive and arrogant (even months later, can she suggest a better course of action that Buffy could viably have taken?), but I see it more as anger/hurt rather than contempt. Like, if Buffy apologized and admitted to hurting the Wiccans, I think Willow would try to make amends, too.
I may dislike Severin, but I'm still compelled to continue the story as it is.Me, too. S9 feels much more like a season of the show so far, and even
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Willow's petty contempt for Buffy and her insistence that she's right about the seed is rather yucky
I'd agree but I generally get the impression we're supposed to agree with her. It wouldn't shock me if it does turn into one of those storylines where Joss doesn't see that the side he's attempting to validate is just as self-centered (if not moreso) as the other. See Dead Man's Party.
The police storyline is ridiculous. It borders on idiot plotting. The police have no reason to suspect Buffy and Buffy has no reason to run from them. I really don't get why the writers don't give us the characters' thoughts or do a better job of playing up a miscommunication. Have a stake found near one of the bodies or something. Would work better than seeing Buffy standing in an alley one night and automatically assuming she's connected to the bodies which they don't even know were vamps. Give Buffy a thought-procession so we know why she escapes instead of just to drive the plot.
I get the feeling we're supposed to agree with her, too, but I'm not so sure Willow had a better option with her mother goddess SAVE THE SEED SO I CAN FUCK THE SNAKE LADY-ness.
That's just it, Willow doesn't even deny that the world was ending and Buffy did what she had to do. The whole thing is bizarre. If it were another character, I wouldn't think for a minute that the writer would think we're to agree with them. But this is Joss and Willow.
What I don't get is what do these vampire demons do in their home dimension when they're not possessing a human turned vampire? Sit around and play parcheesi? "Yeah, Mike, I was set to possess this chap over in Chicago, but he got away from the vampire who was going to sire him. How 'bout a game of gin rummy?"
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Alaric/Elena/Damon BROT3 4eva.
he's a brat
Yes.
LOL IT WASN'T REALLY ELENA/MATT THOUGH.
I look forward to your rewatch thoughts (if you have any)!
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Why thank you! :)
Sit around and play parcheesi?
HA. Love it!
Xander and Dawn's fighting doesn't necessarily concern me,
I really like the theory going around that Xander is acting strangely because all his monk-made memories of Dawn have been erased with the Seed's destruction and he doesn't know how to tell her/doesn't want to hurt her. I would feel a lot more sympathy for him and be very invested in that plotline (despite my dislike for Dander) if that were the case.
Willow's petty contempt
I don't know if I would call it contempt. She's definitely being passive aggressive and arrogant (even months later, can she suggest a better course of action that Buffy could viably have taken?), but I see it more as anger/hurt rather than contempt. Like, if Buffy apologized and admitted to hurting the Wiccans, I think Willow would try to make amends, too.
I may dislike Severin, but I'm still compelled to continue the story as it is.Me, too. S9 feels much more like a season of the show so far, and even ( ... )
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Willow's petty contempt for Buffy and her insistence that she's right about the seed is rather yucky
I'd agree but I generally get the impression we're supposed to agree with her. It wouldn't shock me if it does turn into one of those storylines where Joss doesn't see that the side he's attempting to validate is just as self-centered (if not moreso) as the other. See Dead Man's Party.
The police storyline is ridiculous. It borders on idiot plotting. The police have no reason to suspect Buffy and Buffy has no reason to run from them. I really don't get why the writers don't give us the characters' thoughts or do a better job of playing up a miscommunication. Have a stake found near one of the bodies or something. Would work better than seeing Buffy standing in an alley one night and automatically assuming she's connected to the bodies which they don't even know were vamps. Give Buffy a thought-procession so we know why she escapes instead of just to drive the plot.
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That's just it, Willow doesn't even deny that the world was ending and Buffy did what she had to do. The whole thing is bizarre. If it were another character, I wouldn't think for a minute that the writer would think we're to agree with them. But this is Joss and Willow.
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Heh! I've often wondered the same thing.
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