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timepiececlockI was evil. I downloaded the Buffy episode instead of waiting for it to air on Tuesday.
haHA! W/K is so over! And amazingly, I still kinda like Kennedy as a character. Her squealy "I love my job!" was cute.
But mostly I want to say:
Yes! Finally! It's all starting!
Buffy's gettng serious, getting dark. This episode was even better than last weeks-- it had so many points brought to light:
The fact that the Slayer's power is rooted in darkness and is the same as demon power. We all kne wit, and we're finaly seeing it. I think the visions in the alternate reality were supposed to show Buffy that the first Slayer was more powerful than her successors, and she was more powerful because she alone pushed back the demons from their rule over the earth. Her fight made man the dominant species. And the visions were telling Buffy that her fight was going to be as hard as the First Slayer's was-- she needs to be as strong as the First Slayer in order to win.
The comment "last guardian of the hellmouth" confirms my suspicion that Sunnydale will be nothing more than a hole in the dusty ground after the big fight is over, and the hellmouth will be closed.
The fear the girls must have, the effect of a situation like this on people not able to cope.
Spike's poor fighting skills, and some exploration of why he's been sub par in the arena lately. And was that "good for the soul" line creepy, or what? Anyway, I liked Buffy calling him on his hesistation, and I liked him pointing out that she was being a hypocrite, telling him the killer is what she wants when it was the killer that she condemned so ferociously last year. But Buffy's right too; he offered himself up for the Slayer's use, and the Slayer has no need for someone who won't fight. I like Spike comment about the soul being a "private" issue--I've also been wondering if his whole life story was just going to be bandied around when it was really quite a traumatic experience.
I even liked Andrew. His flame factor is growing even more and more with every episode.
The two Wood/Spike moments. I'm irrationally pleased by these--I wasn't sure how I wnated it to play out. But it's playing out great. Male posturing! Hunky male posturing! And Buffy not two feet away, prepared to kick both their rears. I'm quite curious about how Spike knew about the coat. Did he simply intuitively guess that Buffy had kept it in her room? It would be in character for her. I think we'll have to assume so, since a scene of Buffy telling him where the coat is would be an emotionally charged scene that woudl eb important to see. Unless it was there and I missed it because buffyverse didn't have the clip up?
Speaking of the duster; it's such a costume. It's just like the blue shirt, and I have a feeling its not going to once Spike admits he took it from Robin's mother's cold dead body. But then, Buffy said she wanted Killer!Spike, so that's what William/Spike is going to give her. I think that Spike did need to start fighting for real, but I also think Buffy needs to stop trying to make Spike into someone else. Even now, she's trying to shape him into what she wants, like she always has. I hope that by the end of this--- after the First, and Wood, and everything, that Buffyjust accepts him, as he is. And I hope that by then Spike knows and accepts himself, as well.
I liked Willow chanting and yelling in English instead of Latin. It seems to me that once you get to a certain level, it would be the power that makes it happen (like she said), so at that point the words she uses aren't significant, its the intent behind them. If you're doing this all with your own strength of mind, does the way you speak really mean anything? Power of mind has no language; or rather, it is the same language for everyone.
I think this episode had sort of an indirect shippiness. I'm sure some Spike-only fan is going to scoff and whine "But she was meeeeeean to him!!!" But her comments did nothing but once more ennunciate the difference between Spike and Wood, Angel and Riley, vampire companions and human companions.
Spike was acting weak, convincing himself not be much stronger than a human, than Buffy's "new demon fighter." However, that's not what Buffy needs and it's not what Buffy wants. She needs partner, and she needs that partner to be strong.
Wood will never be strong enough for her. And when Buffy finally accepts that, and when she finally stops trying to turn Spike into the vampire she hated yet respected because she thinks that's the only was she can accept him in her life, she'll realize that in him she has what she truly wants in a life partner. A person with demon strength, like herself, and a human soul, like herself.
Quote, on behalf of our boy Spike:
"A ship in port is safe, but this is not what ships are built for." -Grace Hopper
haHA! W/K is so over! And amazingly, I still kinda like Kennedy as a character. Her squealy "I love my job!" was cute.
But mostly I want to say:
Yes! Finally! It's all starting!
Buffy's gettng serious, getting dark. This episode was even better than last weeks-- it had so many points brought to light:
The fact that the Slayer's power is rooted in darkness and is the same as demon power. We all kne wit, and we're finaly seeing it. I think the visions in the alternate reality were supposed to show Buffy that the first Slayer was more powerful than her successors, and she was more powerful because she alone pushed back the demons from their rule over the earth. Her fight made man the dominant species. And the visions were telling Buffy that her fight was going to be as hard as the First Slayer's was-- she needs to be as strong as the First Slayer in order to win.
The comment "last guardian of the hellmouth" confirms my suspicion that Sunnydale will be nothing more than a hole in the dusty ground after the big fight is over, and the hellmouth will be closed.
The fear the girls must have, the effect of a situation like this on people not able to cope.
Spike's poor fighting skills, and some exploration of why he's been sub par in the arena lately. And was that "good for the soul" line creepy, or what? Anyway, I liked Buffy calling him on his hesistation, and I liked him pointing out that she was being a hypocrite, telling him the killer is what she wants when it was the killer that she condemned so ferociously last year. But Buffy's right too; he offered himself up for the Slayer's use, and the Slayer has no need for someone who won't fight. I like Spike comment about the soul being a "private" issue--I've also been wondering if his whole life story was just going to be bandied around when it was really quite a traumatic experience.
I even liked Andrew. His flame factor is growing even more and more with every episode.
The two Wood/Spike moments. I'm irrationally pleased by these--I wasn't sure how I wnated it to play out. But it's playing out great. Male posturing! Hunky male posturing! And Buffy not two feet away, prepared to kick both their rears. I'm quite curious about how Spike knew about the coat. Did he simply intuitively guess that Buffy had kept it in her room? It would be in character for her. I think we'll have to assume so, since a scene of Buffy telling him where the coat is would be an emotionally charged scene that woudl eb important to see. Unless it was there and I missed it because buffyverse didn't have the clip up?
Speaking of the duster; it's such a costume. It's just like the blue shirt, and I have a feeling its not going to once Spike admits he took it from Robin's mother's cold dead body. But then, Buffy said she wanted Killer!Spike, so that's what William/Spike is going to give her. I think that Spike did need to start fighting for real, but I also think Buffy needs to stop trying to make Spike into someone else. Even now, she's trying to shape him into what she wants, like she always has. I hope that by the end of this--- after the First, and Wood, and everything, that Buffyjust accepts him, as he is. And I hope that by then Spike knows and accepts himself, as well.
I liked Willow chanting and yelling in English instead of Latin. It seems to me that once you get to a certain level, it would be the power that makes it happen (like she said), so at that point the words she uses aren't significant, its the intent behind them. If you're doing this all with your own strength of mind, does the way you speak really mean anything? Power of mind has no language; or rather, it is the same language for everyone.
I think this episode had sort of an indirect shippiness. I'm sure some Spike-only fan is going to scoff and whine "But she was meeeeeean to him!!!" But her comments did nothing but once more ennunciate the difference between Spike and Wood, Angel and Riley, vampire companions and human companions.
Spike was acting weak, convincing himself not be much stronger than a human, than Buffy's "new demon fighter." However, that's not what Buffy needs and it's not what Buffy wants. She needs partner, and she needs that partner to be strong.
Wood will never be strong enough for her. And when Buffy finally accepts that, and when she finally stops trying to turn Spike into the vampire she hated yet respected because she thinks that's the only was she can accept him in her life, she'll realize that in him she has what she truly wants in a life partner. A person with demon strength, like herself, and a human soul, like herself.
Quote, on behalf of our boy Spike:
"A ship in port is safe, but this is not what ships are built for." -Grace Hopper
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