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Rewatched Empty Places, in entirety, with ma mere.

I noticed they said the Mission that Spike & Andrew visted was in Gilroy.

Hnn... no. I've lived in Northern California for my whole life, and I'm pretty sure there were no Missions in Gilroy (though there's lots of garlic industry). I double checked, just to be sure.

It's cool that they actually used the name of an actual city instead of making another one up like Sunnyhell.

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[evemac.livejournal.com]

That was supposed to be a mission? Ha!

Considering that EVERY California elementary school student learns about EACH AND EVERY mission, ME should have known better. ;)

Heh. Gilroy.

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Well, they did say "Mission"... twice actually. Once in a pun of Giles saying "Spike, I've got a mission for you." And again later when talking to Buffy and telling her he'd sent them off.

[octopedingenue]

They should have gone to the Alamo. Because the Alamo? Exists. And is also cool.

Yes, it is 2AM. Why do you ask?

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Hey... that's in Texas. I don't think Spike could ride all the way to southern Texas in one night. With Andrew. ::snicker:: Actually, I think it's just sloppy. There's 21 freakin' Missions in California; no need to invent one for Gilroy.

[octopedingenue]

Andrew's flying monkeys could have carried them to Texas. And if they'd used a REAL mission, it would have been demolished within a week by Deeply Stupid "Buffy" Fans looking for the Seal of Watchamacallit.

[shadowlass.livejournal.com]

The fun in inventing one for Gilroy, though, is that Giles got to send a vampire he hates to the garlic capital of the world. It may not have been a fatal assignment for Spike, but it must have been plenty uncomfortable. (For those who've never been there? Gilroy stinks. Literally.)

I do find the matter of distance sloppy, though--assuming Sunnydale's around Santa Barbara, Gilroy would be four or more hours to the north, so it would be difficult for Spike and Andrew to make it there, find out anything substantial, and get back before sunrise.

[caille.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Well, we don't know yet that they drove back the same night. Maybe they had to hole up until the next night, cuddled together in a basement, with Andrew complaining so much about being hungry that poor Spike gets hungry....

They probably will have driven back the same night, but since Sunnydale isn't on the map, we don't know for sure how far it is. Also, if there's a hellmouth in Sunnydale, there could be a forgotten mission-ette in Gilroy. Or maybe it's just a monastery and Giles is mistakenly referring to it as a mission.

I am, of course, being goofy. But I like the Gilroy Garlic connection.

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Cai, I can't figure out if your icon is sweet or insidious. I like it both ways.

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[rashaka.livejournal.com]

The fun in inventing one for Gilroy, though, is that Giles got to send a vampire he hates to the garlic capital of the world.

I hadn't thought of it that way. Ok, it's a lot more funny now. Too bad they didn't write that into the script. I've been to Gilroy, and yep, you can smell the garlic. Too a vampire it'd be sensory overload.

I do find the matter of distance sloppy, though--assuming Sunnydale's around Santa Barbara, Gilroy would be four or more hours to the north, so it would be difficult for Spike and Andrew to make it there, find out anything substantial, and get back before sunrise.

Yeah. But then, we don't really know if they went back the same night.