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stungunbilly) wrote2003-05-14 12:36 pm
stungunbilly) wrote2003-05-14 12:36 pm
Buffy blither blather blah blah blah
Well, BtVS is finally spiralling into that great good night. I watched End of Days, and I have thoughts. Vague, spoilery, and rather sketchy note-like thoughts.
Cutting for kindness.
Buffy-Half Full
Andrew and Anya wheelchair races; very wonderful. Are they forming the Xander Lovers Coalition? Nice insight into their choices given, and I especially like the determinedly positive outlook Andrew has contrasted with Anya’s perky doom and gloom.
Xander/Dawn car scenes=drama and unpredictability. I liked this because Xander underestimated Dawn, and yet they both really want to be with Buffy and so she takes the decision out of his hands perfectly. It wouldn’t be right if this thing went down with no Xander.
Spike looked beautiful.
Buffy no blamey Faith. Good Buffy.
Willow and Giles are working together! Cool, because it’s about time he did a little Willow mentoring. I liked the fact that she shared both her extreme competence and her insecurities. Have I mentioned that I deeply adore Willow?
Buffy shared some love with Xander. Hurrah! 7 years of stalwart friendship *is* worth a few moments of kindness, after all.
Buffy’s back with her friends. Good, because that was what truly set her apart from other slayers.
Buffy-Half Empty
Spike scenes were (don’t kick me! Spike fan here!) merely eh. He looked beautiful, and was sweet and everything. I just don’t completely believe in the Spuffy at this point. I can’t help feeling he has over romanticized things. Plus the ending has me depressed for his sake.
B/A kiss was weird and out of place. Angel is pod!Angel. Hello big guy, sold your soul lately? Yeah? Well, you still seem pretty perky.
Buffy’s swooping in and being right seriously irritated me. It seemed like she was right just Because She Is the One True Slayer. I hated that, I really did. I thought it was weird and psycho when Dawn kicked her out, but that the group was right to tell her off a little. A true leader knows when to follow, and Buffy wasn’t willing to acknowledge the worth of the “troops” appropriately.
The Spuffy chemistry was next to non-existent for me. He just keeps sending the love vibes, and she has lost the lust vibes she used to have. They’ve been replaced by “nice puppy” vibes. Sweet, but lacking in spark.
Willow and Kennedy needed a post-sex scene, and didn’t get one. It feels off somehow, like the whole show has gone in a flash from a drama to a monster of the week format with no closure.
And where is the outside world? It feels rather claustrophobic, without the daily realities level of storytelling the show once had.
Final conclusions-
Loved the bits of side character stuff, loved my own ideas about what’s happening in the background, but the main arc is a little flavorless. Not bad, just flavorless.
Yet! I overall liked the episode, because it advanced the story in a way that I like and gave me the Andrew I craved.
‘Nough said.
Cutting for kindness.
Buffy-Half Full
Andrew and Anya wheelchair races; very wonderful. Are they forming the Xander Lovers Coalition? Nice insight into their choices given, and I especially like the determinedly positive outlook Andrew has contrasted with Anya’s perky doom and gloom.
Xander/Dawn car scenes=drama and unpredictability. I liked this because Xander underestimated Dawn, and yet they both really want to be with Buffy and so she takes the decision out of his hands perfectly. It wouldn’t be right if this thing went down with no Xander.
Spike looked beautiful.
Buffy no blamey Faith. Good Buffy.
Willow and Giles are working together! Cool, because it’s about time he did a little Willow mentoring. I liked the fact that she shared both her extreme competence and her insecurities. Have I mentioned that I deeply adore Willow?
Buffy shared some love with Xander. Hurrah! 7 years of stalwart friendship *is* worth a few moments of kindness, after all.
Buffy’s back with her friends. Good, because that was what truly set her apart from other slayers.
Buffy-Half Empty
Spike scenes were (don’t kick me! Spike fan here!) merely eh. He looked beautiful, and was sweet and everything. I just don’t completely believe in the Spuffy at this point. I can’t help feeling he has over romanticized things. Plus the ending has me depressed for his sake.
B/A kiss was weird and out of place. Angel is pod!Angel. Hello big guy, sold your soul lately? Yeah? Well, you still seem pretty perky.
Buffy’s swooping in and being right seriously irritated me. It seemed like she was right just Because She Is the One True Slayer. I hated that, I really did. I thought it was weird and psycho when Dawn kicked her out, but that the group was right to tell her off a little. A true leader knows when to follow, and Buffy wasn’t willing to acknowledge the worth of the “troops” appropriately.
The Spuffy chemistry was next to non-existent for me. He just keeps sending the love vibes, and she has lost the lust vibes she used to have. They’ve been replaced by “nice puppy” vibes. Sweet, but lacking in spark.
Willow and Kennedy needed a post-sex scene, and didn’t get one. It feels off somehow, like the whole show has gone in a flash from a drama to a monster of the week format with no closure.
And where is the outside world? It feels rather claustrophobic, without the daily realities level of storytelling the show once had.
Final conclusions-
Loved the bits of side character stuff, loved my own ideas about what’s happening in the background, but the main arc is a little flavorless. Not bad, just flavorless.
Yet! I overall liked the episode, because it advanced the story in a way that I like and gave me the Andrew I craved.
‘Nough said.