tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post2105794470819533200..comments2023-10-20T16:03:03.157+01:00Comments on Devouring Texts: Buffy, Je T'AdoreLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-23235880880675907482012-01-08T02:50:02.256+00:002012-01-08T02:50:02.256+00:00Kindred spirits! My heart swells with joy.
I have...Kindred spirits! My heart swells with joy.<br /><br />I have been known to say that I would rather live vicariously through Buffy than actually bother to live my own life. I have also been known to weep uncontrollably when Buffy and Angel do their goodbye prom dance to "Wild Horses." And when Spike starts falling for her...it's like re-experiencing first love. It's palpable.<br /><br />But what about Anya?! She isn't the kick-assiest of the female characters, but I think she gets some of the best dialogue: "I can just hear you in private. 'I dislike that Anya. She's newly human, and strangely literal'."<br /><br />And the musical episode!! <br /><br />*Hugs Buffy box set*Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967657695336270359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-79992118727058844212012-01-07T20:10:58.245+00:002012-01-07T20:10:58.245+00:00Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of my favorites to...Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of my favorites too. Thanks for letting me relive the memory.<br />Mike DraperAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13385636140991419220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-261215874022389742012-01-07T19:42:38.107+00:002012-01-07T19:42:38.107+00:00@Crowe- I HATE CALEB! Which, I realise, is kind of...@Crowe- I HATE CALEB! Which, I realise, is kind of the point, and therefore he's sort of awesome. And YES! Hush is so about the only high point of season 4, possibly because Riley doesn't speak much in it, and definitely because it introduces us to Tara! (she's my favourite character in the whole show!) And, also, of course, because it's BLOODY SCARY!<br /><br />@bookdout- YAY! I definitely need to up my Buffy watching I think, because most other tv shows just don't do it for me...Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-29749021083973692192012-01-07T03:22:00.706+00:002012-01-07T03:22:00.706+00:00I have the box set and watch the entire series 2 o...I have the box set and watch the entire series 2 or 3 times a year and I'm old enough to have watched it the first time round :)<br /><br />Shelleyrae @ Book'd outAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-63456700822407442392012-01-06T23:07:40.384+00:002012-01-06T23:07:40.384+00:00Picking up on Reading Rambo's comments: I'...Picking up on Reading Rambo's comments: I've crushed on most of the major characters in the show. Spike is about five hundred more kinds of awesome than Angel. Dawn WAS annoying. Glory rocked (sidebar: anyone else think that she was the prototype behind the villain in The Emerald Atlas?). Nathan Fillion as Caleb still gives me chills. And Hush was all kinds of good tv, despite the fact that it happened in season 4, which empirically was not one of the better seasons. <br /><br />Lawd, but I do love me some Buffy. Really more than almost anything except books. And that's sayin' a lot.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-55702044061927430232012-01-06T21:03:00.035+00:002012-01-06T21:03:00.035+00:00@Yto- WATCH IT ALL AGAIN! Spike is totally sooooo ...@Yto- WATCH IT ALL AGAIN! Spike is totally sooooo much better than Angel, there's literally just no contest (I did like Angel at first too. But after Spike he just seems... meh.) Aaaaand I've seen the first episode of Angel, and I was not all that impressed... but I'll accept that it does get better!<br /><br />@Denise- that's so excellent! I remember watching some of the last series when it was on tv, but other than that I'm pretty much a latecomer to the Buffy! Which, I don't really mind because it's SO AWESOME, but I feel like being excited about it for like a week (every week) would have been really cool!<br /><br />@Priya-Yes. Just yes. All the things that you said. And I do especially love the whole 'if a vampire has a soul then he/she is good' thing, because it just makes so much sense!<br /><br />@Reading Rambo- Aw bless your excitement! Maybe you're eating too much sugar at lunch..? ANYWAY, BUFFY! Have you seen all of season 2 or are you just up to it? Because, Season 2, OMGGGGGG! It's literally the bestest. Much better than Doctor Who *ducks abuse*. Also yes to crushing on Sarah Michelle Gellar, but also on Willow, Giles, sometimes Xander and Angel (and later, and above all, Spike.) So yes. WATCH THE REST and then we can abuse Riley together and stuff!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-8865927581878360062012-01-06T19:38:14.405+00:002012-01-06T19:38:14.405+00:00Of COURSE that's correct French. "I you l...Of COURSE that's correct French. "I you love." Only they could say it so clearly (FRENCH BURN).<br /><br />Also BUFFYYYYYYYYY<br /><br />Ok, I've only made it to s2. But that's because I got distracted by Doctor Who and remain so, but BUFFYYYYYYYYYYY! It is so excellently good. And made me crush on Sarah Michelle Gellar, which is AWKWARD, but whatevs. And yeah, I used 'crush' that way. NO JUDGING IN THE BUFFY ZONE. Unless you're a vampire. Then you'll get judged. BY A STAKE.<br /><br />No more commenting right after lunch. I don't know why, but it seems like a breeding ground for bad jokes and over-excitement.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-60173061162757343562012-01-06T19:14:45.276+00:002012-01-06T19:14:45.276+00:00I hate explaining to people that Buffy the series ...I hate explaining to people that Buffy the series is nothing like Buffy the movie! <br />I love the characters, the plots (except the Dawn addition, like you!); I even love all the episode titles. Sure there are no great effects and stuff that the series today have, and you can almost always make out the doubles in the action scenes - but for me the plots and the originality definitely beat all the other supernatural-ey series!! And it's one vampire series, that actually gives a concrete reason why some vampires are kind of good.<br />Awesome post, makes me want to watch the whole series all over again!Priyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09671631876416310280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-76218752656658602532012-01-06T18:50:12.597+00:002012-01-06T18:50:12.597+00:00I love this post! I used to warn my friends not t...I love this post! I used to warn my friends not to call me on the night the Buffy was on. It's definitely a show that I will never ever get tired of watching!DeniseFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476386776444158881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6275165298547340568.post-77227420575299271412012-01-06T18:34:45.315+00:002012-01-06T18:34:45.315+00:00uuh, now i want to watch the series again - and it...uuh, now i want to watch the series again - and it's your fault XD <br />i loved it too - a lot. and i am totally on your side: dawn was such a nuisance. i wanted to hit her for being so annoying. <br />and who doesn't love spike? a really awesome character. i loved his changes throughout the show. <br />well and angel.. at first i liked him - later not so much (i think spike just kicked his butt :)<br />but i liked angel again in his own spin-off show.<br />now i'll stop gushing about the characters - or i won't be able to anymore ;)Ytohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354012010190247049noreply@blogger.com