Okay, so! All my SPN fiction. I would do one for Buffy and Angelverse fic, but...Yeah. I have like 200 fics or something and it's just too daunting to start! Sorry!


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Oh, BtVS...How I epically heart you.

So, I've torn right through season 7 as well. It's weird...for some reason this season seems shorter, even though it isn't. I guess in one way it feels like less happens because everything's kinda focussed on the big finale.

Will this make my comments shorter? One can only hope. I'm actually all mopey after a shameful sobbing session manly tear shedding during Spike's death scene, so I probably will be briefer than usual. And then pour myself a large whisky. Actually, maybe I'll do that the other way around...


- Yes, build the new high school back on the mouth of Hell. Excellent idea. Still, at least Xander got some contracting work from it. Ooh, and - much more importantly - the new principal is a giant hottie!!!!! Mmmm...loves me some Wood. Er...*cough*...I might consider rephrasing.

- (OMG, in one of the episodes with a big beastie Spike says something along the lines of "I'm just the one who beat him off...Repelled him would perhaps be the better phrase." Hee!!!!)

- Crazy basement Spike...How do I love thee and thy dark roots? Let me count the ways... :D

- 'Beneath' (the one where Anya turns some guy into a giant worm) is a favourite of mine. I really like the scene at The Bronze where Spike and Anya have a vicious fight (and also where the girl whose boyf Anya turned into the worm is all like, "is there anyone here who hasn't slept together?" - LOL, very shifty look from Spike and Xander), and also where Spike is really nasty to Buffy, basically taunting her about the attempted rape to deflect attention away from himself. The leaning on the cross scene at the end is rather epic.

- 'Same Time, Same Place' (where Willow and the gang can't see each other, because she's scared of going back to them and accidentally makes herself 'not there') is a pretty cool episode. I particularly love the scene where Spike's talking to both sides but they don't realise, what with him being not so much the poster boy for sanity.

- I find 'Help' a really fascinating episode - that's the one where there's a girl (Cassie) who knows that she's going to die and Buffy tries really hard to save her. And she DOES save her from the baddies - but unfortunately not from a heart attack. I like the reminder that everyone's powerless in the face of nature (er, ignoring Buffy's two trips back from the dead, obviously). Cassie was a wicked powerful psychic too - I liked her telling Spike that Buffy would say "it". There are quite a few tie-ins in this season.

- Speaking of tie-ins, my favourite one is when Dawn's home alone and gets pizza on one of Buffy's tops and is all like 'meh, she'll just think it's blood'. Later, when Buffy's preparing for a date with Robin Wood, Anya is trying to clean the 'blood' off that top and eventually decides that it might be pizza.

- So, Anya killed a few frat boys...pfft. Buffy seems awfully keen to kill her when most of her friends (and lovers) have a few kills under their belt...

- 'Him' is amusing (the one with the kid in the letterman jacket that makes girls go crazy for him). Favourite part is probably Spike and Xander effecting their 'complicated' plan of running up, grabbing the jacket and running away. I am amused that Buffy turns into an uberslut every time there's a love spell (like with Xander where she dressed in just the trench coat).

- Oh, and Mr. Xander "Incest? Not that sexy" Harris? When he sees Dawn all tarted up, his words are "Daddy likes". Been watching Supernatural after all, perhaps...? ;-)

- People always seem to really like 'Conversations with Dead People'. I have to say that it's a pretty 'meh' episode for me. It's also totally lame that Tara doesn't appear to Willow. I believe it was due to Amber Benson not being available; they should have picked someone else, like Warren, to appear to Willow. The whole Cassie thing didn't even make sense.

- I like 'Sleeper' mostly for the reason that I love seeing Spike being evil and drinking from people. Is that bad...?

- Still hate Andrew in the strongest possible terms. I get that he sort of starts to learn from his mistakes and really try to make a difference, particularly at the end (from 'Storyteller' onwards) but I just can't stand him.

- But do you know what makes me feel better? Shirtless Spike all banged up and tied up with leather restraints! \o/

- The Ubervamp thing doesn't make sense. Well, it makes sense to start with. But by the end, where - apparently - any old non-super-powered human being can just off one with no problem? Yeah, not so much.

- If you're going to have potentials who are supposedly English? Hire some who can speak with a fucking English accent or at least teach them how. UGH. I was glad when one of them died.

- Oh, and while you've got the dialect coach there, tell James Marsters that "bollocks" is not pronounced "bollix". Don't even get me started on "pouf".

- 'Potential' is the best Xander episode in the whole show in my opinion. His speech to Dawn at the end about what it means to be the person in the background and how extraordinary she is? Pretty awesome. I liked him better during this than any other time.

- While I'm (sort of) on the subject of potentials, I just need to have a mini-rant...This WHOLE season, Buffy keeps going on about how the girls basically have to wait for her to die before they get their power. Uh, no, Buffy. If YOU die, do you know what happens? NOTHING. Because Kendra already replaced you (and was then replaced by Faith). Faith has to die for another slayer to get chosen. That's why no new one appeared after Buffy died at the end of season 5. Fuckwit writers.

- I can see why Buffy had Spike's chip removed. But I can also see why everyone else is so wary about it. Being completely objective, Buffy is very reckless about Spike this season, and it's because she needs him as her support network. She just won't see that she actually is putting people in danger (because The First has Spike on a trigger for a while).

- Not that it excuses Wood and Giles conspiring to kill him. I suppose. Well, it doesn't excuse Giles - and he totally shouldn't have been so sneaky and dickish about it. Wood? Well, I get that. It doesn't matter how much Spike's changed, he killed the man's mother. I think Spike gets that. I mean, he knows better than anyone (except maybe Angel) that nothing can change the awful things he's done in his past, soul or not. 

- Sorry, I jumped a bit there. In the middle of that, Buffy went off to find out more about the source of her power (and OMG, that shadow puppet thing was wicked cool and creepy - as was the vision at the end of thousands of ubervamps). And then there was 'Storyteller', my favourite part of which was Andrew commenting on the palpable sexual tension between Spike and Robin Wood. LOL.

- (Although, seriously, is there any Spike/Wood fiction out there?! Dear God, that would be hot.)

- Back to where I was, 'Lies My Parents Told Me' was an all-round good ep. I really like the snippets about Nicky Wood (not least because we get to see punk!Spike), and I think it was really interesting to see that she chose the mission over her own son.
The reflection of that in Buffy was well-drawn too.

- You know what else is hot? Er, jumping back to my point about Spike/Wood...God, I shouldn't have drunk that whisky...Spike and Faith together!!!!!!!! When they're on his bunk having a smoke? Nice.

- And Caleb turns up! Oh, he's an awesomely fun baddie. I LOVE Nathan Fillion, and having him as a misogynist southern preacher? Just too much fun!!!

- This season is pretty good for balance - for the whole 'both sides of the story' thing. I mean, I can get why the potentials et al revolted against Buffy, but I can also see where she's coming from.

- I remember not like the Spike/Buffy cuddling scenes the first time I watched this. It's all a bit saccharine and eye-rolling for me. However, I get why Spike's saying it was the best night of his life. It's the first time he's had a soul and been close to a woman he cares about. So...I see where they're coming from. Still too much schmoop for me though! It's verging on Bangel-level nausea.

- That axe is so totally cool. Especially when it's cutting Caleb in half.

- I find the reintroduction of Angel interesting...I guess it was necessary in plot terms, although they could have found another way to get a magic fix-all amulet. Was he brought in at the end because he'd been so important in the past and loose ends needed to be tied up? Or was it actually a reminder to the viewer that Buffy/Angel is the big, epic slayer-vampire love story in this verse, thank you very much, and all you Spike lovers can just mosey on along...? I don't know. I don't think it's much of a secret that Joss didn't give Spike a lot of credit in general and kind of didn't WANT him to be the big hero. And having Buffy literally say to Angel that he was "too important" to wear the amulet that she gave to Spike? That's some pretty big sign-posting right there. Oh, I know, she was (supposedly) referring to the fact that he was the second front or whatever... But, you know, she never told Spike he might be getting cookies (despite the fact it's equally ridiculous to be thinking of having a long-term relationship with Angel, who will also be a vampire forever...)

- Still, an opportunity for Angel to get all petty 12-year-old about Spike stealing his soul-having thunder? And for Spike to fix a crude, poufy-haired drawing of Angel to a punch-bag? And, most importantly, for Buffy to have the marvellous idea of them wrassling in oil? WIN.

- I really liked Dawn refusing to be sent out of town. And Buffy accepting it. Dawn really grew throughout the series and I like the person she is at the end.

- Overall, I like the last episode. The battle scenes were interesting (if slightly improbable) and the casual way that they are before the fight? Refusing to say goodbye to each other? I'm a fan. Willow getting back in the game and 'activating' all the slayers is pretty kick-ass too. Anya dying as a human, fighting and finally understanding what it's all about...I like that too. The death itself was brutal (in a kind of cool way). But I think we all know that Spike steals the show.

- God, even THINKING about it, I'm sniffling again. This is ridiculous. And it's not the finger-linking and soulful look-sharing with Buffy. It's not him telling her to get out because the clean-up's for him. It's not even his trademark honesty regarding the fact that she doesn't love him. It's the fact that he burned up with that defiant smirk on his face. I just...I know I've said it before, but NO exit from any show has ever affected me like his. There were plenty of times I didn't like Spike, and plenty of times I found him contemptible and pathetic in some ways. But he made an impressive, incredibly hard journey, won his soul and he went out SMILING. I loved that.

- Nothing could really top Spike burning up like that - and, to give the show credit, it didn't try in some ways. Yes, Buffy ran along the rooftops and Sunnydale sank into the ground, but they somehow managed to make that seem almost...low-key. There was also this thing...I was watching, all teary, and when the ground stopped disappearing, the 'Sunnydale' sign sort of swayed a bit and then fell into the hole in this oddly comical way that surprised a little chuckle out of me. BtVS is kinda awesome like that.

- The rather quiet way it ends works well, with Buffy's obvious relief that she can share her burden now.


All in all, nothing but love, folks.

Wow, that wasn't at all brief, was it? Oh well, you must be used to it by now. I tell you what - I promise that if I decide to rewatch Angel, I won't do any stupid reaction posts. ;-)

Wow…I totally breezed through s6. It took me less than 4 days. I mean, that did include most of a weekend, but still. This could be an indication that I need to get out more…

In my defence, while I probably didn’t like s6 quite as much as 4 and 5, it was absolutely riveting. I didn’t want to stop watching! So I…er…didn’t. Ahem. 
 

• Giles’ leaving scene was so cute!!!!!! Aw.
• Buffy looks gross all dead and decomposing in her coffin. Understandably! I think it was pretty cool they went there, although I did then start thinking about how yucky the human body ends up, and ultimately decided I’m totally being cremated.
• Every time they mention how no-one must know that Buffy’s dead, I have to resist the urge to shout at the screen: “So why did you put up a fricking headstone then?!?!?” Idiots.
• I really like the S&M biker demons in the Bargaining eps – fun! Although I DO have to wonder – why the hell does anyone live in Sunnydale? And can there possibly be even one person left in town that’s ignorant of the supernatural world…?
• Poor, traumatised Buffy! No wonder she thinks she’s in Hell.
• I think the way Spike responds to her is really the foundation for why they end up together in this series. He’s quiet and gentle and non-pushy, which is exactly what she needs. JM does a great job, I think – his expressions are perfect with all the restrained emotion, and then his anger with the Scoobies (completely tempered by the fact that he’s so glad she’s back) is pitched just right.
• All the money trouble stuff is interesting. I mean, there’s a whole bunch of people living in the house – including Willow and Tara. Aren’t they helping to pay any of the bills…? Good job Giles steps in and helps out, although I can only assume he doesn’t live in London or Oxford back home – because, let me tell you, he certainly wouldn’t have any money left. Stupid prices…*grumble*
• Although I enjoyed Giles’ leaving scene, I was still very glad he came back in ‘Flooded’. His reunion with Buffy was lovely. And then, later, when he argues with Willow? Boy howdy. That was some awesome tension between them right there.
• Interesting at the end of ‘Flooded’ that Buffy runs off to meet Angel in the desert. We aren’t really told the outcome of that in BtVS, and I can’t remember if anything was said about it in AtS. So I sort of wonder what the point was…Heh, unless it was to remind us of their Big Epic Love.
• I found ‘Life Serial’ (where Warren, Andrew and Jonathan all try to…well, irritate Buffy, really) very amusing. Seeing such a tiny little thing carrying steel girders at a construction site will never not be amusing, and the looped shop-scene with the mummy hand is made of win.
• In ‘All the Way’ Dawn sneaks out at Halloween and ends up having her first kiss with a vampire. LOL! Not to be outdone by big sis or anything…When will Summers women learn that nothing good ever comes of dating dead guys…or robots (nice one, Joyce)? Maybe they should just not date at all.
• Once More With Feeling is epic in a variety of ways. Obviously, all the general singing and dancing – yay! But also because the bad guy is AWESOME. What’s not to love? Definitely their coolest and suavest adversary, if you ask me!
• Giles singing. Oh. Em. Gee. I pretty much threw my knickers at the TV. He just keeps getting hotter. *pants*
• Tabula Rasa is fun, although it’s definitely the point where we’re like, “oh shit, Willow’s really getting into dangerous territory with this magic stuff”. I mean, it was bad enough that she played with Tara’s memory before, but then to not even be able to go a week without magic? To think it’s still okay to mess with people’s minds? Not good.
• Giles/Spike huggage! LOL! And Spike inspiring a vague feeling of disappointment, while Spike is all like, “I bet I hate you.” Ah, so much win. And the bunnies!!!!!!
• ‘Smashed’ is so intense in terms of the Buffy/Spike relationship. Him discovering that he can hurt her and then immediately taking advantage of it? Awesome. I love their fight, and I love it morphing into filthy, messed-up grudge-fucking (well, on Buffy’s part, at least). But with how it happens, all the beating and insults and hateful diatribe…How anyone could possibly think there could be a happily-ever-after for these two, I have no idea. SO destructive And, really, it is Buffy’s fault, because if it IS true that she hates Spike and is disgusted by him etc, then she really shouldn’t have sex with him. If it’s not true, then she shouldn’t keep projecting all her issues onto him.
• I really like Rack, the warlock type that ends up being Willow’s pusher. Such a fucked-up character! It’s interesting – I wonder how powerful he really is. He can certainly juice people up, but is most of that power from him? Or is he pulling a lot of…I don’t know, energy? Essence?...out of his clients and just morphing it into something else?
• I like ‘Gone’ for the various Spuffy scenes. Wow, did I just say that…? Heh. No, people have the incorrect impression that I hate Spuffy – I don’t. During the show, I can get behind a lot of the het pairings, including that one (not that I think their relationship was a good idea, but it was totally hot). It’s Spuffy fiction that I can’t stand. And it’s nothing to do with Spike and Buffy – it’s just that I really, really have an almost pathological dislike of het fiction. I don’t like reading about girls engaged in sexual acts. I also don’t like romance in any shape or form, and most writers are more likely to put flowery schmoop and purple prose into het sex than slash. And, even if they don’t – even if it’s power play and hardcore stuff, bondage etc – they usually have the girl as the stronger partner. Which, again, I hate. Sorry folks, but – unbelievably – I am the bottomiest bottom who ever bottomed and can’t stand men who let women dominate them. Psychological issues? Me? :P
• Er, anyway, back to the Spuffy in Gone. I did have a point around here somewhere; now where did I put it…? Ah, here it is! Hidden behind my numerous mental problems. Ahem. I love the early scenes when Spike’s at her house, touching her up and teasing her when she’s (very half-heartedly) telling him to leave and trying to bat him with a spatula. I also like the invisible sex and what it says about her feelings towards him (plus, Spike pretending to do naked press-ups in bed is HILARIOUS). It’s good too that Spike called her on her behaviour (even if he was ultimately distracted by some well-timed invisible head).
• Shout-out to The Shining (well, not just The Shining – I acknowledge that the proverb has also been used in literary works by James Joyce, Jack Kerouac etc, but….sorry, no-one’s as cool as Stephen King) is one the one hand awesome – and on the other highly disappointing. Why? Because they got it wrong! “All work and no play make Doris a dull girl”. It should be ‘makes’. Not because it’s grammatically correct , but because that’s what the proverb is. Tiny point, I know, but for some reason it irritated the hell out of me. Issues, I haz ‘em.
• Doublemeat Palace. EW! Bad uniforms! Lots of grease! Burgers with NO MEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *scream of terror*
• I do, however, like Halfrek’s talk with Anya, where she pretty much manages to persuade her that she and Xander have a problem with leading questions and the judicious use of ‘hmmm’. Vengeance demons are scary!
• ‘Dead Things’ further cements my thought that it’s Joss’ secret desire to have a sex-bot (or woman otherwise fully under his control). I’m beginning to think that he made Warren, Andrew and Jonathan like all the things he secretly does/did as an adolescent. Creepy.
• LOVE Spike getting Buffy to beat the crap out of him to distract her from going to the police. Mostly because Spike looks very, very hot when he’s bruised and bleeding. I don’t even mind that it was a girl who beat him up instead of a boy :D
• ‘Older and Far Away’ has always been one of my favourite episodes. Not really sure why…I think it’s Buffy and Spike’s interaction, the way Spike is all jealous about that kid Xander and Anya brought along for Buffy, the ‘cramp’ in Spike’s pants that Tara tells him to put some ice on…LOL.
• ‘As You Were’ gives us the reappearance of Riley *happy sigh*. Now, I wasn’t his biggest fan by the time he exited in season 5 (cos he’d been being a dick), but I do still love him. And this episode gave some excellent closure. I felt sorry for Buffy and how pathetic she felt in the face of how well Riley’s life was going, but he was awesome about it, really. And I think he reminded her that she was special. He also let her tell him not to kill Spike (given his orders, he could just have gone and done it), despite how much jealousy and distaste he must have been feeling.
• Everyone loved Riley’s new wife, Sam. To be honest, I can sort of see why. I’m glad Riley ended up with someone to be happy with (and also that his issues with Buffy didn’t drive him towards picking some weak girl just so that he could feel superior to her).
• The wedding (or not). Well…Xander’s just a great big penis, isn’t he?
• Sarah Michelle Gellar can juggle! Awesome.
• The premise of ‘Normal Again’ is so cool, and I like how the show basically makes fun of itself. Because, really, the whole concept is so ridiculous and it makes MUCH more sense that Buffy is just looney-tunes. I kinda like the idea that, in another dimension or something, the mental hospital is the reality and Sunnydale is just an illusion.
• Spike and Anya was kinda fun! Drunken confessions turn to solace…I can see that. Do you know what I can’t see? Why Xander is such an incredibly massive TOOL!!!! Obviously, he was hurt about the sex, I get that. But to attack not only Anya, but also Buffy about their choices in men? Dude. For a start, none of his business, but if we’re going to compare notes…He wanted to marry Anya and how many men did she kill in her tenure as a ‘disgusting, evil thing’? And let’s not forget about the preying mantis and Inca mummy girl and, hell, Faith while we’re at it. Hypocritical, much? DOUCHEBAG.
• ‘Seeing Red’ deserves quite a bit of commentary, I guess. But first off, can I just say: Buffy had to ninja her way out of a house being destroyed by giant buzzsaws. Neat.
• I haven’t got much to say about the attempted rape, other than it really highlights the ‘one rule for Angel, another for Spike’ that seems to exist in the Buffyverse. I get it, okay? Spike’s been on a journey, a certain amount of trust was built, etc. But, at the end of the day, he was a soulless demon. Everyone always bangs on about Spike attempting to rape Buffy (even sometimes using it a defence for why Angel’s better than Spike), but the fact of the matter is that he was evil. No-one gives Angel shit about the numerous girls he raped and killed when he was evil. No, there’s clear delineation between Angel and Angelus. Spike doesn’t get that same courtesy. And the reason he doesn’t is because of his ambiguity: he is capable of being ‘good’ (or at least having good qualities) while technically still ‘evil’. But, yeah…To be honest, as much as I like and enjoy the character Spike, Buffy was an idiot to let him so close. Because he’s still a demon, and he’s still capable of terrible things.
• You know what amused me this time around? When Warren’s all super-powered, trying to chat up girls and referring to himself as ‘Daddy’, Xander turns up and says that it’s the daddy thing throwing them because “Incest? Not that sexy.” All I could think was, “Well, he clearly hasn’t watched Supernatural…” LOL.
• Jet-packs! I love Buffy’s look of ‘OMG, that’s so lame.’
• I feel that I need to mention how much I fucking hate Andrew. He’s a character that grates horribly on me – he’s mean and cowardly and pathetic and selfish and just...UGH! I don’t know if I’ll feel any different by the end of s7, but I doubt it.
• Tara’s death…so sad. L I hadn’t noticed, but I read that it’s the first (and only) episode where she appears as a main character in the opening credits.
• I haven’t got much to say about the rest of the season. Honestly, I find it a bit…meh. Veiny dark!Willow’s sort of cool, but not really all that villain-y. Parts were good – I liked her absorbing all the dark magic books and Giles returning was obviously made of win – but mostly I didn’t buy that Willow would want to end the world.
• Oh! Forgot about Spike riding off to get his soul. Yeah, that’s pretty cool – and was interesting to re-watch. The first time around, I really thought he was off to get the chip removed, and I was even a bit sceptical about Joss’ assertion that he’d been deliberately trying to get his soul. I had the impression that perhaps he’d been after the chip removal and had been tricked, ergo he got his soul by accident. However, knowing the endgame this time around, I was able to see it more clearly.

So…season 7 now. I don’t remember all that much about it, which makes me think perhaps I didn’t enjoy it that much first time around, but we’ll see. Looking forward to finishing and getting some of my free time back!

Or, er, rewatching Angel…*cough*

Yes, yes, I know. You’re absolutely dying to hear the next thrilling instalment of “Ash Has No Life So Is Re-watching Buffy”.

Guess it’s your lucky day… :P

I got up to 2x03 - School Hard, better known as “Holy fuck, who IS that gorgeous, badass blond?!” and decided that, since I’d banged on about Angel, now I would bang on about Spike. But, never fear! In my usual style, I will also bang on about a load of other crap too. ‘Cause that’s just how I roll.

• ‘I Robot, You Jane’ (where a demon trapped in a book gets scanned into the school computer system and starts wreaking digital havoc) was interesting to me for a few reasons. The first being my amusement regarding the whole “Willow, you have no idea who this online guy you’re chatting to is!”, mostly because I am now imagining most of my flist as nefarious demons. You know who you are. :P Additionally, I’d sort of forgotten how long ago Buffy started, and the technology looks so out of date now! Plus, there’s a whole lot of pay-phone usage and “OMG, they’ve cut the phone lines!”. Aw, the good old days…
• For some reason, the puppet show episode with Sid the Dummy was nothing like I remembered at all! I’m sure I thought he had a bigger part. Er…that sounded wrong. *cough* I suspect the reason for this is that I’ve played “Chaos Bleeds” (the second BtVS video game) loads of times (wait…er…not like a loser-ish number of times or anything…ahem), and there’s an entire level with Sid in it, and you can play as him. I guess in my head this turned him into a more significant character.
• Speaking of Sid, he’s a “demon hunter” (not a ROGUE demon hunter – LOL! – like Wesley, but still). When I heard this I was like, “Oh, like on Supernatural. No, wait, this came first…” so I guess when Dean mentioned being a hunter, what I should have thought was, “Oh, like Sid the Dummy on Buffy.” Sorry, dude, the puppet did it first.
• ‘Nightmares’ was sort of awesome – I’m right there with Willow on the whole singing in public thing. I also grudgingly admit that Xander has good arms (which we have the opportunity to view as he goes to class in his underwear). Not as good as Riley’s, but worth licking. Well, they would be, if they weren’t attached to Xander. (SORRY! I know a lot of you think he’s hot, but apart from when he’s possessed by a savage predator and gets all growly and rapey, I’m just not seeing it.)
• The invisible girl one was quite a cool turning point for Cordy. She’s still a self-absorbed bitch, but this is where she really starts to realise it. Also from this point, there are a few times where she tries to thank/connect with the Scoobies and they totally blow her off! :D Very amusing. (Can’t actually remember which ep, but there’s also a scene where she basically demands to be comforted and Giles gives her a thumping pat on the shoulder with a very patronising ‘there, there’, which I also approve of.)
• Although I’m still not a fan in general of the Buffy-Xander-Willow love-lorn-ness, parts of it are done very well. I like when Xander is depressed because Buffy doesn’t want to be his date for the prom and he’s talking to Willow about it, completely oblivious that she’s suffering the same rejection from him.
• Angel’s so full of useless. He can’t give Buffy CPR because he ‘has no breath’. No, but you still have lungs, doofus, and the second-hand air you blow into her mouth will be chock-full of all the oxygen you aren’t using. Really, it’s quite astonishing that he’s lasted as long as he has.
• Giles and Angel should totally fuck. Immediately.
• Why didn’t The Master’s skeleton go poof?! I don’t get it. Although Buffy’s sledge-hammer rage pulverising the bones was quite cool.
• I had absolutely forgotten Buffy’s total bitchiness in the first episode of s2 (sort of a defence mechanism). It was kind of shocking, because she’s usually a nice girl in these early seasons, but it was really interesting to see it given what happens in some of the later seasons, when she shuts everyone out. It…sets a precedence, I guess.
• OMG, Angel is so ridiculous!!!! Bless him. I love how he gets all jealous about Buffy dancing with Xander, but really…Grow up, you complete tool. Or eat Xander. But either way, stop whining like a massive girl.
• ‘Some Assembly Required’, where a guy has brought his dead brother back to life and is assembling a girl for him out of body parts (and Cordy’s head), really makes me pine for the good old ‘Monster of the Week’ days (from this, AtS, and SPN actually). Often, they’re well-rounded and a lot of fun.
• Until I started re-watching, the only thing I could remember about Jenny Calendar was that Angelus killed her, but she’s actually kinda a cool character. I had to laugh at the kids teasing Giles and asking whether they needed to tell him about the birds and the bees, mostly because I was thinking about Ripper and the sordid relationship he DEFINITELY had with Ethan Rayne. Oh, children.
• Which brings me to ‘School Hard’ and Spike! Although, before I get started (and with the recognition that this has been pointed out to death), they really didn’t manage to get their story straight with Spike’s age and lineage, did they? Barely 200, eh, Giles? Very barely. Minus 100 years barely, actually.
• I maintain to this day that Spike had both the best entrance and best exit of any character I’ve ever seen. (I mean exit from BtVS, with the swirly, defiant, smiling-in-the-face-of-death-ness, ignoring the fact that this was rendered obsolete by AtS.) I LOVE him knocking over the Sunnydale sign and getting out of his car all vamped up and badass, music blaring, and then lighting up a cigarette. Awesome.
• Although, that accent…Yeesh. He never really managed a great British accent, but it was EXTREMELY variable in the early days. And, really, couldn’t someone have mentioned to him that he pronounced ‘Angelus’ wrong…?
• In RL, men in the Angel ilk – tall(ish) and dark – are physically more my type. However, when Spike’s face first changes from vampire back into human? Wowsa. No getting around it, he’s a honey.
• I know that no-one ever expected for there to be such a complicated back-story for Spike and Angel, but that ‘reunion’ scene has totally been Jossed. I mean, if you take the whole Boxer Rebellion and then the Nazi submarine canon, it doesn’t work at all.
• Oh! And. Going back to Angel being a jealous tool…He turns up, mentions that Spike kills everything in his path and then – because he gets into a tiff with Buffy – fucks off before telling them anything useful about how they might actually be able to battle Spike. LOL. Of course, there’s always the theory that he doesn’t actually want them to hurt Spike… ;-)
• It’s useful to know that Big Bads can be defeated by angry moms. Maybe Joyce should go out on patrol from now on.
• Although, seriously…How did Joyce not notice that they got attacked by vampires? Once of whom she fought and totally kicked the ass of…? Maybe she had a little too much ‘band candy’ in her youth.
• Spike killing the Anointed One is utterly made of win. He’s so impetuous and un-bothered by prophecies and consequences and…most things really. Apart from Drusilla, to whom he is clearly devoted. Naw.

GAH! I rambled on even more than before!!!! Wow, I should really cut all this to spare my flist (nefarious demons though they may be) all my twaddle. Apologies.