Re: When Buffy went Crazy

[jeepy91@xxxxxxx]

Originally posted by DEM:
<<It's the first ep since OMWF that I've watched over and over again. I 
think I enjoyed it more and more upon each repeat viewing.>>

Yep, me too. I think I've gone back and watched the shippy parts about 4 
times now and just have a bigger shippy sigh each time :)


Originally posted by Dan:
<<The "once you fall for Willow…" line, which has to be about her own
feelings, since Xander has clearly moved on (in fact, my W/X 'shipper
thought Will looked a little hurt when Xand said he wanted to get back
with Anya, as opposed to Buffy who was merely in shock), and Oz is at
least absent, if not over her for certain. Even if not consciously
meant romantically, well, once you call your friendship "falling" for
someone, you can't hide from the truth much longer.>>

You know even my mother gaped at that line. She literally spewed her Cherry 
Coke across the room incredulously. LOL So even people who are the farthest 
away from being B/W shippers saw the subtext in that. In fact, a friend of 
mine from campus came up to me on Monday, after we both saw it, and told me 
they thought that it was almost quasi canon on Buffy's part. I don't know if 
I'd go that far, but it certainly was an interesting line to put in there for 
it not to mean anything.

<<And the total, unequivocal smackdown on B/S. Buffy was told to
eliminate the things that made her want to stay in Sunnydale. Buffy
herself (NOT the doctor) immediately said "my friends" and sought them
out to destroy them. But once she had Willow, Xander and Dawn, that was
it, she never even thought of going after Spike. He really does mean
nothing to her. >>

Oh yeah, the B/S ship was hit pretty hard by the episode. Not to mention 
Spike's 'love' for Buffy itself. I mean there the girl is, pretty much 
freaking out, not knowing what's really going on. And there he is handing 
her ultimatums about revealing their boinkfest. When she didn't drink the 
antidote I'm sure that was part of the reason. I think she's really afraid 
of telling her friends for fear of either losing them, or at least them 
looking at her differently. So when Spike gives her the choice, not IF they 
found out, but HOW, well slipping into the world where both parents are there 
for her seems like a much better solution.

And as much as the B/S can ramble on and on about her being in denial. Well 
I think Buffy was the most honest about her feelings in this episode as she 
has all season. I could read her reactions and emotions so much better than 
any of the episodes before this. And the 'sleeping with a vampire I hate' 
line pretty much summed it up. She had no reason to lie to Dawn or herself, 
because she didn't think it was real anyway. There's no point in dodging the 
truth when you believe the thing you are talking to is fake, a trap you're 
mind has created.

And the thing about taking out her friends. Her friends are what she keeps 
going back for. Get rid of them and she'll be free. So she goes for the 
strongest tie first. Willow. Not Dawn, who was upstairs with her. Willow.  
I found that pretty interesting. Plus the ending, with her whispering 
Xander's name, not making any kind of sound when Dawn went flying. But 
crying out Willow's name and banging her head against the wall when Will went 
down. That definitely made the ep for me :)

Anyway, I've managed to ramble :)

Casandra

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