Take on 'Seeing Red'; SPOILERS

[jeepy91@xxxxxxx]

First that ever important spoilery space. Something tells me alot of that 
stuff is gonna be used the next couple days LOL

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Well I actually saw most of the ep a week ago when the wildfeed transmission 
got screwed up. But seeing everything on a 55 inch screen was certainly a 
different experience from the computer. 

Anyway, reading spoilers I knew what was coming, but I didn't know exactly 
how they were going to handle it. And personally, I think they could have 
done it better. 

Tara and Willow spent practically the entire episode snuggled or in bed. As 
much as I don't mind the visual, because I tend to picture a different blonde 
with Willow anyway, to me it was so obvious that they were trying to cram the 
smoochies in before they killed Tara in cold blood.

Speaking of certain smoochies, was I the only one who found it incredibly 
amusing that as Willow and Tara are sitting in bed in their afterglow, Willow 
mentions that she's thinking about Buffy? LOL I mean yeah, it wasn't in a 
shippy sense, but come on, it was worth a little I think. And I think that 
whole scene went to show that Tara really doesn't know Willow that well. 
After she spilled the beans to Willow about Spuffy, Willow looked hurt as all 
hell that Buffy kept it from her. She even said as much. And Tara proceeds 
to tell Willow that Buffy was afraid to tell her because she didn't want to 
see the look Willow was wearing. Willow wasn't disguested, she was hurt that 
Buffy kept it from her! And that wasn't what Buffy wasn't worried about. So 
Tara needs to take Willow 101 and get some things right.

As for Dawn, well she didn't annoy me at all in this ep, which is something 
new. She was thrilled for Willow and Tara, which is ok I suppose. And her 
laying into Spike a bit was nice, even if it did seem like she was subtley 
trying to patch things up for him and Buffy. Ok, I take that back, she did 
annoy me a bit now that I think about it more. But nowhere near where she 
usually ranks.

So I guess that brings me to the Spuffy attempted rape scene. And you know, 
alot of the Spuffy's were offended by that terminology when we first heard 
about the scene. But that's exactly what it was. He was manhandling her 
when she said no, screamed no, cried no. She was struggling with him 
physically and he still kept up. That was an attempted rape, pure and 
simple. If Buffy would have been anyone BUT the Slayer he would have 
succeeded, because a ordinary woman wouldn't have had the strength to push 
him off. I don't see how the Spuffy relationship can evolve into loving 
after that. I thought it definitely seemed like the last nail in the coffin. 
Even though Buffy admitted to having feelings for him, she denied loving 
him, and after that little show, I believe her all the more, and I think she 
believes it herself, I don't think the doubt is there anymore.

Now one thing that I am worried about is the Buffy/Xander thing. I don't 
think it's just me, but I'm getting definite vibes off the two of them. 
Xander is acting like Buffy cheated on him with Spike or something. He's all 
holier than thou. Well guess what Xand, as far as Buffy knows, Willow is 
still out of the loop. So to me that whole Buffy checking on Xander scene 
was annoying. And what was the bit about her personal life not being his 
business? As much as Xander was bugging me, that was just nasty. He's stood 
by her side facing all sorts of crap, maybe not as loyally as Willow, but 
there nonetheless, and now she's saying he doesn't have any business knowing 
about her personal life? Sure he shouldn't have influence on who she dates, 
but that was uber harsh. Buffy was kinda bugging me the entire episode. As 
for the last scene, they were paralleling W/T and B/X, especially with Tara's 
line about making up being the best part. So now I'm worried.

And what was with the reprise on the whole heaven thing again? I thought we 
had that settled. And if she should be talking to anyone about it, her and 
Willow need to discuss it. That's where the problem apparently lies, not 
with Xander.

One last thing, I'm annoyed at the fact that Buffy tells Xander she loves 
him, Willow tells Xander she loves him and Xander says it back. Where are 
our Buffy/Willow avowals? GRRRRR

OK, overall the ep wasn't bad, but DeKnight has been annoying me all year, 
and this one was no different.

Casandra
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Buffy:"I could wrestle naked in grease for a living and still be cleaner than 
after a shift at the Doublemeat."
Willow:"Plus, I'd visit you at work every single day."
-'Normal Again' Shooting Script