RE: SPOILERS: "Conversations" and a name for It

["Rosie" <buffylover@xxxxxxx>]

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> From: Jason Rune [mailto:winter_herald@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 8:18 PM
> To: buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: ::BuffyWantsWillow:: SPOILERS: "Conversations" and a name for
> It
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> Spoilers and impressions for Conversations with Dead People follow.
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> You.
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> Fnord.
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> Should be enough. OK, first off, this episode actually had me in
> stitches a couple times... did I see David Fury's name? Whee!
>
> Poor Johnathan. Still, we now have a new interpretation of the Big
> Bad... "It eats you, starting with your bottom." Tee. I hereby move
> to christen it "Bottom Feeder." Any seconds?
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> The "ooh, is Buffy gay?" moment was brief, and Buffy shot it down...
> though, honestly, just quick enough that she could still be in denial.
> But was it just me, or were there some serious Andrew/Warren longing
> gazes followed by signs of hero worship and/or crushing?
>
> The Psychiavamp was hilarious. And Buffy seems to have eliminated, oh,
> say, 7% of her inner turmoil (it'll take a while.)
>
> Spike, ooh, Spike. Eeevil. Can I just say, "yee-haw"? Not much
> screen time, though. Now, mind you, I hate Spuffy as much as the next
> Wuffian, but Spike is kinda cool, in that evil, I'm-gonna-kill-you-now
> way. Now that he's Bad, will we be seeing more biting action? Here's
> to hoping.
>
> (Coming next Spring... life-like William the Bloody figurines with
> *biting action*! Warning: ingesting the blood of a vampire after being
> bitten may lead to becoming a vampire. Keep out of reach of children.)
>
> Note that Psychiavamp (forgot his name already) was able to put on
> human guise almost immediately, while most vamps stay in game face
> perpetually. Was this because Spike made him into a full childe
> instead of just a minion? Or was it just convenient for the costume
> department? :)
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> I can see why Amber didn't want to be in this one. Cassie was a
> moderately creative replacement, though. I wish Willow weren't so
> mopey all the time.

Yep she did the right thing and Cassie really did work for it better than if
Amber would have done something that would have so cheapened the Willow/Tara
ship. I think Willow would have been able to tell a "Fake Tara" from a real
one rather easy.

> Dawn. What can I say? One, she has some serious magic coming from
> somewhere -- is it Key energy, or does she just really know how to turn
> a spell? Or was Bottom Feeder making it easy on her so that
> Fake-o-Joyce could deliver her message? Two, she shifts between bratty
> and halfway mature remarkably quickly.

I loved Dawn and think that's very tipical of teen behavior actually. Far as
the key power thing goes that what seemed to be hinted at it's when she
called on the power inside her that the major mojo came on line.

I have to agree with you Jason over all a very good episode. The plot arcs
don't seem to be developing real rapidly this season but so far all the
episodes have been first rate we haven't have this many good episodes in row
sense season 3.