Re: Re: 'Angel' Discussion

[Alexis Dagwood <treehugger013@xxxxxxxxx>]

never thought of the dark mirror thing...good pick up,
don't think I ever would have thought of it (except
for the faith thing...that was just stated so much it
was a given).  

--- ebailey140 <ebailey140@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> --- In buffywantswillow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Howard
> Russell"
> <howardrussell2000@y...> wrote:
> > We now present our regularly scheduled email,
> already in progress.
> > 
> > 
> > Hello Everybody!
> > 
>
> We also start getting what will be a LOT of
> backstory before we're
> done.  And, we have our first case of killing a
> character who keeps
> turning back up.  We'll be seeing Darla a lot over
> the next six years.  
>
> Darla is the first of Buffy's Dark Mirrors.  She'll
> have one each
> season, a woman who will be a reflection of either
> where Buffy is at
> the time or where she's going.  Here, we have blonde
> schoolgirl in
> love with Angel vs blonde vampire in love with Angel
> who dresses like
> a schoolgirl.  
>
> Season 2 will see our darker Buffy, psychic girl
> being stalked by
> Angelus, vs Drusilla, psychic girl that's the end
> result of being
> stalked by Angelus.
>
> Season 3 and 4, Faith.  Nuff said.
>
> Season 5, Glory, blonde, insane, fashion concious,
> sarcastic,
> obsessive, demonic god who just wants it all to end.
>
> "You know what I wish? I wish that you could feel
> what I'm feeling
> right now.  'Cause I don't know how much more of
> this I can take.  I
> bet this is fun for you, isn't it? Say it. Why? You
> don't even own
> the damn thing and I want it, I need it and I gotta
> have it now and
> you keep refusing to tell me where the Key is!  It's
> typical! The
> whole mortal meatsack comes complete with stink and
> bile sweat and
> protein. Yes, I said humans! Not now, mummy's
> talking!  Wriggling,
> piling, prowling, crawling, clowning, cavorting,
> doing it over and
> over and over and over until someone's gonna sit
> down on their tuffet
> and make this birthing stop!"
>
> Season 6, Willow.  
>
> WILLOW
> Buffy, I gotta tell you - I get it now. The Slayer
> thing really isn't
> about the violence.
>
> Willow surrounds herself with energies streaming in
> at her from all
> directions - as if she were collecting strength, the
> center of some
> great cosmic vortex.
>
> WILLOW (cont'd)
> It's about the power.
>
> Willow's eyes go BLACK.
>
> This, naturally, leads us right into Season 7, where
> Willow's "It's
> about power" line will be repeated at the beginning
> and end of the
> season opener, first by Buffy, and then her ultimate
> Dark Mirror, who
> takes the position quite literally. 

> > For the creep factor, Angel's a vampire--an
> animated corpse. 
> Shouldn't Buffy notice that the wound she's
> bandaging doesn't have
> blood flowing?  That the flesh is cold to the touch?
>  That the thing
> she's snogging is room temperature?  By god, Giles
> was right!  She
> really, *really* needs to learn to hone.  I mean,
> come on Buffy!  Wake
> up and smell the walking corpse!
> > 
> > *shudder*
> > 
> > Sorry, but it really bothers me.  I'm kinda with
> Xander on this, vampires are for slaying, not for
smooching.
> Well, this relationship (and there's that whole soul
> thing to consider) would be the emotional heart of
the series until the spinoff.  Seasons 2 and 3 are
still the most fondly remembered.   
> > 
> Wiffy Stuff:
> > 
> > Check out this exchange in the very beginning of
> the episode.
> > 
> >      (Written by David Greenwalt)
> > 
> >      Willow:  So, we're talking about a guy?
> > 
> >      Buffy:   Not exactly a guy.  For us to have a
> >               conversation about a guy, there'd
> have
> >               to be a guy for us to have a
> conversation
> >               about.  Is that a sentence?
> > 
> >      Willow:  You lack a guy.
> > 
> >      Buffy:   I do.  Which is fine with me, most
> of
> >               the time, but...
> > 
> > I mean, wow!  The subtext is so wonderfully close
> to being main
> text, right there.  What is 'not exactly a guy' if
> not a girl?  She
> doesn't know Angel's a vampire yet, so she can't be
> referring to that.
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