buffy-thoughts

[buffy-thoughts]

You Don't Have A Good Choice (Becoming: Part Four)

You Don’t Have A Good Choice (Becoming: Part Four)

This is the fourth of four essays on Becoming. The first focused on Willow’s arc; the second on the journeys of Angel, Spike and Drusilla; the third on the re-souling debate and Xander’s Lie. This is the episode where we meet Buffy Summers. We have seen Buffy, the Slayer, fighting evil for two seasons now. We were introduced to her in Welcome to the Hellmouth, as she introduced us to the show.…

View On WordPress

#btvs #btvs season two #buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer #choice #essay #existentialism #insect reflection #meta

[buffy-thoughts]

He's A Vampire - He Should Die (Becoming: Part Three)

He’s A Vampire – He Should Die (Becoming: Part Three)

This is the third of four essays on Becoming. The first focused on Willow’s arc; the second on the journeys of Angel, Spike and Drusilla; the fourth will focus on Buffy’s arc and final choice. I feel like we should acknowledge, at this point, two big clouds of controversy hanging over this episode: the debate over whether to re-soul or kill Angel, and relatedly, Xander’s lie to Buffy, where he…

View On WordPress

#angel #btvs #btvs season two #buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer #essay #insect reflection #kendra young #meta #xander harris

[buffy-thoughts]

buffy-thoughts has moved. New URL is herinsectreflection.tumblr.com

[buffy-thoughts]

Instead, You Go All Dumbledore On Me (The Dark Age)

Instead, You Go All Dumbledore On Me (The Dark Age)

The final scene of Lie To Me left us with a promise of increasing complexity for the show – and increasing adult awareness for Buffy – as we head into the second third of season two. This promise is brought into reality through a process of deconstructing the mentor figure – and parental figure for Buffy – in Giles.  Giles received a steady character arc in the first season, growing to…

View On WordPress

#btvs #btvs season two #buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer #essay #harry potter #insect reflection #jenny calendar #jk rowling #meta #rupert giles

[buffy-thoughts]

Insect Reflection Chapter Twelve: I'm Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, And You Are? (Prophecy Girl)

Insect Reflection Chapter Twelve: I’m Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, And You Are? (Prophecy Girl)

“Allow me to give my lord one last piece of counsel,” the old man had said, “the same counsel I once gave my brother when we parted for the last time. He was three-and-thirty when the Great Council chose him to mount the Iron Throne. A man grown with sons of his own, yet in some ways still a boy. Egg had an innocence to him, a sweetness we all loved. Kill the boy within you, I told him the day I…

View On WordPress

#btvs #btvs season one #buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer #essay #insect reflection #meta #rupert giles #willow rosenberg #xander harris

[buffy-thoughts]

buffy-thoughts has moved. New URL is herinsectreflection.tumblr.com