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dailybuffysummers · 2 years

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BUFFY SUMMERS | 5.01

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buffster · 19 days

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Buffy vs Dracula (BTVS 5.01)

This is part of my ongoing Buffyverse Project, where I write notes/meta for every episode in an attempt to better understand the characters and themes of the shows. You can find the BTVS list here and the ATS list here. Gifs are not mine.

Really leaning into the camp with this one.

It’s clear from the outset that the writers are preparing for Riley to exit. Now that the drama of the Initiative is over, we are stepping right into the idea that Buffy and Riley don’t actually work as a couple. Riley has fallen asleep (presumably satisfied and relaxed after some sexy times) while Buffy lies awake. She sneaks out and does some late-night slaying. She satisfies him, he doesn’t satisfy her.

When the gang hangs out at the beach for some relaxing, we also see that Buffy consistently holds back from Riley without ever mentioning it. When he says she throws like a girl she puts a little effort in and immediately knocks him over and ruins the ball. This puts forward the idea that Buffy is deliberately holding her Slayer self back from Riley. We’ll get more into this through the season.

The group begins a conversation about making life choices. Xander doesn’t have a steady future, Riley can’t focus his major, and Willow is still deciding what she wants to major in. It surprises me that she wants to take a drama class after all her fears from past seasons. I guess this is a sign she is trying to leave the old Willow behind. Giles has spent the summer archiving texts, labeling amulets, and generally preparing to leave Buffy behind. He tells only Willow that he’s planning to go, and it seems like that’s because he’s prepared her to be mini-Giles.

Buffy is patrolling alone when she meets Dracula. He immediately causes her to question her power by labeling her a killer. He says her power is rooted in darkness. It appears this season will continue to explore what it means to be a Slayer. Anya, Willow, and Buffy (and Xander?) all find Dracula attractive. They discover he can read and control minds and appear in dreams.

Riley’s restlessness is clear here. He doesn’t really like or fit in with the Scooby method of dealing with a problem. We see him pacing, distractedly muttering that the Initiative would be able to pull files on Dracula and give them all the information they needed in seconds. He visits Spike for information just to feel like he’s taking some kind of action.

Riley picks up on Buffy’s attraction to Dracula. It’s made worse when she hides that she’s been bitten, and he finds out. He doesn’t think she’s under Dracula’s spell but is just transferring feelings of Angel onto Dracula. As we watch Buffy begin to get more and more curious about what it means to be a Slayer (and running from it less), we see Riley pick up on that part of her he can’t reach and get more insecure.

Dracula understands part of her Slayer side, and this curiosity draws her in.

A little inconsistency with Joyce this season. She’s lonely and invited Dracula in, which I guess we will blame on his mystical alure rather than her being naive. But there’s a little joke where she says something about wanting to give up on men altogether and Willow and Tara sort of side-eye each other, like she doesn’t know they’re a couple. But then next episode Dawn is writing in her diary and it’s pretty clear Joyce does know they’re a couple. Not really important, just something I noticed.

Giles being seduced by the vampires and Riley rescuing him was a funny scene. Also interesting, though, because Riley is laser focused on Buffy and not at all tempted at this point. But we know he’ll be in that exact same position later in the season...

Buffy is still under Dracula’s spell until she tastes blood. It snaps her out of her trance, because she might not be sure what her power is leading her to, but it’s not that. She’s not a vampire. She beats Dracula.

Also...how many times did he come back? How did she know he was gone for good?

Xander: Damn it!.. You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats the insects and gets the funny syphilis! As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!

Buffy’s decision to re-commit to Slayer training derails Giles’ decision to leave. She wants to know more about what she is. We’re pivoting away from past seasons, where all Buffy wanted to do was run away from her power.

Annnnd....Dawn.

Character Notes:

Buffy Summers: She says she’s fought fanboys that called themselves Lestat.

Willow Rosenberg: When the gang is exhausted looking at Buffy and Riley’s exertion, she says they’ve put their finger on why they’re the sidekicks. She loves mochas and is starting to get addicted to them.

Xander Harris: Xander was fired from flipping burgers “in like a day” and is now working construction. Anya mentions he’s been looking at sexy girls in tool belts.

Anya Jenkins: She hung out with Dracula a few times in her evil days. She once cursed someone by making them incredibly fat.

Riley Finn: He’s trying to decide whether to focus on psycholinguistics or cognitive neurobiology for his psychology masters.

Tara Maclay: Her joke only lands with Willow, which makes her embarrassed.

Joyce Summers: Buffy suggests she get a pet. She says a cat is too pathetic and a rat too creepy. She says she’ll think about a dog.

Spike: He says Dracula owes him 11 pounds.

#it's my blog i can do what i want #buffy vs dracula #buffy summer #willow rosenberg #xander harris #spike #riley finn #anya jenkins #rupert giles #dawn summers #joyce summers #dracula #Buffy/Riley #buffyvsdracula

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earhartsease · 1 month

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watching Buffy vs Dracula and when he first speaks to her in the cemetery the subs say

MAN WITH EUROPEAN ACCENT:

Very impressive hunt.

and that's so funny, like he could be italian or spanish or irish

obviously he's meant to sound transylvanian but vaguely enough for english speakers to still understand him and so that he doesn't sound like The Count from sesame street

we too have a european accent but ours is a slightly cockney british

seriously though, if you're a hearing person and an english speaker you can tell it's meant to be a transylvanian accent - but if you're using subs because you're deaf or hoh how does "european" help you?

#btvs #buffy vs dracula

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dyke-o-matic · 3 months

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Every day I think about how we were robbed of Freddie Prinze Jr. as Dracula in Buffy vs. Dracula.

#buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #freddie prinze jr #sarah michelle gellar #buffy vs. dracula

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kyliafanfiction · 1 year

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Buffy vs Dracula is officially *the worst* episode of either AtS or BtVS. Possibly one of the worst episodes of a supernatural-themed TV show ever.

#Grumping #Buffy The Vampire Slayer #Anti-Buffy vs Dracula #seriously it sucks so fucking hard #and its setting up stupid themes and stupid premises

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vampirologist · 1 year

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faith and buffy having mirrored bite scars from angel… angel being poisoned by faith and needing slayer’s blood so buffy goads him into feeding from her and he feeds from the right side of her neck, versus faith deliberately taking a drug so that angelus would feed from her and be inhibited in order to save angel and he feeds from the left side of her neck…

#i don’t remember ever seeing faith be portrayed with the scar on buffy <\3 #and then there’s like. those two instances I can think of on buffy where her scar from angel is highlighted (such as in buffy vs dracula)#someone who is a better artist than me needs to draw this…. it compels me

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faith-thee-slayer · 1 year

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has anybody seen this? i’m begging you to watch, this is excellent

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#randomly discovered this the other day and i didn't realize just how much i needed it #i'm obsessed #we needed the buffy vs dracula update for the new generation #buffy summers #edward cullen #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #twilight #jd.text

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fearsomeandwretched · 1 year

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I finished season 4!!

#excited for buffy vs Dracula!!#cassidy watches buffy

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spikedaily · 1 month

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5.01 | “Buffy vs. Dracula”

#*#by charlie #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #btvsedit #buffy #spike #s5 #5.01 #tvedit #slayerdaily #spuffygifs #userveronika #userbrittany #usercallie #userellie2 #usersansa #smoking tw

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dailybuffysummers · 2 years

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | 5.01 — Buffy vs. Dracula

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peeta-mellark · 4 months

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER — 5x01 Buffy vs. Dracula

#buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer #5x01 #btvs #btvsedit #buffysource #slayerdaily #dailybuffysummers #comfortblr #dailytvwomen #cwladiesdaily #tvedit #mine #*

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earhartsease · 2 years

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hands down the best pun in Buffy (and there are many contenders) is when Dracula tries The Influence on Buffy again in his castle and she says "the thrall has gone from our relationship"

#btvs #buffy vs dracula #this may not to be verbatim

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dailyflicks · 11 months

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 5.01 | Buffy vs. Dracula

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narliee · 1 year

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 5.01, Buffy vs. Dracula

#btvsedit #buffy the vampire slayer #ladiesofcinema #tvandfilm #tvedit #horroredit #chewieblog #usercallie #tusereve #usercande #userveronika #userellie2 #usergiles #usersnat #zanisummers #gifs*#we deserved more beach scenes

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heartsofblood · 3 months

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BUFFY VS. DRACULA!

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queer-media-tourney · 4 months

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Here are all 64 round 1 polls:

Rent vs Orphan Black

Heartstopper vs Orange is the New Black

Carol (2015) vs Bugsnax

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern vs Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Fienburg

Red, White and Royal Blue vs This is how you lose the time war by Amar el-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Our Flag means Death vs Always human by Ari North

The last of us two vs On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

Heartbreak High vs Shameless

Undertale vs The Handmaiden

Young Royals vs Revolutionary Girl Utena

Sens8 vs Carry on by Rainbow Rowell

Bee and puppycat vs The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Yuri on Ice vs Ranma ½

Q-force vs Feel Good

Torchwood vs The interview with a Vampire (2022)

Homestuck vs Good Omens

Some like it hot vs Killing Eve

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off vs Bound (1996)

It's a sin vs Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan

Doctor Who vs Portrait of a young lady on fire

Steven Universe vs Saltburn

Xena Warrior Princess vs Cyberpunk 2077

Welcome to Nightvale vs Schitt's creek

Night in the woods vs A league Of their own

Lisa Frankenstein vs The boys in the band (1970)

Black Sails vs Owl House

Hannibal vs The Traitor Baru Cormorant

Bottoms vs The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir

The picture of Dorian Grey vs Adventure time

The Sandman (comic) vs Supernatural

Maurice (1987) vs Hazbin Hotel

Nimona vs Love Simon

Epithet Erased vs What we do in the shadows

Buffy the Vampire Slayer vs The Other Two

One Day at a time (2017) vs Falsettos

She-ra and the princesses of power vs Dykes to Watch Out for

Celluloid Closet vs Harley Quinn

But I'm a cheerleader vs Vida

Angels In America vs Glee

Hooky by Míriam Bonastre Tur vs They both die in the end by Adam Silvera

Will and Grace vs Paris is Burning

Sanders Sides vs The Magnus Archives

The L word vs Goncharov

Queer as Folk vs Paper Girls

Boys don't cry vs Dracula

All of us strangers vs Yellow jackets

The Song of Achilles vs D.E.B.S

Brokeback Mountain vs Dead end: paranormal park

Carmilla vs Pride (2014)

The Bifrost Incident vs Pink Flamingos

Call me by your name vs Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Grishaverse vs Roswell New Mexico

Riverdale vs We Know the Devil

Stardew Valley vs Pose

Disco Elysium vs Different For girls

Banana fish vs my own private Idaho

Celeste vs Tales of the City, by Armistead Maupin

Everything Everywhere all at once vs Outer Wilds

To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar vs Victor/Victoria

Moonlight vs Stranger things

The birdcage vs Midnight Cowboy

The Watermelon Woman vs The Ritz

The haunting of Bly Manor vs Epic of Gilgamesh

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel vs How to survive a plague

#queer media tourney

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