#buffy asks

[tuiyla]

Hi! No pressure of course but is there any chance you could share some thoughts on 5.07 specifically? It’s considered a high point I think, and it’s obv a crucial one for Spike’s ch and his relationship with Buffy.

I'm determined not to let this one sit for months on end uwu

So, Fool For Love, great episode! Even just aesthetically it's very well put together and I really enjoyed how it rhymed with Angel 2.07. I feel like the watching order didn't matter though I did watch ATS and therefore Angel's POV first. It was about time we got some Spike flashbacks and I have to say they delivered. The Angel-related ones as well but the second Slayer subway sequence was just something else. Not that this was the first episode to do so but 5.07 really proved just how far BtVS has come and what they can do in just 45 minutes of television. Also, unrelated to other flashback thoughts but when they cut to 1998 with Spike and Dru I was trying to place it in my head and at first I was like "okay so like 20 years before Buffy." Lmaooo joke's on me for often forgetting how old BtVS is as a series. I feel at liberty to call it old as a fellow 1997 baby.

I thought the premise of getting Buffy and Spike to talk about Slayers and fighting and death was a little forced, Buffy getting injured all of a sudden and all. But it doesn't take away from how good what follows is and I'm glad the show returned to what was used to introduce Spike, the fact that his two Slayer kills are what really give him his reputation. And if anything, Fool For Love is just the hammering home of Spike's "violence and sex are the same" thesis. I know that's a theme throughout the show because duh, vampires and their metaphors and what with all the slaying, but Spike as a character really embodies it. And there are many interesting implications to consider about him willingly chasing Slayers, the people most likely to kill him. There's really a lot to say about his hedonsitic tendencies and this embodiement but I don't think I could add anything that people smarter than me haven't already offered all thoughts on haha.

I also appreciated that Spike was once again established as an unreliable narrator, one who boasts and and all but who has an emotional truth to speak of. His origin story of when he was still human checks out with everything he does as a vampire and I'm curious where the series will go with him. Because he is a soulless vampire and I'm sure there will be many an exploration of that and what it means for the concept of love, but at this point in the lore it's also been made pretty clear that one's human self influences their vampire one. And William was kind of... all about love? As a true romantic Victorian poet. And, particularly if we consider love(/sex) and violence the same, Spike's all about that too. So you know, I buy that he really does love Buffy. I think it started as lust and as obsession, but at this point in the story it is love. I was afraid the episode would end with Buffy pissing him off and several episodes would be about Spike acting all scorned and spiteful so the ending scene was a nice subversion. It made Spike's genuine affection all the more clear, because he is still a petty spiteful vampire who doesn't take rejection well but he also saw that Buffy was hurting and demonstrated that he has empathy. It's strange, sure, but I'm kinda digging the way the show is portraying it.

I wasn't sure how I'd feel about Spike and, inevitably, Spuffy, but now that I'm well into season 5 I have to say that I get it. And this is more in general rather than specific to the episode, but I think I get it. I proceeded with caution because fandom hype can be so misleading and I'm extra cautious of once bad boys for whom fandoms have soft spots. Very often I don't feel like the characters deserve it beyond being played by attractive white men. But from the start Marsters' performance as Spike has been unabashedly delightful and particularly from season 4 on it's been so easy to want to root for him. I won't yet say either way in terms of Spuffy because I don't yet know where I'll fall with them, but... I get it. Yeah, I can totally see why people would dig this. I have to say, some of Spike's pitiful attempts at just being in Buffy's presence rang all too true to me. Granted I'm not a soulless vampire, just a useless lesbian, but still.

What else to say specifically about the ep, hmm. Honestly not a lot, just that it was good. I know that might not sound like I'm appreciating the quality of eps like this appropriately but that's just because I'm speeding through episodes and processing everything at once. I do think Buffy s5 and Angel s2 are really really solid seasons of television with some truly exceptional episodes, 5.07 among them. The interplay of the flashbacks and Spuffy in the present and the line blurring and disappearing by the end are chef's kiss. I'll have to see Their Story unfold fully before passing verdict on the fight scene but yeah, it's great TV. And dare I say, Buffy was showing signs of being attracted to Spike herself just not realizing it yet. That's the vibe anyway, just like it took Spike a while to have that 'oh' moment. We've all been there.

#buffy asks #rachelberryy #sorry if that's underwhelming lmao i'm very much in processing mode #spike #spuffy #everyone's free to engage with this but NO SPOILERS i'm on btvs 5.17

[teasippindragon]

Fallon, my best friend, my brother in arms, my favorite up and coming NorCal area drag queen: "I don't get the whole hype with Bam Margera."

Fallon after watching two Jackass movies: "I understand the early 2000s Bam Margera hype."

@tripthelightfatality welcome to the club, home skillet😎

#bam margera #jackass #love you bestie #buffy talks loudly!! #fallons thoughts #fallon's anons #buffy asks #welcome to our club welcome to our club #WELCOME SQUIDWARD WELCOME SQUIDWARD

[that-bi-bitch-writes]

im getting ahead of the accusations

you're actually late. kishin's ask came in first but since this is not proof of any misdeeds you shall recieve a pass

#do u have rabies now #also i'd like some context pls #ask #buffy asks

[mothellie]

🌸✨💓THIS IS A TUMBLR HUG! 🧚🏾‍♀️ PASS IT ON AND HAVE A LOVELY DAY! ~♡ (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡

I RECIPROCATE THIS TUMBLR HUG\

#cassie answers #buffy asks

[sulietsexual]

make me choose anonymous asked buffy summers or katniss everdeen

#buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #btvsedit #buffy summers #buffysummersedit #dailybtvs #dailybuffysummers #ask[1] #my gifs

[lakefama]

Birbs?

Please?

ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE

#ask #scp-1296 #birds #buffy is the white one and anaktoria is the one with speckles

[genericaces]

heyyy, just a no-obligation request for if you’re ever bored or artblocked, I have a buffy-spike bodyswap AU stuck in my head that I’ve been meaning to write for ages, and thinking about spike!buffy in spike’s clothes / alt clothes is driving me INSANE 🤭 would love to see my stunning vision brought to life

spike!buffy! i see your vision.

#buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #buffy summers #spike #art #ask

[hannakdraws]

some truly tiny and messy af thumbnails for Adventure Time - Distant Lands: Wizard City (pt.1)

#Adventure Time #Distant Lands #Wizard City #I asked for Anthony Stewart Head to be considered as a voice #because I was re-watching Buffy during writing and I'm in love with Giles #he's Song-Wizard/Con-Wizard

[sinomin]

#if someone ever asks who spike is just show them this #btvsedit #spike btvs #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #james marsters #william the bloody #mine

[twelverriver]

faith lehane + favourite outfit ↳  requested by @chasingfictions

#btvsedit #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #slayerdaily #dailybtvs #buffyversesource #femaledaily #smallscreensource #usersiesie #faith lehane #ep: new year's girl #*mine #if u would ask me next week it'd probably be somthing different #it was a strong contest between this one graduation day and the ats one #but then i was like. i love this one so much #and also. i am not giffing ats for OUTFITS lmaooo #no thx <3 i'm choosing quality #anyay this outfit has me in a chokehold

[tuiyla]

Kennedy hate doesn't stem solely from her relationship with Willow. Just wait until the final episodes of the season (being vague to avoid giving spoilers lol).

So I have now finished the series and I'm not saying I couldn't possibly see where the Kennedy dislike comes from but I still don't think the vitriol I've seen is justified.

Look, she's clearly not the greatest character or anything. I get that her attitude can be frustrating and, as the most fleshed-out Potential she also represents everything wrong with the Potentials, mostly them being annoying and ungrateful towards Buffy. But Kennedy is... okay. The mutiny scene, which I'm assuming you were referring to wasn't enough to make me despise the character or even understand that level of deep hatred. Again, I can understand people not vibing with the attitude but she's not that bratty.

And I've seen people twist her relationship with Willow into something it simply wasn't (predatory, mainly) and that just so doesn't sit well with me. It's not like I'm going to become a Kennedy defender, I've already chosen a hill to die on and it's stanning season 6. But I also feel like the fandom makes her out to be something she wasn't and a huge part of that is that she dared to be Willow's love interest after Tara's death. I maintain that I liked her in 7x13. And like, sorry, but the sex scene was good. I said what I said. Maybe the hate doesn't stem solely from it and I'm with people on the Potentials being lowkey annoying at best, but Kennedy really isn't deserving of being voted the worst character and such. Have said that before and saying it now that I've seen all of BtVS.

#pierced tongue indeed holy shit #from a show that once used magical metaphors for willow and tara #i appreciate that you avoided spoilers thank you #anon #buffy asks #kennedy btvs #again i'm not dying on the hill of kennedy #but i feel the hatred is misplaced #and focuses on her because she's the most prominent potential and DARES to get willow to move on #it's so funny to me that it feels like I've always known about tara #and had no idea willow would get a s7 girlfriend

[teasippindragon]

REAL 🅱️OOKIE 🅱️EAR HOURS‼️‼️😂🫵👹🤡💩👽🌚🤠

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

i just got home from work so my brain is dead, but 🅱️ookie 🅱️ear lives on!😫

#bam margera #jackass #love you bestie #buffy asks

[that-bi-bitch-writes]

he admitted it himself

what are you cropping out... 🤔

#ask #buffy asks

[pomogranategf]

buffy “i can fix her” summers & faith “i can make her worse” lehane immovable object unstoppable force knives to each other’s throats “you gonna kill me? you become me” then i kiss u on da forehead and later u stab me and we never get over it and we DO become each other, i have nothing more to add im just THINKING ABOUT IT

#normal #my stupid little thoughts #faith lehane boston accent free in my mind #idk why halfway thru this post i became faith don’t ask me abt it #btvs #buffy&faith

[shiteatinggrin]

you know when buffy summers had a knife to her head and her lover asked her if she had no weapons no friends what did she have left and she said me? yea that saved my life a little

#sorry to say that joss whedon saved my life but he kinda did #having such a strong and layered character who can never stop fighting was so relieving to watch #because i felt the same and it gave me hope #just like xander said i also sometimes ask myself what would buffy do #she just. means a lot. to me. #buffy summers #angel #btvs

[hersterical]

Faith is simultaneously cool and pathetic at all times.

Spike is pathetic in a cool way.

Angel is cool in a pathetic way.

Willow is simultaneously cool and pathetic as well but in the exact opposite way that Faith is.

Tara and Oz are just cool.

Xander is pathetic with rare shining moments of cool.

It’s both pathetic and cool that Anya is into that.

Giles is weirdly cool because of how pathetic he is.

Dawn was pathetic, became cool, but never lost the memory of being pathetic.

Cordelia transcends the cool/pathetic scale.

Buffy is the cool/pathetic scale.

#buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #buffy summers #angel btvs #spike btvs #faith lehane #willow rosenberg #cordelia chase #don’t ask me to explain #this is based on pure vibes #freshly farmed vibes picked straight from the vibe tree with no added ingredients