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Now that zionist occupation announced they are going to occupy all of Gaza, their genocidal intent is clear. This was always about ethnic cleansing. That's why they systematically destroyed Gaza and murdered so many civilians. If you still support Israel, you are openly in favor of genocide.

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"And Buffy, be careful with this gift." 3.18 Earshot Buffy the Vampire Slayer [1997 - 2003]

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A red thread? Oh, no, no, no, not us. No.

We're connected by the red sticky hand of fate. Totally different.

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FILMS WATCHED IN 2025 [9/?] ROMEO AND JULIET 1996 | dir. baz luhrmann

My only love sprung from my only hate.

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“Hot and bothered” in the sense that it is 90 degrees out and I am extremely annoyed

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Yes girl keep spreading Zionist propaganda and showing us your nasty racist ass!!!!

I had to come into your inbox to complain. I didnt realize I was still following Charisma Carpenter on Instagram (ugh) but on her podcast or whatever it is, she compared Bangel to Big and Carrie from SaTC and said in a comment comparing Big to Angel they were "(...) emotionally unavailable, older, and seductive. And I dare I say, toxic to both women." Girl shut the fuck up.

Ugh, girl…I saw that. What a terrible terrible take. They are nothing alike both in the dynamic between the characters and the characters themselves. Angel never once treats Buffy the same way that Big treats Carrie. Be for fucking real!

I also saw that she said she “doesn’t get love vibes” because apparently Angel passive aggressively called Buffy “dumb” in “The Harvest” (when he tells her he thought she would find the entrance to the lair sooner…you know? The banter? Where they’re going back and forth sassing each other?) and that he “just brings her information and leaves her”, as if this moron isn’t aware that Angel is a vampire and there’s a reason he does this lmaoo she’s seriously weird for going out of her way to misinterpret harmless interactions just so she can virtue signal and have terrible takes.

She’s also blocking small content creators and fans on IG. A few of my friends on there who run Buffy meme and fan accounts, as well as just fans on their personal accounts, who have never followed her or commented on anything of hers or even spoken about her, were blocked randomly from her podcast account. Such a bizarre move from someone who’s always making videos crying about how amazing the Buffy community is (I guess that only applies to people who worship her?) and begging people to subscribe to her lame ass podcast and pay money to listen to her blow smoke up her own ass. It’s truly so pathetic how she behaves on social media…arguing with well meaning fans in her comments and then blocking them. At this point, she has more than half the fandom blocked. I have stories about her for days LOL

But I’ve noticed that more and more people are starting to get tired of her and see how much of a loser she is. She’s absolutely shooting herself in the foot with this podcast by giving people access to her “unfiltered” self. I really don’t think she’ll make it all the way through both shows, and more people will start realizing how problematic she actually is.

ALSO I will never shut up about the fact that she’s a disgusting Zionist who denies that a genocide is happening to the Palestinian people, peddles dehumanizing anti-Arab racist propaganda, and refers to anyone who supports the basic human rights of the Palestinian people as “terrorist sympathizers”. I hope she rots in hell. 🤮

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I had to come into your inbox to complain. I didnt realize I was still following Charisma Carpenter on Instagram (ugh) but on her podcast or whatever it is, she compared Bangel to Big and Carrie from SaTC and said in a comment comparing Big to Angel they were "(...) emotionally unavailable, older, and seductive. And I dare I say, toxic to both women." Girl shut the fuck up.

Ugh, girl…I saw that. What a terrible terrible take. They are nothing alike both in the dynamic between the characters and the characters themselves. Angel never once treats Buffy the same way that Big treats Carrie. Be for fucking real!

I also saw that she said she “doesn’t get love vibes” because apparently Angel passive aggressively called Buffy “dumb” in “The Harvest” (when he tells her he thought she would find the entrance to the lair sooner…you know? The banter? Where they’re going back and forth sassing each other?) and that he “just brings her information and leaves her”, as if this moron isn’t aware that Angel is a vampire and there’s a reason he does this lmaoo she’s seriously weird for going out of her way to misinterpret harmless interactions just so she can virtue signal and have terrible takes.

She’s also blocking small content creators and fans on IG. A few of my friends on there who run Buffy meme and fan accounts, as well as just fans on their personal accounts, who have never followed her or commented on anything of hers or even spoken about her, were blocked randomly from her podcast account. Such a bizarre move from someone who’s always making videos crying about how amazing the Buffy community is (I guess that only applies to people who worship her?) and begging people to subscribe to her lame ass podcast and pay money to listen to her blow smoke up her own ass. It’s truly so pathetic how she behaves on social media…arguing with well meaning fans in her comments and then blocking them. At this point, she has more than half the fandom blocked. I have stories about her for days LOL

But I’ve noticed that more and more people are starting to get tired of her and see how much of a loser she is. She’s absolutely shooting herself in the foot with this podcast by giving people access to her “unfiltered” self. I really don’t think she’ll make it all the way through both shows, and more people will start realizing how problematic she actually is.

ALSO I will never shut up about the fact that she’s a disgusting Zionist who denies that a genocide is happening to the Palestinian people, peddles dehumanizing anti-Arab racist propaganda, and refers to anyone who supports the basic human rights of the Palestinian people as “terrorist sympathizers”. I hope she rots in hell. 🤮

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okay once and for all

no nuance, no "oh but im allergic/its something different/whatever the fuck" either pick a side or dont answer

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What’s in the box?

SE7EN (1995) dir. David Fincher

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#me dealing with my problems

Buffy the Vampire Slayer – 2.09: What's My Line (Part 1)

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I was reading about the Buffy reboot last night, when I was hit with the realization as to why Angel (or similar role) is absolutely needed for the high school years of Buffy: he is the one person who never takes from Buffy.

I fully concede that its been a few years since I last watched, so the details are fuzzy, but when you look at Buffy's major relationships, most of them have some expectation of Buffy providing something to the other person.

Joyce: expects Buffy to keep her grades up, do her chores, and generally be good, well-behaved kid. Normally, this isn't too much to ask, but given that Buffy frequently has more important things to deal with, Joyce can get pretty demanding in her expectations. Of course, she doesn't know that the reason Buffy struggles in school is because she has to save the world, but that doesn't make her demands on Buffy's time and behavior go away.

Giles: Expects Buffy to be the Slayer. Again, not that bad in a vacuum, but he frequently forgets that Buffy is a teenager and has other responsibilities (see above) as well as needing to rest and relax. Buffy is willing to do the job, but Giles can often act like the only thing Buffy should be doing is slaying or training to slay.

Willow and Xander: expect Buffy to provide excitement and purpose. this one is more subtle. Willow and Xander are Buffy's friends, and they do have the push and pull of friendship. But for them, Buffy isn't just a person, she's also the doorway to the supernatural. They might be unpopular, but now they're a few of the rare people who have the privilege of knowing what the hell goes on in Sunnydale. It gives them something that makes them special, something adventurous and wild that they can mentally hold over those who would otherwise mock them. This is especially true before mid-season 2, when the tragedies and costs start to pile up. There are multiple times where all three teens are told about some new monster, and Xander and Willow kind of shrug and just expect Buffy to fix it, because that's what she does: provide access to the thrills but end it before it gets too real. Eventually, they do step up and start contributing more, but until then, those unspoken expectations are another thing on Buffy's plate.

Now compare this to Angel. Angel tries his best to never add to Buffy's burdens. The first thing he meets her, Buffy assumes that he is another person who wants something from her, but Angel not only refutes that, his phrasing of "The same thing you do" is his attempt to place himself on her side rather than be another person who makes demands of her. He's wrong, but the point still stands that he's trying to position himself as her ally rather than claim her as his.

Through season 1, Angel only appears to give Buffy things: warnings, information, protection, a fighter, a jacket. He expects nothing from her and hides his return so as to not burden her.

In season 2, he tries to resist Buffy for much the same reasons: he doesn't want to take from her. Only instead of Buffy's time and energy, Angel is now concerned that he would be taking her future. When he relents and starts a relationship, it's because Buffy has made it clear that what this gives her-- happiness, an unquestioning source of support, a sense of normalcy in her in her batshit crazy life-- is more important to her than what he fears he's taking. That's what makes Angelus so devastating: he takes from Buffy. Takes her safety, her pride, her goddamn virginity, and adding insult to injury is that that the one doing the most taking is the one who never took from her before. So not only does she have this massive problem, gaining that problem lost her her strongest support system.

Even in Season 3 (which is the one I'm definitely fuzziest on), Angel is still trying not to take from Buffy. He still tries to be her ally and emotional support, to be someone who can lighten her load rather than add to it via guilt, regret, etc. He loves Buffy, and his method of love is to, at all times, make Buffy's life easier.

Angel or some other equivalent is always needed in a story about a teen girl. Because Joss Whedon, curse his soul, understood very well that to be a teenage girl is to have everyone make constant, conflicting demands of you at all times. You're never enough. Succeeding at one person's demands only means you fail at someone else's. Victory is not possible. But someone who never wants anything from you, who only wants to help you, is not only attractive, but someone who's going to become a load-bearing structure in your sanity.

Not all characters of this type are older. Ray from Panic and Zach from the Gallagher Girls are age-appropriate examples of "always giving to the person from whom everyone takes". But they are rare because, let's be honest, we don't tend to expect teenage boys to be mature enough to be primarily givers.

As a result, most of the love interests of this type are older. Some are supernatural, with the requisite loopholes, like Klaus from the Vampire Diaries (with regards to Caroline, anyway) or Jesse from the Mediator series (who's the ghost of a 21 year old). But frequently, they are simply adult men. Dimitri from the Vampire Academy series and Wes from Recovery Road are both in their mid-twenties and fall in love with 17 year olds, in no small part because those girls have enough damage in addition to the usual teen girl bullshit that it's pretty inconceivable that boys their own age could be the partners they need. There's also Ben and Anna from Chasing Liberty and Nick and Noah from the Culpable series.

Is Bangel toxic or unhealthy? Maybe. Are there red flags? Oh, absolutely. But is it realistic? Yes. And it will remain so until such time that we as a society don't put so much shit on the shoulders of teen girls that said girl is way more likely to find a supportive partner in a grown-ass man than someone her own age.

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BtVS 2x07  → AtS 2x06  → BtVS 6x07