#Buffy thoughts

[theoverlookedoneedits1997]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Teacher's Pet

My favourite thing about this episode is how it portrays student-teacher relationships. Through Buffy and Doctor Gregory, we see a healthy and supportive relationship between a teacher and a student. That is the way it should be. He is stern but he's also encouraging. He communicates to Buffy that she has value based on her own merit and not on what others think of her. Throughout their conversation Doctor Gregory builds a report with Buffy while also maintaining boundaries. He's still the teacher and she's still the student.

Then we see the entirely inappropriate relationships that Ms. French is making with her students, the ones who are inexperienced and desperate for affection (Xander and Blane). The fact that they literally made her a predator is so perfect and really cements the idea that any romantic or sexual relationship between a student and a teacher is inherently predatory.

I especially love that they demonstrate this harmful relationship with a female teacher. It's easier to spot inappropriate relationships between adult men and teenage girls, but we have a harder time identifying toxic and dangerous relationships between adult women and teenage boys. Teen boys also need to be protected from predators, male or female.

[buffysummers]

I know a lot of people aren't fans of season 7 of Buffy, but there truly are some hidden gems among the mess. So, if you ever feel like watching some episodes but don't want to commit to the entire thing, here's a small list of excellent episodes:

7.04, "Help"

7.05, "Selfless"

7.07, "Conversations With Dead People

7.16, "Storyteller"

7,17, "Lies My Parents Told Me"

7.22, "Chosen"

Honorable mentions: 7.01, "Lessons" 7.11, "Showtime" 7.18, "Dirty Girls"

[annairaleigh]

Listen I will die on the hill of Spike being inherently better than Angel. Yada yada Angel was the love of her life yada yada. Okay, sure. He was greatly important to Buffy growing and learning as a woman and slayer. He has a soul and uses it to help people and fight evil.

But he got it as punishment. After being a shitty human being that got turned into a master murderer, he was punished with his soul to feel nothing but misery and managed to brood his way into Buffy's life.

Then there's Spike. Who was decent as a human, took his lack of soul and tried to find purpose and meaning in the wrong ways, and then even soulless, fell for the girl.

Except they didn't try to fluff his character by inviting love. He still had no soul. He was still capable of horrific things despite his love because at his core, he didn't have a soul. He did plenty of things for good, but he hurt her in a way William never would.

So he went and fucking got William back??? He took his anguish, he took his guilt and his need to change, and he set out to make a deal thru torture and pain to get his soul back so she could have the love she deserved.

And then once it was back, it was used against him so she would kill him and he fought that, too. He did everything he could. He saved the damn world with that soul.

And Angel was better? Pahlease.

[figsandfandoms]

another thing i always wish they'd changed with BTVS (since my last post was so popular lol)- i wish Giles left in season six to help a potential.

(my biggest wish is that he never left, but the actor wanted to go so this is my second best wish).

but hear me out- Giles reconnecting with a buddy one night, maybe he's drunk, and maybe they're waxing poetic about old times, maybe the friend is telling Giles that the council has changed or is at least changing and since Giles isn't doing much anyway has he ever thought of doing something else?

maybe giles agrees out of the blue or he thinks about it over the summer, but there's a potential in Cleveland who's resisting the call, maybe she's the daughter of a single mother and she has to look after a younger sibling and she's got a life and friends and the current watcher is floundering. maybe Giles can help train her?

Maybe he leaves with renewed purpose, of course coming back when Buffy is revived, but this way he's not just leaving coz he's annoyed or whatever, he's leaving because he's got another young girl who needs him more than buffy does? someone he promised he'd never abandon, someone without slayer strength who is still in a dangerous situation.

this would give Giles a (in my opinion) more reasonable reason to leave. as much as buffy would want him to stay, could she deny the needs of a potential slayer?

it could have added extra pressure on her to 'act older' or more mature, could have been the reason why everyone refuses to so much as think about reachign out to him when things started to go badly, why he wasn't at xander's wedding.

it could have brought in the idea of potentials earlier, a hint of what was the come, could have explained why giles is so buddy-buddy with the council at the end of season six.

[confusedguytoo]

What if Willow and Xander never talked about Jesse because that’s what you do in Sunnydale.  You move on as much and as fast as possible.  And Buffy and Giles being outsiders don’t really know or understand this.  So maybe they think Willow and Xander weren’t that close to Jesse.  Or maybe they think they’re talking to each other about their loss.

And then late season 2 and early season 3 Willow mentions Miss Calendar a couple times because of the story going on.

Well, what if she apologized for talking about Miss Calendar so much only to find out that to Giles and Buffy this is really isn’t a lot of talking about a dead person.  It’s not obsessive or unhealthy.

[teasippindragon]

Buff and Fal take on Disneyland ft. Melissa (with one L, She/It pronouns), aka the Problem Child™️

@tripthelightfatality is my bestest friend in the whole wide world

[tuiyla]

Buffy s3 quick thoughts

Alright I simply must write out Buffy s3 thoughts before we go any further. Up to 3x08 right now.

The double Slayer of it all

This is something I for sure wanna do another post about and who knows how my feelings for about Faith evolve but I just wanna note that the double Slayer thing is super interesting and thus far they're not doing enough with the concept. Sure, Kendra and Faith are both foils to Buffy and they form a spectrum where Kendra was more reserved and organized but also more mechanical and less her own person than Buffy. And Faith is wilder, a loner, troubled kid who's overall more willing to dive in head first and embrace darker aspects which is dangerous no matter how cool she looks doing it. Compared to just one of them, Buffy might seem inadequate from certain aspects but compared to both she's balanced. And the show certainly does still treat her as the one true Slayer which is where my problems come in.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say we'll see a LOT more of the Buffy and Faith parallels and comparisons so I'm not going to lament the lack of that just yet. I do however feel like the existence of another Slayer should be treated more seriously in-universe. Not only should another Slayer be a constant reminder that Buffy died and came back but it should reshuffle her whole identity, hitherto shaped by being the Chosen One. She's now part of the Chosen Two and on the second second Slayer at that and it barely registers as an existential crisis? Couldn't be me. I'll elaborate on this later (if you'd like?) but yeah I just wish the show tapped into the enormous potential of this more. Also the Council?? And the Watchers?? Should not be as chill about this. But maybe there are upcoming things that prove they aren't.

And then there's how quickly Kendra as a Black woman was discarded and not really mourned at all beyond being a footnote in Buffy's really bad no good terrible day. She was a plot device to get the shitty day to be even shittier and replaced with Faith, a Slayer with a much larger role very quickly. And I just think that's not a great look for the show in terms of race. And the 1998 and "different time" card doesn't really fly. It is what it is.

The Scooby Gang and friendships/relationships

Okay first of all I think there's only been a Scooby reference once so far so I hope the fandom didn't stick with this term for two decades because of that one-off line. Second, and I don't even know why I'm getting started on this when I know I won't elaborate properly but they way people are way too quick to be harsh on Buffy bothers me. There are instances when I think she should get what the hell hero moments but my good 3x02 was painful to watch. I'm cutting Willow some slack because generally she's the best friend you could have and handles things way more maturely than the others do, all the while being adorable. But s3 is when I stop resisting being pissed off by Xander. Overall the series does seem aware when he's being an ass but not enough for my tastes and the vibe of 3x02 was way too "both sides were wrong" for my taste when really Buffy was way more justified in her hurt than any other character. I did appreciate Cordy standing up for her, but I also often feel like Cordy deserves better friends - certainly a better boyfriend - and frankly a show that threats her better. God only knows if that show will be Angel or not.

And not only friendships but the romance drama. Sure, it's expected but I can hardly believe anyone actually liked the Willow and Xander thing. Oz is alright but he's also kinda flat as a character and even being a werewolf doesn't give him much colour. Like I said, Cordy has always deserved better than Xander and though I feel like they'll inevitably get back together, I wish they wouldn't. Swear I had more thoughts on romances but they're largely frustrating so I'll leave it at that.

3x07 is always cursed

Actually I'm not done talking about Faith because I really need to talk about the lackluster writing of 3x07. I'm not mad that conflict is arising between Buffy and Faith, I'm mad that it's done poorly. Like I said it's such a rich potential for a juicy juicy dynamic and not only are they not utilizing it, they half-assed their big break of trust moment. Mrs. Post was way underdeveloped, along with Faith's ch actually. Because if only we spent more effort on establishing Faith as someone who's hard to trust and has issues and easily retreats into hurt and isolation I'd be a'ight it hurts to see but I get that she'd be sus of Buffy from now on. But we didn't. There were no real Faith focused moments between her introductory ep and 3x07. She gets offended when the Gang holds the Angel intervention without her but the baddie Watcher barely has to do anything to get Faith to act all stupid about it. The whole Xander scene and then immediately wanting to attack Angel, it just came out of nowhere and honestly made me feel like I missed a scene. It's not completely unreasonable for a Slayer to want to kill a vampire as notorious as Angel. After all, Kendra also left Angel for dead and that was before he went back to being Angelus. But this was just so... convoluted when it really didn't have to be.

This could have been the start of a really compelling arc that hurts me, personally, as someone who's ready to be baited by Fuffy - and for all I know, it might turn out to be delicious. But the initial conflict was so poorly executed and half-assed, and after the Angelus twist of season 2 I'm expecting better. If you can deliver that much of a gut punch with Buffy's bf you can do it with her gf, too. I dare BTVS to break my heart over Fuffy but ONLY if they do it right. Do it, you cowards, write me a tragedy.

And that was Buffy corner with tuiyla! Stay tuned for when we jump back in time and catch up on seasons 1 and 2.

[rumandstars]

I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I would marry Buffy in a heartbeat). Upon every rewatch Xander becomes more and more intolerable. I respect the Spike ppl but I am not one of them sorry to say. (He’s a good character tho) My faves will always be Buffy (ofc), Cordelia (she’s hilarious), and Giles…also my ships? Buffy/Faith (Faith is a hot bisexual fight me) and Angel/Buffy (love me some Angel). I love Willow too but the way she treats Tara makes me cringe. Tara was so pure willow how could u

[girlycinephile]

girly horror is the best kind of horror

[clarkgriffon]

Buffy Summers + Outfits (1/∞)

[ptieuca]

buffy + wearing her cross necklaces backwards around angel

[buffysummers]

kinda crazy how willow's character arc shows the long-term effects of bullying lol

[annairaleigh]

Did the monks making Dawn into Buffy's sister and implanting the memories into Joyce's head cause Joyce's brain tumor, or did the monks know Joyce was going to die and without Dawn, Buffy wouldn't have survived the loss?

Questions my heart cannot handle this early

[keelifallen]

[otamotone-dnp]

this is about phil lester

[tubesock86]

butterflies and sleepy vamps