#Drusillas Park

[animatronicappreciation]

Here's a neat animatronic band: Mokomo’s Jungle Rock at Drusilla's Park in England! A mandrill, lemur, crocodile, bird-eating spider, boa constrictor, and vulture sing about the food chain together.

The park has some other animatronics as well, such as this crocodile (and his son) who sing "Never Smile At A Crocodile". There are several videos of them online, but this one shows the son beneath the dock moving. (The main one's eyes aren't opening, however.)

There's also a group of chickens who sing about hand sanitation, of all things. I'm unsure if they're in full working order here.

-Mod Rat

[fkevin073]

There are only three reasons to marry. Money, power or family. And you have no family. And you have nothing else. A perfect match then.

YOUNG LIVIA DRUSILLA & YOUNG GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR in Domina (MGM+) | Looks in Season 1

[artsying-ifer]

setting myself a fun challenge called obserMAYtion where i only do observational art for the entirety of may everyone please cheer and clap for meeee

anyway part of the reason i decided to do this (other than desperately needing to get back on that observational drawing grindset in general 💪💪💪) is that I've been very not happy lately with how I draw the buffyverse guys and wanna do more sketches to try n get more of a handle on the likenesses so. here's how it's going so far. i like some of em, i don't like others, i will not be elaborating on which is which. will be updating you all with my progress as the month goes on

also ftr commissions are still open this month they are the one exception I am making for myself from this challenge aside from zine bash if I also end up doing that lol. info is in my pinned post as usual

[targwh0re]

Jeyne Poole : Storyline cut from the show and given to Sansa. Daughter of a Steward and now the Lady of Winterfell, she was sold into prostitution by Cersei to Petyr Baelish after the betrayal of Ned Stark. Later on she was sold to the Bolton’s under the idea that she herself was the lost Lady Arya Stark.

They’re killing everyone

Jeyne, Jeyne, it rhymes with pain

If we ran away, I could be your wife, or your … your whore … whatever you wanted. You could be my man.

[cocalynx]

Tom Glynn-Carney and Nadia Parkes

Matthew McNulty and Kasia Smutniak in behind the scenes of Domina <3

[cookinguptales]

Trick or treat!!!🍫🍬🍭🎃

ohhhhh you all look so cute in your costumes~

Here’s a spooky song for you, and here’s a little treat!

(Drusillas Zoo Park)

I love it when zoos give animals pumpkins for enrichment. 😭

[amberthefantasy]

Nitimur in Vetitum

cast of my fics

aka a reason to post pics of pretty people pt. 2

Tom Glynn-Carney as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus

Oliver Huntington as Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Nadia Parkes as Livia Drusilla

Alexandra Moloney as Octavia Minor

Bailey Spalding as Scribonia

Milly Alcock as Lucretia Julia Caesaris

Teressa Liane as Horatia Pulvillia

[insanepoll]

WELCOME TO THE INSANE CHARACTER TOURNAMENT

Here's where your favourite insane characters will battle to the death for the first spot! More below the "keep reading" line.

Pre-match rounds start April 12th at 1PM (EDT)! Each round will have 24h to vote. For propaganda, you can go ahead and submit it in the askbox or through normal submissions. If you want to post your own propaganda, be sure to tag me so I can reblog it! I hope to see y'all there!!!

Round 1-A matches:

Alex Kralie (Marble Hornets) VS The Antagonist (Hatred (2015))

Drusilla (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) VS Hisoka (Hunter x Hunter)

Tokishige Usami (Golden Kamuy) VS Enerjak (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Harry Du Bois (Disco Elysium) VS Evan (EverymanHYBRID)

Azula (ATLA) VS Knock Knock (Phantom Spirits (2002))

Eric Cartman (South Park) VS Wade Wilson / Deadpool (Marvel)

Orochimaru (Naruto) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH I

Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto Shippuden) VS Delirium (Sandman)

Castiel (Supernatural) VS Simon Keyes (Ace Attorney Investigations 2)

Opal Koboi (Artemis Fowl) VS Bibble (Barbie Fairytopia)

Hamlet (The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark) VS The Observer (TribeTwelve)

Misty Quigley (Yellowjackets) VS Lestat de Lioncourt (Interview with the Vampire)

Will Graham (NBC Hannibal) VS Shou Tucker (FMA)

Ophelia (The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark) VS Starscream (Transformers)

Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH II

The Narrator (Fight Club) VS Gamzee Makara (Homestuck)

Round 1-B matches:

Dabi (My Hero Academia) VS Shinobu Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)

The entire cast of Blaseball (Blaseball) VS Trexel Geistman (Stellar Firma)

Seo Moon-jo (Strangers from Hell) VS Sammy Lawrence (Bendy and the Ink Machine)

Sebastian Morgenstern (The Shadowhunter Chronicles) VS GIR (Invader Zim)

Aerion Targaryen (A Song of Ice and Fire) VS Lucille Bluth (Arrested Development)

Dottore (Genshin Impact) VS Helena (Orphan Black)

GLaDOS (Portal (Game Series)) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH III

Dr. Franken Stein (Soul Eater) VS Tyrian Callows (RWBY)

Samarie (Fear and Hunger 2: Termina) VS Mahito (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Cersei Lannister (A Song of Ice and Fire) VS Lee Dongsik (Beyond Evil)

Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader (Star Wars) VS Rebecca Bunch (Crazy Ex-girlfriend)

John Kramer (Saw) VS The Mad Hatter (Alice in Wonderland)

Light Yagami (Death Note) VS Komaeda Nagito (Danganronpa 2)

The Master (Doctor Who) VS Simon Laurent (Infinity Train)

Gollum (Lord of the Rings) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH IV

Roman Roy (Succession) VS Jack (The Shining)

Round 1-C matches:

Jinx (Arcane) VS Niki Sanders / Jessica Sanders (Heroes)

Micolash, Host of the Nightmare (Bloodborne) VS Professor Henry Hidgens (Hatchetfield)

Victor Frankenstein (Frankenstein) VS Cicero (Skyrim)

Renfield (Dracula) VS Dr. Gregory House (House MD)

Tim Drake (DC) VS Ultra Violet (Lego Ninjago)

Donatello Hamato (ROTTMNT) VS Spamton G. Spamton (Deltarune)

The Ice King (Adventure Time) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH V

Villanelle (Killing Eve) VS Kira Yoshikage (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Max (Sam and Max) VS Loki (The Mechanisms)

Darcy (Amphibia) VS Cheryl Tunt (Archer)

Harrowhark Nonagesimus (The Locked Tomb) VS Dr. Baxter Stockman (TMNT 2003)

Izzy (Total Drama) VS Alfred Drevis (Mad Father)

Michael Distortion (The Magnus Archives) VS Vegas Theerapanyakul (Kinnporsche)

Doomguy (Doom) VS Gabriel Agreste (Miraculous)

Ben Chang (Community) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH VI

Fëanor (The Silmarillion) VS Ryuki (AI: The Somnium Files)

Round 1-D matches:

Eliot Cardale / Eli Ever (Villains Duology) VS Knives Millions (Trigun)

Denji (Chainsaw Man) VS Bubby (Half Life: VR but the AI is Self Aware)

Tsukishima Hajime (Golden Kamuy) VS Alucard (Hellsing Ultimate)

Hannibal Lecter (NBC Hannibal) VS Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)

Johnny C. (Johnny The Homicidal Maniac) VS Leopold Fitz (Marvel)

Midori (Your Turn To Die) VS Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)

Pugsley Addams (The Addams Family) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH VII

Billy Lenz (Black Christmas (1974)) VS Grell Sutcliff (Black Butler)

Goro Akechi (Persona 5) VS Fintan Pyren (Keeper of the Lost Cities)

Galahad (The Mechanisms) VS Alexander Hilbert (Wolf 359)

Armand (Interview with the Vampire) VS Spinel (Steven Universe)

Jīn Guāngyáo (Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Untamed)) VS Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia)

Morgana Pendragon (BBC Merlin) VS Nikolai Gogol (Bungo Stray Dogs)

Harley Quinn (DC) VS Xue Yang (Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Untamed))

Eren Jaeger (Attack on Titan) VS WINNER PRE-MATCH VIII

Chat Blanc (Miraculous) VS Volo (Pokemon Legends Arceus)

But first, we'll have the pre-match rounds that will determine if any of the following characters that almost didn't survive the cut will manage to secure a spot in the competition! They are as follows:

PRE-MATCH I: Caleb (Blood (1997)) VS Tuco Salamanca (Better Call Saul)

PRE-MATCH II: Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony) VS Amy Kirio (Mairimashita! Iruma-kun)

PRE-MATCH III: Magic Man (Adventure Time) VS Mindbender (GI Joe Renegades)

PRE-MATCH IV: Jevil (Deltarune) VS Midari Ikishima (Kakegurui)

PRE-MATCH V: Dennis Reynolds (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) VS Eddie Gluskin (Outlast)

PRE-MATCH VI: Vanilla Ice (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) VS Roberto (Futurama)

PRE-MATCH VII: Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow (DC) VS Annie Wilkes (Misery)

PRE-MATCH VIII: Ben Linus (Lost) VS Kristoph Gavin (Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney)

[desicat-writer]

Dawn: so you're missing Drusilla.

Spike: what makes you say that?

Joyce: We found you in the park throwing rocks at couples.

Spike: WHY SHOULD THEY BE HAPPY

[blissfulphilospher]

Vittoria died so Viserra could be born.

In all sense Vittoria should support Viserra's mother Rhaenyra Targaryen.

But Vittoria, now Viserra is a terrible fucked up person who only lives to serve herself. Not so different from Rhaenyra.

Shall I tell about Vittoria?

She is a snake. Ambitious ruthless woman and my original character who got reincarnated in Fire and Blood universe.

She should support Rhaenyra given their similar circumstances and life but she doesn't. Because she is greedy to a fault.

I think this is going to be the most fucked up fic I am gonna write because the main character is unhinged. I will project my darkness.

Oh and I face claim Nadia Parkes as Viserra because she as Livia Drusilla with Tom Glynn Carney as Augustus in Domina were wonderful.

[help-an-alter]

hii could we have names pronouns and things that give comfort to a yoga fictive who's a vampire? :3

helloooo anon! i was sososo excited to do this one, i hope you can find it useful!!

names: lydia, empusa, karma, mercy, vega, alga, maiga, toki, tomi, topaz, tor(a), torelai, sanguine, carmine, cerise, vita, ruby, garnet, ayuna, jira, scarlet(t), vendetta, aria, kiana, aithne, amber, ambrosia, amdis, drusilla, lilith, lucinda, elena, marceline, liliana, asphodel, caera, ember, val, roe, akari, vermillion, malina, crimson, carmen

pronouns: red/reds/redself, vamp/vamps/vampself (alt. vampireself), blood/bloods/bloodself (alt. bleed), kni/ve/kniveself, fang/fangs/fangself, vir/ire/vampireself, syr/rin/syringeself, bite/bites/biteself, bat/bats/batself, noc/nox/nocturnalself, coff/coffin/coffinself, stab/stabs/stabself, cut/cuts/cutself, slash/slashes/slashself, pai/pain/painself, scar/scars/scarself, ne/nem/neirself, thae/thaer/thaerself, ve/vem/virself

comfort: painting, learning to fence, playing chess, playing dungeons and dragons, card games, reading old novels, joining spaces to make new friends and talk to people, going out to parks, sketching, late night walks if it’s safe, violent/horror movies, trying to mimic togas hairstyle/clothing if its possible, collecting something (teddy bears, rocks, figurines, etc.), painting nails

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, October 3

Jenny: Did anyone ever tell you you're kind of a fuddy-duddy? Giles: Nobody ever seems to tell me anything else. Jenny: Did anyone ever tell you you're kind of a sexy fuddy-duddy? Giles: Well, no. Actually that, that part usually gets left out. I can't imagine why.

~~The Dark Age~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Quality Time (Angelus/Spike/Darla/Drusilla, E) by girlpire

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bar fights (Crossover with Person of Interest, G) by ripslayer

Whisky Slips (ATS Ensemble, M) by Ren

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[Chaptered Fiction]

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Loop, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by simmony

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[fallin4fiction]

Struck By Love Gen 3: A Wonderful Wedding and a Week of Wailing Wittle Ones.

The Big Day arrives and Darshil and Otto get married at a beautiful renovated park in Ciudad Enamorado created by Frogs23toads on the gallery.

Darshil made his own wedding cake and it’s so cute how he decided to sit with his mom, who is probably thinking of her own wedding day long ago.

There was not enough room on the dance floor, so the two newlyweds danced outside.

After the wedding, Darshil finally joined the culinary career and he and Otto adopted a toddler named Denise and had a science Baby named Drusilla. One of Darshil’s goal is to reach level 10 in parenting, as well as cooking and baking.

Darshil and Otto are on different work schedules so he tries his best when it’s just him along with the little ones. (Drusilla is filthy , in the background but she’s fine)

Soon, it was time for Darshil and Kirk’s birthday. They shared a birthday cake.

Surprisingly, it was also Sonia-Nadine’s birthday as well and she aged into a teen. She will be the Gen 4 heir. ( she aged into a purple shirt as an infant, so it was meant to be. Sorry Dru.)

[polycule-playoff]

Last Edited: 15 September 2024

Polycules that are in the running:

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy

Stephen King's It

Richie Tozier, Eddie Kaspbrak, Beverly Marsh, Bill Denbrough, Ben Hanscom, Stan Uris, Mike Hanlon, Kay McCall, Audra Phillips and Patty Blum

Sherlock Holmes

Irene Adler, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mary Morstan, and Godfrey Norton

Doki Doki Precure

Cure Heart, Cure Diamond, Cure Rosetta, Cure Sword and Regina

A3!

Tsumugi Tsukioka, Tasuku Takato, Hisoka Mikage, Homare Arisugawa, Azuma Yukishiro and Guy

Persona 5

Akira Kurusu/Ren Amamiya, Ryuji Sakamoto, Ann Takamaki, Yusuke Kitagawa, Makoto Niijima, Futaba Sakura, Haru Okumura, Goro Akechi, Sumire Yoshizawa, Morgana and Yuuki Mishima

Akira Kurusu/Ren Amamiya, Hifumi Togo, Chihaya Mifune, and Lavenza

Witch's Heart

Claire Elford, Noel Levine, Ashe Bradley, Wilardo Adler and Sirius Gibson

Ensemble Stars!!

Leo Tsukinaga, Tsukasa Suou, Arashi Narukami, Izumi Sena, Ritsu Sakuma, Mao Isara, Hokuto Hidaka, Subaru Akehoshi and Makoto Yuuki

Stranger Things

Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Jonathan Byers, Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley, Argyle, Chrissy Cunningham, Eden Bingham, and Vickie.

Star Trek DS9

Elim Garak, Julian Bashir, Miles O'Brien, Keiko O'Brien, Kira Nerys, Jadzia Dax, Odo Ital, Quark, Worf, Ezri, Sisko, Lwaxana Troi, Kasidy Yates-Sisko, and Lenara Kahn

The Owl House

Luz Noceda, Amity Blight, Willow Park, Hunter, and Gus Porter

Dracula

Jonathan Harker, Mina Harker, Lucy Westenra, Quincey Morris, Jack Seward, Arthur Holmwood, and Abraham Van Helsing

The Breakfast Club

Brian Johnson, Andrew Clark, Allison Reynolds, Claire Standish, and John Bender

Winx Club

Bloom, Stella, Tecna, Musa, Flora, Aisha, Sky, Brandon, Timmy, Riven, Helia, Nex and Nabu

Resident Evil

Leon S Kennedy, Claire Redfield, Ada Wong and Helena Harper

The Case Study of Vanitas

Vanitas, Noe Archiviste, Dominique de Sade and Jeanne

Scooby Doo

Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Shaggy Rogers, Velma Dinkley, Hot Dog Water, and Crystal.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Darla, Angel(us), Drusilla, and Spike/William

The Legend of Zelda

Revali, Zelda, Link, Mipha, Sidon, Yona, Paya and Tauro

The Magicians

Fen, Eliot Waugh, Margo Hanson, Josh Hoberman, Quentin Coldwater, and Arielle

Haikyū!!

Kiyoko Shimizu, Yachi Hitoka, Yamaguchi Tadashi, Tsukishima Kei, Bokuto Kōtarō, Akaashi Keiji, Kuroo Tetsurō, Kozume Kenma, Hinata Shōyō, Kageyama Tobio, Oikawa Tooru, Iwaizumi Hajime, and Ushijima Wakatoshi

Genshin Impact

Cyno, Alhaitham, Kaveh, Tighnari, Dehya, Nilou, Faruzan, Dunyarzad, and Candace

Kaeya, Rosaria, Albedo, and Sucrose

Neuvillette, Wriothesley, Navia, Clorinde, Zhongli, Childe, and Furina

Kujou Sara, Gorou, Arataki Itto and Sangonomiya Kokomi

Heaven Official's Blessing

Xie Lan, Hua Cheng, Mu Qing, Feng Xin, Yin Yu, and Quan Yizhen

Torchwood

Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, Rhys Williams, Owen Harper, Ianto Jones, and Toshiko Sato

Spiderman

Peter Parker, Harry Osborn, Mary-Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy, Liz Allan, Felicia Hardy, and Johnny Storm

Beastars

Legosi, Louis, Haru, and Juno

Lupin III

Lupin III, Goemon Ishikawa XIII, Daisuke Jigen, and Fujiko Mine

Demon Slayer

Tengen, Makio, Suma, and Hinatsuru

Omori

Sunny, Kel, Basil, and Aubrey

Cookie Run

Herb Cookie, Vampire Cookie, Sparkling Cookie, Mint Choco Cookie, and Cocoa Cookie

The Grail Quest

Percival, Galahad, Bors, Dinadrane, and Blanchefleur

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair/Super Danganronpa 2

Hajime Hinata, Kazuichi Soda, Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, Sonia Nevermind, and Akane Owari

Zero Escape

Akane Kurashiki, Junpei, Sigma Klim, Carlos, Diana, and Snake

Roswell New Mexico

Nora Truman, Louise Truman, Theo, Tripp Manes and Roy Bronson

Max Evans, Isobel Evans, Michael Guerin, Liz Ortecho, Kyle Valenti, Maria DeLuca, Alex Manes, Jenna "Cam" Cameron, Heath, Dallas Haines, Greg Manes and Anatsa

The Raven Cycle

Blue Sargent, Richard Gansey, Ronan Lynch, Adam Parrish, Noah Czerny, and Henry Cheng

Warcraft

Khadgar, Kalecgos, Illidan, Kael'thas Sunstrider, Vashj, Arthas Menethil, Jaina Proudmoore, Nathanos Blightcaller, Sylvanas Windrunner, Tiffin Wrynn, Varian Wrynn, Halduron Brightwing, Thalyssra, Lor'themar Theron, and Rommath

Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun

Suzuki Iruma, Asmodeus Alice, Valac Clara, Azazel Ameri, and Purson Soi

My School President

Gun, Tinn, Sound, Win, Tiw, Por, Yo, Nook, Pat, and Kajorn

Bad Buddy

Pat, Pran, Korn, and Wai

Guardian Tales

Knight, Elvira, Arabelle, Beth, Priscilla, Yuze, Bianca, Loraine, Eva, and Camilla

Word of Honor/Faraway Wanders

Wen Kexing, Zhou Zishu, Han Ying, Jing Beiyuan, and Wuxi

The New Teen Titans

Dick Grayson, Koriand'r, Victor Stone, Rachel Roth, Joseph Wilson, Donna Troy, and Garfield Logan

Baldur's Gate 3

Astarion, Gale, Lae'zel, Karlach, Shadowheart, Wyll, and Durge

Kagerou Project

Ayano Tateyama, Shintaro Kisaragi, Takane Enomoto, and Haruka Kokonose

NU Carnival

Eiden, Aster, Morvay, Yakumo, Edmond, Olivine, Quincy, Kuya, Garu, Blade, Dante, Rei, and Karu/Garu

Project Sekai

Kanade Yoisaki, Mafuyu Asahina, Mizuki Akiyama, and Ena Shinonome

Riverdale

Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper, and Veronica Lodge

Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu

Zane Julien, Kai Smith, Jay Walker and Cole

Mysterious Lotus Casebook

Li Lianhua, Qiao Wanmian, Di Feisheng, and Fang Duobing

Trigun

Vash the Stampede, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Meryl Stryfe, and Milly Thompson

[coraniaid]

Scattered thoughts on rewatching Lie To Me:

If you hadn’t already guessed that Drusilla will function as Buffy’s narrative shadow this season, this episode kindly makes it obvious by pulling the exact same trick it used for Cordelia last season and will use again for Faith next season. That is, it tells us that Buffy thinks she's pretty and shows us that she's worried her current boyfriend agrees.  For Angel and Drusilla talking in the park while Buffy watches on pensively, you can substitute Cordelia and Owen Thurman dancing in the Bronze in Never Kill A Boy On The First Date or Faith “making eyes at” Scott Hope in Faith, Hope & Trick.  (Or, indeed, Cordelia and Angel talking over coffee in last episode’s Halloween or Faith kissing Angel in Enemies.)

Speaking of Angel, I think this episode is the first to really get him as a character.  Or at least, the conversation he has with Willow this episode makes him seem self-aware (“A hundred years, just hanging out … I really honed my brooding skills”) in a way that the writers of his show will later lean into heavily and that I don’t really remember seeing before.  Similarly for his later annoyance at Xander calling him “dead boy”.  

Ford’s lie about killing a vampire is really unnecessary, isn’t it?  Why not just say she ran off? She had enough of a head start that Buffy wouldn’t have caught up with her, and it’s not like he’d have been expected to be able to stop her.  (Is this meant to be part of Ford “counting on” Buffy figuring out his plan?  I’m not sure this part of the plot actually holds up if you think about it too hard, so I won’t.)

As I talked a bit about recurring characters last episode, it’s worth pointing out that this episode introduces one of the Buffyverse’s best minor recurring characters in the form of Anne Steele née Lily née Chantarelle (“it’s an exotic mushroom, if that’s any comfort”).  She doesn’t really get to do much this episode, but I’m glad the show brought her back.

I will not comment on how at home the vampire-worshiping members of the Sunset Club would feel among the modern online Buffy fandom.  I will not comment on how at home the vampire-worshiping members of the Sunset Club would feel among the modern online Buffy fandom.

Given that he gets name dropped twice but never actually appears on screen, it almost feels like the writers were trying to set “Lucius” up as a recurring minion character (in the way Dalton will later become).

I don’t know how far ahead the season was actually plotted – I’d guess not that far, given that the show never once bothers to set up the Jenny Calendar retcon – but Buffy telling Ford, an older guy that she has or had romantic feelings for and who is going to betray her and align with her enemies Spike and Drusilla, that she “like[s] surprises” certainly feels like it’s on purpose.  (On the other hand, the number of times characters in this episode use some variant of the phrase “lie to me” definitely is on purpose, and if anything a little too on the nose.).

“You don’t have a good choice, but you have a choice.”(!!)  Hey, look, it’s the message of the whole show.

Boringly uncontroversial opinion alert, but I think this is probably the best episode of Buffy to date.  Actually I think last season’s Prophecy Girl is the only episode in the same league so far.

And rewatching it reminds me that I really like Drusilla and wish she’d been in the show for longer.  (I think I read somewhere that Juliet Landau was reluctant to come back in later seasons because she was worried her character would be killed off?  Which, you know, fair.)  Both her opening scene (“I’m not a person, see”) and her attempts at conversation with the dead bird (“I’ll pout if you don’t sing”) in the middle of the episode are really well done.

Also, is it just me, or would the vampire-worshiping members of the Sunset Club feel really at home among -

[beyondtheciouds]

Meet me downstairs in the lobby for a cup of coffee.

Dru's eyelids were heavy as she checked in at the hotel, the false lashes she wore hanging on by threads. The last week had not been kind to her---the bags that clung under her eyes like dunes told her story too well. Her throat was dry, and she was sure she would snap like a twig if she had one more inconvenience on this trip. Luckily, the lady behind the desk merely eyed her curiously as Drusilla's shaking hand handed over the credit card she had borrowed from her roommate.

We can talk it out.

"Solo trip?" The woman asked, punching keys on her keyboard with her chipped, green nails.

Drove all night just to meet you for a cup of coffee.

"Yeah, something like that," Dru said as a reluctant smile painted her lips. She stared at the woman whose pale, brown eyes were skeptical despite her crone's fingers taking the card greedily.

We can work it out.

Dru hadn't slept much in the last few days, and her sanity was waning. A deep yawn overtook her mouth, and she hurried to cover it with her hand as her phone buzzed again, reminding her of another unread text.

Meet me downstairs in the lobby for a cup of coffee. The words from his last text were still embroidered on her irises. Hope had crammed itself down her throat and buried any doubt in her belly as she sat in the hotel's parking lot in her beat-up Camaro. Surely this had to be his olive branch. Surely he was still in love with her. He had to be.

We can talk it out.

"Are you positive you're eighteen?" the woman asked, pushing her fire-engine red cat-eye glasses up and over the bridge of her sharp nose.

Drove all night just to meet you for a cup of coffee.

"Yes," Dru said impatiently. The rumpled Red Sox pajama top she wore made her self-conscious and irritated by the woman, she flicked a dark strand away from her eyes, still damp with the rain that poured outside. "I'm eighteen."

We can work it out.

The woman still did not appear to believe her, but Dru thanked the woman just the same as the card, and a room key was handed over. Dru adjusted the backpack strap and headed to her room with the woman still watching as she pulled up the matching pants that were clearly too large for her frame.

Meet me downstairs in the lobby for a cup of coffee.

Dru sighed and pinched her leg to stay awake as she roamed the hall, searching for the number. The hallways of the hotel were old ---smelling of stale cigarettes. The walls were covered in yellowed, flowered wallpaper and spattered with cobwebs, just like the halls of her heart.

We can talk it out.