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Where are you going? — Something I need.  BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | S7E15: Get It Done (requested by @dustyfics)

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER — 7x15: Get It Done.

[redhatmeg]

Everyone in the first half of Get It Done: Buffy, WTF?!

[clarkgriffon]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 7x15 | “Get It Done” 

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, September 26

Angel: What? Xander: You were looking at my neck. Angel: What? Xander: You were checking out my neck! I saw that!

~~Prophecy Girl~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Divine Comedy in the Land of Sodom (Angelus/Drusilla/Darla, E) by CoffeeHunt

Hedge Maze (Buffy/Spike, R) by ClowniestLivEver

[Chaptered Fiction]

Forged in Shadows, Chapter 1 (Angel/Lindsay, M) by Tridoudou

Poetry Professor, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, T) by Desicat

Keep You Ghosted, Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, R) by hydranjenna

Unholy Matrimony, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by CheekyKitten

Waiting for You, Chapter 22 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by honeygirl51885

A Sword in the Man, Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Desicat

Agape, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by Lilacsandorangeblossoms

Birds of a Feather, Chapter 5 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Maxine Eden

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[Reviews & Recaps]

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | 7x15: Get It Done

[spencer-reids-adventures]

anyone else a fan of both buffy the vampire slayer and criminal minds?

8x8 the wheels on the bus // 4x14 cold comfort // 8x12 zugzwang

6x7 once more with feeling // 5x2 real me // 7x15 get it done

[yetanotherbuffyblog]

Origin of the Slayer!

The actual Plot of this episode doesn’t kick in until about halfway through, as we sort of get the characters going over how they’re training the Potentials and such? Principal Wood has a box from his mother that he gives to Buffy, and after one of the Potentials hangs herself (talked into it by the First) and Buffy upsets everybody by telling them that they’re not working hard enough, they open the box to find this weird shadow puppet thing. It comes with a book that tells the story of the first Slayer. A portal opens, and Buffy jumps through, hoping to find something there that will help her defeat the First.

She does run into these three guys who show her how they made the first Slayer: they chained the young woman down and bound her to a demonic spirit. They want to do it again to her, saying it’s the only way she’ll have the power to beat the First (don’t know how), but she refuses and calls them out on this nonsense.

Okay then.

Back on Earth, some demon thing came through the portal, and the Scoobies think to get Buffy back they have to take this demon thing and push it back through. There’s also this thing about Willow embracing her own power. Spike is the one who actually takes down this demon because he needs to prove to himself and to Buffy that he’s still a badass.

When Buffy does return, she’s been shown what’s coming: an army of the uber-vampires in a cave (presumably under that big seal). Hooray!

Notes!

-This is a good Plot outline for the final season? The whole idea of Slayers, and diving into how that works, while also bringing back the First, who is essentially the Devil. Can’t up the ante much more than that.

-Principal Wood is a snazzy dresser.

-Andrew is more of a “guestage”.

-Potential training seems hardcore? And I understand why it is that way. But it seems a bit much, and not as helpful as it could be.

-How DOES Dawn deal with schoolwork? She jokes about flunking and paying someone to do her work just to mess with Buffy, but they find the body before they get to an answer.

-The First is a jerk.

-Someone has to explain ‘TTFN’ to Buffy which is a bit… much, I think. Seems extraneous to the drama. Doesn’t matter if Chloe loved Winnie the Pooh or not.

-Buffy takes Chloe’s death a bit hard. I get why she reacts the way she does. Don’t think it was a productive speech though.

-The shadow puppets mentioned in the episode description don’t show up until about halfway through the episode.

-Why the fudge would Wood’s mother have that shadow puppet thing? It doesn’t seem like most Slayers get a bunch of magic artifacts. It’s not out of the question, okay, but it is a bit weird. We don’t need an explanation, but it would be nice.

-The monster that comes out of the portal looks like an Uruk-hai.

-Did Principal Wood pull a bunch of ninja stars out of his armpits?

-Someone uses a sword, which is cool, because that rarely happens on this show. It’s more common than in Supernatural at least.

-Wearing a jacket and turtleneck in the desert must get really hot? Buffy must be very uncomfortable when she went through the portal.

-I kind of assumed the men who made the first Slayer were like, the Watchers, or something like the Watchers? A sort of precursor organization? Still, it is immensely uncomfortable that 

-What language are they speaking on the other side of the portal?

-Willow breaks the Latin and switches to English and that was kind of cool, I think.

-So many people have died in the Summers house it’s kind of crazy that anyone still lives there. Although it is probably cheaper than getting a different set.

-Uh, that CGI at the end of the episode there is not fantastic. But it was probably okay by TV budget standards of the time?

-The reveal that the origin of the Slayer is from merging with some sort of shadow demon is… gross and weird, but it does make a certain amount of sense with what we’ve seen in the story. Does it work like with Raava and the Avatar? Does the shadow demon thing pass from one woman to another? [shrugs] I dunno.

-We’re… going to talk about the origin of the Slayer for a minute.

These dudes got together and chained down a young woman, and used magic to make her fuse with a demon to become stronger. This is not a comfortable process, and the First Slayer was not a willing participant in this. The show deliberately and consciously draws a parallel to rape--Buffy, after all, calls it being “knocked up” by a demon. And to be fair, the show calls this out as something bad and not the right way to do things.

It still doesn’t make it comfortable, or even okay, that the origin of the Slayers is a rape. The fact that there were three men standing by making this happens makes it feel a bit like a gang rape. And that’s… I know that Joss Whedon’s whole schtick was female empowerment bought through extreme suffering and this is garbage? I’m not saying that women overcoming trauma and pain is bad, or even that these shouldn’t be in the backstory. But Whedon’s thing is consistently that if there is a strong female character, she absolutely must  have some mind-breaking trauma. 

[I distinctly remember that before he left the Batgirl project, his approach to Barbara Gordon becoming Batgirl was explicitly asking “What’s her damage?”]

It’s not a cool backstory indicative of everything wrong with Whedon’s approach to “strong female characters” and I don’t like it.

[ljones41]

"The Meaning Behind the First Evil"

Season Seven of "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER" has been a favorite of mine for years. But it has been rather unpopular with many fans of the series and television critics. And I suspect that this unpopularity may have centered around the character and main villain of Season Seven – the First Evil:

  "THE MEANING BEHIND THE FIRST EVIL" If there is one nemesis that has baffled fans of "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER" during its seven seasons run, it would have to be the First Evil. This entity first made its appearance in the Season Three episode, (3.10) "Amends" and became Buffy Summer’s main nemesis in Season Seven, the last season of the series. In a nutshell, the First Evil was an incorporeal entity that manifested from all of the evil in existence. It could assume the form of any person who has died, including vampires and dead persons who have been resurrected. Because of this, it had appeared in various forms over the course of the series as a method of manipulating others. For this reason, the First had appeared as Buffy Summers to the Slayer and her allies. But it also assumed the forms of Jenny Calendar, Warren Mears, Spike, and Jonathan Levinson on multiple occasions, and a variety of other forms less frequently. It was also able to merge with a corporeal individual, as it had done with a serial killer named Caleb and provide the latter with immense strength. The First Evil’s only real weakness was that it was non-corporeal and could not inflict any real physical damage. However, it was an expert at psychological manipulation, and could act through its servants such as the Bringers, Turok-Han, Caleb or whomever it could manage to control. As I had stated earlier, the First Evil made its debut on "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER" in the Season Three episode, (3.10) "Amends". It tried to drive Angel into killing Buffy by appearing to him as Jenny Calendar and other people he had murdered as a soulless vampire. The First Evil told Angel that it was responsible for his return from "Hell" and that he could end his sufferings by turning evil again. Whether or not this was true is unknown. In any event, it did not mind when Angel chose to kill himself, via a sunrise instead. Fortunately, Buffy's confrontation with the First Evil allowed her to stop Angel from committing suicide. Using Buffy’s second resurrection in the Season Six premiere - (6.01) "Bargaining, Part I" as an excuse, the First Evil returned in full force in Season Seven in an attempt to eliminate the Slayer line permanently. Using servants such as the defrocked serial killer Caleb and the Harbingers of Death (or Bringers), the First Evil not only brought about the deaths of many Potential Slayers and Watchers, it also destroyed the Watcher’s Council (no loss there) and nearly came close to killing Buffy, Faith, the Scoobies and Spike. It used both Andrew Wells and Spike to raise the Turok-Han (a race of ancient powerful vampires stronger and fiercer than the regular vampires). It manipulated Spike by using an old English folk song - "Early One Morning" - into killing again, hoping his actions would attract Buffy’ attentions. According to sources from the "All Things Philosophical on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Angel the Series’" and "Buffyverse Wiki" sites, the First Evil wanted to seize the opportunity to upset the balance between good and evil whenever the Slayer line was disrupted. It tried to manipulate Angel into committing suicide in "Amends" about a year-and-a-half after Buffy’s brief death and resuscitation in (1.12) "Prophecy Girl". And about a year following Buffy’s resurrection in "Bargaining", it made its move to manipulate Spike and destroy the Slayer line and upset the moral balance permanently. Many fans did not like the First Evil as Buffy’s main antagonist in Season Seven. From what I could gather from many message boards, forums and blogs; they seemed confused about the First Evil’s intentions or what it represented. Nor did they seemed impressed that it was the one Big Bad that Buffy could not destroy in a physical manner. Some fans even accused "BUFFY" creator Joss Whedon of writing himself into a corner with the creation of the First Evil. Personally, I disagree. I do not feel that Whedon had written himself into a corner by bringing the First Evil back in Season Seven. It is easier to identify a nemesis that is solid enough for someone – namely Buffy - to physically kill or fight. Nemesis like the Master, Angelus, Mayor Wilkins, Adam, Glory, Warren Mears or even Willow Rosenberg. But the First Evil was a different matter. It symbolized a continuation of the theme from Season Six - namely "You are your own worst enemy".In other words, I believe that the First Evil symbolized the spirit of Evil that existed in everyone - from Buffy to some minor demon minion or some housewife. I must be one of the few fans who actually enjoyed Season Seven. But even I had one or two issues about that particular season that did not sit right with me. One of those issues was the appearance of a supernatural being called Beljoxa's Eye in (7.11) "Showtime". Rupert Giles and Anya Jenkins visited the being to learn everything they could about the First Evil. Instead of fulfilling their wishes, the Beljoxa’s Eye told them that that the First Evil cannot be destroyed and that it made it presence known due to a disruption in the Slayer's line, which was in fact, caused by the Slayer. Both Giles and Anya concluded that Buffy’s second resurrection brought about the return of the First Evil. This did not make sense to me. One, I found it hard to believe that the First Evil existed because of Buffy’s resurrection. It had already existed before the events of "Bargaining". In fact, I believe that it had already existed before "Amends". Why? As I had stated earlier, I believe the First Evil was . . . or is the spirit of evil itself. It was all of the negative thoughts, emotions and impulses that reside within all living beings. And the late Joyce Summers hinted this during Buffy’s dream in (7.12) "Bring On the Night": BUFFY: Something evil is coming. JOYCE: Buffy, evil isn't coming, it's already here. Evil is always here. Don't you know? It's everywhere. BUFFY: And I have to stop it. JOYCE: How are you gonna do that? BUFFY: I-I don't know yet, but— JOYCE: Buffy, no matter what your friends expect of you, evil is a part of us. All of us. It's natural. And no one can stop that. No one can stop nature, not even . . . Joyce would eventually be proven right in (7.22) "Chosen", the series finale. When Buffy, Spike, Faith, the Scoobies, Robin Wood, Dawn and the Potentials battled the First Evil’s army of Turok-Han vampires inside the Hellmouth; all they did – especially Spike – was ruin the First Evil's plans to upset the balance of good and evil in the mortal world. In my personal opinion, that imbalance already existed before Buffy’s first death in "Prophecy Girl". It never made any sense to me that a balance between good and evil had been maintained by the presence of one Slayer against a slew of vampires, demons and other forms supernatural evil for centuries. I suspect that the First Evil saw the presence of more than one Slayer and a vampire with a soul as a threat to that imbalance. Like many others, the First Evil believed that only one Slayer should exist. And as I had earlier stated, I found this belief rather ridiculous and I am glad that Buffy proved that it did not have to be so at the end of the series. Would the Watcher’s Council or the African shamans who had first created the Slayer line approve of the idea of more than one Slayer in existence? I rather doubt it. I suspect that they may have feared the idea of dealing with more than one Slayer . . . or even more than two. I suspect that controlling the Slayer or wielding her as a weapon mattered more to the shamans and the Watcher’s Council than the idea of more than one warrior against the forces of Evil. And I would not be surprised if the First Evil – or their own inner darkness – prevented them from considering this possibility. And I believe that is what the First Evil represented in Buffy’s story – the inner evil or negativity that she, her sisters and friends all harbored within themselves . . . and which they had to learn to acknowledge. Buffy’s conversation with the vampire sired by Spike – Holden Webster – forced her to face and acknowledge her own negative traits. By (7.15) "Get It Done", she also realized that her two most powerful allies – Willow and Spike – needed to face their own personal demons as well: BUFFY: The First isn't impressed. It already knows us. It knows what we can do, and it's laughing. You want to surprise the enemy? Surprise yourselves. Force yourself to do what can't be done, or else we are not an army - we're just a bunch of girls waiting to be picked off and buried. (Spike stands and walks toward the door) Where are you going? SPIKE: Out. Since I'm neither a girl, nor waiting. All this speechifying doesn't really apply to me, does it? (walks away) BUFFY: (calls after him) Fine. Take a cell phone. That way, if I need someone to get weepy or whaled on, I can call you. SPIKE: (turns to Buffy) If you've got something to say - BUFFY: Just said it. You keep holding back, you might as well walk out that door. SPIKE: Holding back? You're blind. I've been here, right in it - fighting, scrapping... BUFFY: Since you got your soul back? SPIKE: Well, as a matter of fact, I haven't quite been relishing the kill the way I used to. BUFFY: You were a better fighter then. SPIKE: I did this for you. The soul, the changes - it's what you wanted. BUFFY: What I want is the Spike that's dangerous. The Spike that tried to kill me when we met. SPIKE (angrily): Oh, you don't know how close you are to bringing him out. BUFFY: I'm nowhere near him. The above conversation was one of the most interesting I have ever come across during the series’ seven seasons run. A vampire Slayer – someone considered the epitome of "goodness and light" – encouraging a former killer to face that darkness that made him such an effective killer. She even gave a similar speech to Willow, who as "Darth Willow" nearly came close to destroying the world in the Season Six finale, (6.22) "Grave". Many fans had thought Buffy may have lost her mind. I understood what Buffy was trying to say. During Season Seven, Spike and Willow had spent most of it wallowing in guilt over certain acts they had committed in Season Six. I could probably say the same about Buffy. Like Spike and Willow, she learned to face her past treatment of the blond vampire in the episode, (7.08) "Conversations with Dead People". But duties and the re-emergence of the First Evil made her realize that she had no time to wallow in her guilt. Her rants against Spike and Willow in "Get It Done" expressed her own impatience with their guilt and tendencies to hold themselves back in fear of releasing the inner evil that made them fearsome. She forced both the vampire and the red-haired witch to realize that they can only be fully effective by learning to face their personal demons . . . and controlling it. By facing the many aspects of their nature, Spike and Willow could learn to develop as individuals. The First Evil’s activities forced Buffy to develop in another path. She had to start learning how to evolve beyond her inferiority/superiority complex and learn to connect with others . . . when the situation demanded. Thanks to her former Watcher, Rupert Giles, she tried to use this aloofness to become an authority figure to the many Potential Slayers that had arrived on her doorstep. She also had to learn not to allow her insecurities and fear (traits that originated from the negativity within) of being alone to give others like her former Watcher Rupert Giles and even her friends a chance to dictate her actions and behavior. Like Spike and Willow, she had to learn to become her own person. She had to stop being afraid to connect with others and at the same time, allowing them to dictate her behavior. In the end, I found Season Seven to be very complex and mature on a level that may have eluded certain viewers. Before the season first began, Whedon and Mutant Enemy had announced that the series would take viewers back to how it used to be during the earlier seasons. And perhaps that was what they had been looking forward to . . . simply recapturing the past. Season Seven did just that . . . but with a twist. The season reminded viewers that no one can recapture the past. Not really. In a way, Spike and Willow tried to recapture their former selves – the mild-mannered Victorian gentleman and the shy computer geek. And Buffy, at Giles’ orders, tried to enforce her authority upon the Potential Slayers as the Watchers’ Council had done to her in the past. Even the fans got into the act. They wanted Whedon to take this season back to what "BUFFY" used to be, failing to realize that would never happen. Buffy and the Scoobies could never go back to being what they used to be. Too much had changed for them over the years. They had changed. And so had the series. Not only did Buffy and the Scoobies' conflict with the First Evil - namely their own inner demons - made them realize they could not recapture their past. They may have learned something else. Battling the First Evil was like battling a part of themselves. And in battling themselves, they ended up battling their worst enemy. By allowing the characters to do so, Whedon continued the theme that had been prevalent throughout the series’ run . . . namely growing up.

[amessinadress]

Oh Andrew, I fucking love you.

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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | S7E15: Get It Done

[buffycapss]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER — 7x15: Get It Done.

[holden-norgorov]

Ranking Buffy The Vampire Slayer Episodes.

A+ [100]

1.     5x16: “The Body” – 100/100. 2.     4x22: “Restless” – 100/100. 3.     6x07: “Once More, with Feeling” – 100/100. 4.     5x22: “The Gift” – 100/100. 5.     2x22: “Becoming, pt. 02” – 100/100. 6.     4x10: “Hush” – 100/100. 7.     5x07: “Fool for Love” – 100/100. 8.     2x17: “Passion” – 100/100. 9.     7x07: “Conversations with Dead People” – 100/100. 10.   7x05: “Selfless” – 100/100. 11.   2x14: “Innocence” – 100/100. 12.   4x16: “Who Are You?” – 100/100.

A [95-99]

13.   3x22: “Graduation Day, pt. 02” – 99/100. 14.   6x17: “Normal Again” – 98/100. 15.   2x19: “I Only Have Eyes for You” – 97/100. 16.   6x13: “Dead Things” – 97/100. 17.   3x09: “The Wish” – 97/100. 18.   7x17: “Lies My Parents Told Me” – 97/100. 19.   6x03: “After Life” – 96/100. 20.   5x05: “No Place Like Home” – 96/100. 21.   3x21: “Graduation Day, pt. 01” – 95/100. 22.   2x13: “Surprise” – 95/100.

A- [90-94]

23.   6x20: “Villains” – 94/100. 24.   3x15: “Consequences” – 94/100. 25.   3x07: “Revelations” – 94/100. 26.   3x08: “Lover’s Walk” – 94/100. 27.   7x22: “Chosen” – 93/100. 28.   6x01: “Bargaining, pt. 01” – 93/100. 29.   2x06: “Halloween” – 93/100. 30.   3x12: “Helpless” – 93/100. 31.   6x22: “Grave” – 92/100. 32.   3x16: “Doppelgangland” – 92/100. 33.   4x09: “Something Blue” – 92/100. 34.   3x06: “Band Candy” – 92/100. 35.   7x16: “Storyteller” – 92/100. 36.   6x19: “Seeing Red” – 91/100. 37.   2x21: “Becoming, pt. 01” – 91/100. 38.   4x20: “The Yoko Factor” – 91/100. 39.   2x03: “School Hard” – 91/100. 40.   6x08: “Tabula Rasa” – 90/100. 41.   5x12: “Checkpoint” – 90/100. 42.   3x03: “Faith, Hope and Trick” – 90/100. 43.   4x08: “Pangs” – 90/100. 44.   2x01: “When She Was Bad” – 90/100. 45.   7x20: “Touched” – 90/100. 46.   5x21: “The Weight of the World” – 90/100.

B+ [85-89]

47.   6x21: “Two to Go” – 89/100. 48.   7x15: “Get It Done” – 89/100. 49.   4x04: “Fear, Itself” – 89/100. 50.   5x17: “Forever” – 89/100. 51.   3x18: “Earshot” – 88/100. 52.   5x18: “Intervention” – 88/100. 53.   6x18: “Entropy” – 88/100. 54.   5x19: “Tough Love” – 87/100. 55.   4x15: “This Year’s Girl” – 87/100. 56.   3x19: “Choices” – 87/100. 57.   5x13: “Blood Ties” – 87/100. 58.   6x09: “Smashed” – 87/100. 59.   2x07: “Lie to Me” – 87/100. 60.   1x12: “Prophecy Girl” – 86/100. 61.   7x18: “Dirty Girls” – 86/100. 62.   6x02: “Bargaining, pt. 02” – 86/100. 63.   4x19: “New Moon Rising” – 86/100. 64.   5x10: “Into the Woods” – 86/100. 65.   3x20: “The Prom” – 85/100. 66.   1x07: “Angel” – 85/100. 67.   4x03: “The Harsh Light of Day” – 85/100. 68.   7x09: “Never Leave Me” – 85/100. 69.   5x03: “The Replacement” – 85/100. 70.   2x15: “Phases” – 85/100.

B [80-84]

71.   4x21: “Primeval” – 84/100. 72.   5x01: “Buffy vs. Dracula” – 84/100. 73.   2x10: “What’s My Line? pt. 02” – 84/100. 74.   4x06: “Wild at Heart” – 84/100. 75.   5x14: “Crush” – 84/100. 76.   7x08: “Sleeper” – 84/100. 77.   6x05: “Life Serial” – 83/100. 78.   1x01: “Welcome to the Hellmouth” – 83/100. 79.   7x02: “Beneath You” – 82/100. 80.   4x01: “The Freshman” – 82/100. 81.   7x10: “Bring on the Night” – 82/100. 82.   4x13: “The I in Team” – 82/100. 83.   3x10: “Amends” – 81/100. 84.   7x01: “Lessons” – 81/100. 85.   3x01: “Anne” – 80/100. 86.   7x14: “First Date” – 80/100. 87.   5x08: “Shadow” – 80/100. 88.   7x03: “Same Time, Same Place” – 80/100. 89.   4x07: “The Initiative” – 80/100.

B- [75-79]

90.   6x16: “Hell’s Bells” – 79/100. 91.   3x13: “The Zeppo” – 79/100. 92.   5x15: “I Was Made to Love You” – 79/100. 93.   2x09: “What’s My Line? pt. 01” – 79/100. 94.   5x20: “Spiral” – 78/100. 95.   3x05: “Homecoming” – 78/100. 96.   5x04: “Out of My Mind” – 78/100. 97.   1x11: “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” – 78/100. 98.   5x06: “Family” – 77/100. 99.   7x04: “Help” – 77/100. 100. 1x05: “Never Kill a Boy on the First Date” – 77/100. 101. 6x04: “Flooded” – 77/100. 102. 3x14: “Bad Girls” – 76/100. 103. 5x09: “Listening to Fear” – 76/100. 104. 2x08: “The Dark Age” – 76/100. 105. 4x12: “A New Man” – 76/100. 106. 7x21: “End of Days” – 75/100. 107. 7x12: “Potential” – 75/100. 108. 5x02: “Real Me” – 75/100. 109. 2x16: “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” – 75/100. 110. 3x04: “The Beauty and the Beasts” – 75/100.

C+ [70-74]

111. 2x18: “Killed by Death” – 74/100. 112. 1x03: “Witch” – 74/100. 113. 6x06: “All the Way” – 74/100. 114. 6x15: “As You Were” – 73/100. 115. 4x14: “Goodbye Iowa” – 73/100. 116. 3x17: “Enemies” – 72/100. 117. 5x11: “Triangle” – 72/100. 118. 1x10: “Nightmares” – 72/100. 119. 6x14: “Older and Far Away” – 72/100. 120. 7x06: “Him” – 71/100. 121. 2x11: “Ted” – 71/100. 122. 6x11: “Gone” – 71/100. 123. 7x19: “Empty Places” – 70/100. 124. 3x11: “Gingerbread” – 70/100. 125. 4x02: “Living Conditions” – 70/100.

C [65-69]

126. 7x11: “Showtime” – 69/100. 127. 2x12: “Bad Eggs” – 69/100. 128. 4x17: “Superstar” – 68/100. 129. 2x02: “Some Assembly Required” – 67/100. 130. 6x10: “Wrecked” – 67/100. 131. 1x02: “The Harvest” – 66/100. 132. 6x12: “The Doublemeat Palace” – 66/100. 133. 3x02: “Dead Men’s Party” – 65/100.

C- [60-64]

134. 4x11: “Doomed” – 64/100. 135. 2x04: “Inca Mummy Girl” – 64/100. 136. 2x05: “Reptile Boy” – 62/100.

D [50-60]

137. 2x20: “Go Fish” – 59/100. 138. 7x13: “The Killer in Me” – 56/100. 139. 1x09: “The Puppet Show” – 55/100. 140. 4x05: “Beer Bad” – 53/100. 141. 1x06: “The Pack” – 51/100.

F [<50]

142. 1x08: “I, Robot… you, Jane” – 47/100. 143. 1x04: “Teacher’s Pet” – 39/100. 144. 4x18: “Where the Wild Things Are” – 35/100.

[sunnydaleherald]

The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Thursday, October 31

Spike: Feel like a bit of the rough and tumble? Buffy: What?! Spike: Me ... you... Patrolling? Hello? Buffy: Oh. Uh ... I ... should stay. Maybe tomorrow. Spike: It's not like I don't already have plans. Great Pumpkin's on in twenty.

~~All The Way~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Design (Buffy/Maggie Walsh, M) by Anonymous

Dreaming (Buffy/Faith, T) by Anonymous

Occupational Hazards Include (Buffy, NR) by Anonymous

Tinted Mask of Snow (SPike/Drusilla, T) by Anonymous

The Jealous One (Angel/Spike, T) by michkatjane

Transformation Postponed (Buffy/Spike, G) by GillO

Halloween movie marathon (Spike/Reader, NR) by prose-for-hire

[halloween party] (Riley/Reader, NR) by prose-for-hire

[Watcher Wesley halloween] (Wesley/Reader, NR) by prose-for-hire

[help on halloween] (Spike/Reader, NR) by prose-for-hire

[Trick or Treat with Connor] (Wesley/Reader, NR) by prose-for-hire

Summertime Talks (Buffy/Spike, G) by DarkVoid116

Always Know Where Your Towel Is (Commerical crossover, FR13) by Ignotus

Snooping (Buffy/Spike, R) by RavenLove12

If You Smell Something Burning (Buffy/Spike, R) by ClowniestLivEver

[Chaptered Fiction]

Ghosts of Sunnydale, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, T) by VThinksOn

The Degradation of Duality [Series Part 2], Chapter 59 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by Ragini

Trust and Repair, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, PG-13) by GillO

The Beast Inside, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, R) by MnM

Best Life, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, NC-17) by bewildered

Dungeon Designs and House Keeping, Chapter 41 (Mythology crossover, FR18) by MistofRainbows

Aegis, Chapter 29 (Crossover with DC Comics, FR15) by dogbertcarroll

Bend in the Road, Chapter 1 (Crossover with The Morning Show, FR13) by AsarStar

Cross Purposes 4, Chapter 137 (Multiple crossings, FR13) by DianeCastle

A Man in Shadow, Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, 13+) by Zab Jade

A Bond of Blood, Chapter 1 (Buffy/Spike, R) by Geliot99

[Images, Audio & Video]

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Costume:[Buffy costume] by TheoreticalResearch

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Artwork:hope he’s enjoying his night off by youhavethesun

Manip:[Willow poster] by artuski

Gifset:BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER REWATCH -> Prophecy Girl (1.12) by creulsummer

Video: What’s New Scooby Doo? by TheOverLookedOne

Video: Recreating the cast of Buffy The Vampire Slayer as LPS! (HALLOWEEN SPECIAL) by FallenAngelFox

Video: Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Heads Will Roll by TheFandomRoyals

Video: cover of Buffy the Vampire Slayer theme (Nerf Herder) by volcanicpumas

Video: tell me does it hurt by WCRfan126

Video: First Look at the Buffy The Vampire Slayer Tarot ~ Mega Sized Edition! by The Hermit's Cave

Video: buffy the vampire slayer's emmy-winning makeup artist todd mcintosh takes us down memory lane by Tubi

[Reviews & Recaps]

Buffy The Vampire Slayer | 2x13 "Surprise" | REACTION by Andres El REy

Is it Bad I Want More? "The Wish" REACTION | First Time Watching Buffy 3x9 (Commentary) by Tyler Alexander

Buffy The Vampire Slayer 4x15 REACTION | This Year's Girl by George Alexander

Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 2x5 reptile boy | First Time Watching by shadowcat

Buffy Is For Life, Not Just Halloween... by The Happy 'Hood

New Moon Rising | Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 4 Episode 19 Review by Hellmouth Hotline

Spike gets his funk back | Buffy the Vampire Slayer 7x15 "Get it Done" | The Normies Group Reaction! by The Normies

Empty Places: Buffy 7x19 Reaction by Dakara

Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5x1 & 5x2 REACTION | "Buffy Vs. Dracula" & "Real Me" by The Horror Bandwagon

**GASLIGHTING NOW?!** Buffy the Vampire Slayer S6 Ep 15 "As You Were" Reaction FIRST TIME WATCHING by Nick Reacts

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER 1X7 REACTION | Angel | Season 1 Episode 7 by Chance's House of Horrors

Checkpoint | Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reaction | S5 E12 by Georgia Reacts

Buffy The Vampire Slayer "Halloween" Review by Aaron Talks Film

[Fandom Discussions]

Angel the Series: Connor, childhood, and growing up by frogfarm

[The Freshman meta] by tara-maclays-gf

[Sex vs attention in Older and Far Away] by mybloodyvampire

So Many Threesomes by multiple authors

The idea that Season Six and Season Seven are badly written is purely a creation of old memes. by multiple authors

Jenny by multiple authors

About vampires and their "game face." by multiple authors

Beer Bad appreciation thread by multiple authors

Rewatching in my 30s by multiple authors

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[spuffyverseonthecomics]

BtVS S7 (Rewatch) - Get It Done

What I want is the Spike that's dangerous. The Spike that tried to kill me when we met.  -Buffy

Great episode. Anya and Spike together are really gold! Spike shamefully runs from a fight... he really needs a wake up call. Buffy starts this episode in a very good mood, but that's gonna change soon enough... The emergency kit should have been passed from Slayer to Slayer, and propably Giles didn't know about it - maybe it’s the reason he was missing in this episode to avoid him having to address the issue. Andrew and his big board! Willow with her arms full of weapons trying to cover their secret operations... The confrontation between the wimpire and the cool and sexy vampire fighting guy in the basement - and Buffy just watching: is she thinking “could there be oil of some kind involved”? We learn in this episode that having a soul is something private and that what Spike does best is being thrown through the ceiling - shut your mouth bad Kennedy!

On a serious note: Kennedy gets too excited when she is training the Potentials, and impersonates one of those rude army drill sergeants who she probably only knows from the movies (like me, American movies basically). Being just an inexperienced girl thrown in a very real war that is about to begin, she gets carried away and ends up committing the big mistake of calling one of the Potentials - Chloe - a “maggot”. I always thought that those sergeants were really cruel with the recruits they were training for the sake of it, but I have to say now that if a future soldier can’t take that abusive shit that is yelled at him/her, he/she can’t be at war, at all: the horrors they’ll have to see and participate like, in Afghanistan, Iraq, Vietnam etc, are way more horrific than a bunch of bad words shout at them. Polemic, I know... But things have been changing, of course.

How Mean Are Drill Sergeants?

Sir! Not that mean, sir!

By Juliet Lapidos

Teresa L. King took command of the Army's drill sergeant school on Tuesday—the first woman ever to do so. The New York Times article on King notes that she's "ever vigilant for busted rules"—which seems in keeping with the fear-inspiring, speak-up-you-maggot taskmasters of the popular imagination, such as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, who gently explains to his recruits, "You are pukes. You're the lowest form of life on earth." Are drill sergeants really that mean?

Not anymore. Drill sergeants of yesteryear did take a rough, discipline-and-punishment approach to preparing new Army recruits for combat. The disciplinarian tack seemed to make sense up through the Vietnam War, at least, because drafted soldiers were sometimes unwilling to get into line. But the drill sergeants of today are gentler. In the period after 9/11, the Army was losing about 10 percent of its volunteer recruits during boot camp, a number that was way too high, especially given the Army's trouble meeting recruitment quotas and the growing demand for troops first in Afghanistan, then in Iraq. To help keep people in basic training, drill sergeants reined in the verbal abuse and began providing more mentorship. (This wasn't a precipitous change. Drill sergeants have been mellowing out for the last 15 years or so.)

That's not to say that instructors have gone soft. Drill sergeants still shout to enforce discipline, and they may force young soldiers to do push-ups—but they're not supposed to hurl personal insults. (They'd never call them "pukes," for example.) If a recruit asks why he has to run through an obstacle course, the drill sergeant isn't supposed to punish him immediately with an extra run. Instead, the sergeant should explain the Army's rationale for the exercise. Modern drill sergeants also engage in a good deal of counseling. If a recruit is acting petulant, the drill sergeant may ask him what's wrong—or ask his friends. He'll give tips for how to get along with peers in close quarters, how to get by on an Army paycheck, and how to handle homesickness.

Whatever her method, a drill sergeant is charged with getting new recruits into shape. In Army lingo, while "on the trail" (at training camp), a drill sergeant makes sure her soldiers are "squared away" (physically fit with a neat uniform), "on point" (in complete control of themselves and the situation), and "hoppin' and poppin' " (moving quickly and with purpose). More specifically, she teaches them how to march in step, use their M16A2 rifles and throw grenades, speak up, stand at attention, obey orders, and treat fellow soldiers respectfully.   Source

And things go sour: Chloe is found dead and Buffy has something to say about that. She is their leader, she is the General and they are at war - her words are harsh and cruel but they are necessary: weak people don't survive a war, they are dead even before it begins, and Buffy makes it clear. People get mad, and Spike The Wimpire thinks that he doesn't have anything to hear from Buffy... boy, how wrong he is. Buffy has noticed that Spike is holding back (we saw that earlier, when Spike avoided fighting the demon and used Anya’s safety as an excuse to run), and she knows exactly how to push his buttons.

The cast shadow thingy is very cool and there it goes Buffy through the portal - and as soon as she is gone everyone is worried about what they will do without the Slayer: ANYA: We've got bigger problems than that. PRINCIPAL WOOD: Yeah, demon loose; no Slayer. WILLOW: We need Buffy. XANDER: You gotta get her back. I love Buffy's trip, the Shadow Men, the origins of the First Slayer, her choice, and the vision they give her. Willow scares the hell out of Kennedy, but this is understable, Will is scary when she is in her dark eyes mode, and Kennedy - althoug being brave, there are forces she doesn't understand yet. And Spike gets his coat (how EVIL of him! - that’s sarcasm, by the way) - and his mojo back. How it happened to be in the basement is a mystery, since it was last seen at Buffy's house...

BtVS 7x15

[buffycapss]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER — 7x15: Get It Done.