Bless you, Plei. This conversation that's got me thunking is particularly stupid.
(details withdrawn, as why would I inflict this pain on you lovely people)
I can almost think again. Okay, you know I have nothing to add (and no arguments) for your Becoming and Restless riffs. Tell me, given what we know about Buffy, what was up with her and Riley? Why did she run after him when he issued his ultimatum? What was up with Xander in that episode (was it Into the Woods)? Did you want to smack him, too?
Really? You're shitting me...no...I paraphrased the Munchkin yet again, and the famous quote "Stupid Killers are a gift from God," because they are so easy to catch and put away...he also goes on to compare the average suspect's brain to day-old banana pudding...imagine the kerfuffle if I'd used that one...
Oh erika, more apt than ever, then. This person that has me thunking is (to steal the assessment of another standing with her mouth agape) both stupid and relentless. Now, I'm like a pitbull with a topic, and have lost about 15 IQ points with each kid. But this one? Not so easy to put away.
Tell me, given what we know about Buffy, what was up with her and Riley? Why did she run after him when he issued his ultimatum?
Abandonment issue make Buffy do stupid, stupid, stupid things.
And yes, I do include much of the S7 crap with Spike in that category. Seems to come from the same place as running after the chopper.
Xander (yes, I did want to smack him) was playing over-identify much.
Also: Cindy, e me at cicada (at) cablespeed.com with the venting rage.
Please???
Will do, Plei. Give me about 5.
'sokay.
I won't see it for about 30.
I think the actual quote is something like "We have the edge because our brains are instruments of deductive reasoning. And the average suspect's brain is like day old banana pudding." And with that I've exceeded my RDA of H:LOTS. Although if I quoted the Dalai Lama like that, I'd look hella spiritual.
I was cleaning up my hard drive on my work PC today (about to shift to a new PC because it crashes every time I try to open Excel), and I came across not a few Buffy-related files. I came across an mp3 of "Blue", the song from "Conversations With Dead People", and it brought me right back to that episode. Even though most here believe the season went off the rails right after that episode, I don't think that diminishes the strength of that episode. (FWIW, I do believe the show lost its way after that, but I still remember a good number of events or moments throughout S7 that I'm not bitter, as others seem to be).
I can still remember that fluttery feeling I had in my stomach when that teaser ran, not knowing what was going to happen next, but knowing it was going to be huge. There are so many moments throughout the series where I had that feeling, I can hardly thing of any series (outside of the other ME shows) where that was true (Deep Space Nine, some X-Files).
All this is a long preamble to get some discussion going and find out what some of your favorite "fluttery" moments in Buffy, where you just weren't sure what was happening, but thrilled (or worried) about what was coming next. In my case, what comes immediately to mind is:
The CwDP teaser.
The end of "Interfvention" with Buffy (pretending to be the Buffy-bot) and Spike.
The dream sequence with Buffy and Faith in GDII.
"Giles, I'm sixteen years old. I don't want to die."
The end of "After Life", when Buffy tells Spike that she was in heaven.
There are many more, but that's a good start for now.
[Edited to fix quote.]
