I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.

Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


Buffy 4: Grr. Arrgh.  

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Cindy - Dec 01, 2003 4:25:39 pm PST #6623 of 10001
Nobody

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.


P.M. Marc - Dec 01, 2003 4:26:26 pm PST #6624 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

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.


P.M. Marc - Dec 01, 2003 4:27:11 pm PST #6625 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Also: Cindy, e me at cicada (at) cablespeed.com with the venting rage.

Please???


Cindy - Dec 01, 2003 4:27:50 pm PST #6626 of 10001
Nobody

Will do, Plei. Give me about 5.


P.M. Marc - Dec 01, 2003 4:28:16 pm PST #6627 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

'sokay.

I won't see it for about 30.


erikaj - Dec 01, 2003 4:38:40 pm PST #6628 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

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.


Cindy - Dec 01, 2003 4:39:35 pm PST #6629 of 10001
Nobody

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.

And bi-lingual.


erikaj - Dec 01, 2003 4:41:13 pm PST #6630 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

That, too. :)


Jeff Mejia - Dec 01, 2003 4:59:41 pm PST #6631 of 10001
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert

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.]


Vortex - Dec 01, 2003 5:49:33 pm PST #6632 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

"Giles, I'm sixteen years old. I don't want to die."

*sob* I cry every. damn. time. Just the right amount of tremble in the voice. She fucking NAILED it. *sniff* excuse me, I have something in my eye.

I also nominate

"I can't breathe, Will, I can't breathe" from "The Prom"

and

"I felt your heart beat" (or "I felt your heartbeat", readings vary) from IWRY.

oh! and "We're not friends . . ." that was a great speech, and so full of anticipation, not knowing if it was good or bad.