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redfiona99Lie To Me
It's just perfect.
It's the mixture of real world things, like Angel being adorably jealous and showing a personality and a sense of humour (that shot where he's complaining about the wannabe vamps, and one walks past and is dressed exactly like him) and all the other things that mean I ended up missing him when he turned into Angelus, and the supernatural, so the vampire plot. And also mortality, because Ford's whole plot is based on him not dying. And you can understand that, even while what he's doing is horrible.
Then there's Buffy winning the day by threatening Drusilla which is the one thing Spike won't stand for. (And, fair warning for future answers, I am decidedly, entirely, utterly Spike 'n' Dru forever.)
And then there's the ending, with Buffy and Giles in the graveyards and, I'm just going to quote the whole thing:
Buffy: Does it get easier?
Giles: What do you want me to say?
Buffy: Lie to me.
Giles: Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats. We always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Buffy: Liar.
And it's about the loss of innocence, and letting go of childhood, because Buffy wants to believe it will get easier, needs to believe that, but knows that it won't. That's probably my favourite scene in all of Buffy.
Day 1: Favorite Season
Day 3: Favorite Song Used In An Episode
Day 4: Favorite Female Character
Day 5: Least Favorite Female Character
Day 6: Favorite Male Character
Day 7: Least Favorite Male Character
Day 8: Favorite Friendship
Day 9: Favorite Romance
Day 10: Least Favorite Season
Day 11: Least Favorite Romance
Day 12: Least Favorite Episode
Day 13: Favorite Potential Slayer
Day 14: Favorite Female Villain
Day 15: Favorite Male Villain
Day 16: Episode You Like That Everyone Else Hates
Day 17: Character You Relate To The Most
Day 18: Character Who Didn’t Get Enough Screen Time
Day 19: Character You Like That Everyone Else Hates
Day 20: Best Spike-centric Episode
Day 21: Best Willow-centric Episode
Day 22: Best Xander-centric Episode
Day 23: Two Characters You Wanted To Get Together That Never Did
Day 24: Favorite Example of 90s Special Effects
Day 25: Favorite Buffyverse Saying
Day 26: Favorite Scooby Moment
Day 27: Cutest Moment
Day 28: Character You Love To Hate
Day 29: Episode You Hate That Everyone Else Loves
Day 30: What You Think Made Buffy So Great
It's just perfect.
It's the mixture of real world things, like Angel being adorably jealous and showing a personality and a sense of humour (that shot where he's complaining about the wannabe vamps, and one walks past and is dressed exactly like him) and all the other things that mean I ended up missing him when he turned into Angelus, and the supernatural, so the vampire plot. And also mortality, because Ford's whole plot is based on him not dying. And you can understand that, even while what he's doing is horrible.
Then there's Buffy winning the day by threatening Drusilla which is the one thing Spike won't stand for. (And, fair warning for future answers, I am decidedly, entirely, utterly Spike 'n' Dru forever.)
And then there's the ending, with Buffy and Giles in the graveyards and, I'm just going to quote the whole thing:
Buffy: Does it get easier?
Giles: What do you want me to say?
Buffy: Lie to me.
Giles: Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats. We always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Buffy: Liar.
And it's about the loss of innocence, and letting go of childhood, because Buffy wants to believe it will get easier, needs to believe that, but knows that it won't. That's probably my favourite scene in all of Buffy.
Day 1: Favorite Season
Day 3: Favorite Song Used In An Episode
Day 4: Favorite Female Character
Day 5: Least Favorite Female Character
Day 6: Favorite Male Character
Day 7: Least Favorite Male Character
Day 8: Favorite Friendship
Day 9: Favorite Romance
Day 10: Least Favorite Season
Day 11: Least Favorite Romance
Day 12: Least Favorite Episode
Day 13: Favorite Potential Slayer
Day 14: Favorite Female Villain
Day 15: Favorite Male Villain
Day 16: Episode You Like That Everyone Else Hates
Day 17: Character You Relate To The Most
Day 18: Character Who Didn’t Get Enough Screen Time
Day 19: Character You Like That Everyone Else Hates
Day 20: Best Spike-centric Episode
Day 21: Best Willow-centric Episode
Day 22: Best Xander-centric Episode
Day 23: Two Characters You Wanted To Get Together That Never Did
Day 24: Favorite Example of 90s Special Effects
Day 25: Favorite Buffyverse Saying
Day 26: Favorite Scooby Moment
Day 27: Cutest Moment
Day 28: Character You Love To Hate
Day 29: Episode You Hate That Everyone Else Loves
Day 30: What You Think Made Buffy So Great
