Buffy - Last Day

What You Think Made Buffy So Great

This one has obviously taken me longer to write than any of them. Because there is so much to say! But I don't think it needs to be said in great length.

Buffy was amazing because it showed that the petite, blonde, pretty girl can protect herself and can do it better than some of the guys who try to protect her. She gave women a better understanding of the gifts they all posses - we all have the ability to fight our demons. Sometimes we lose the battle, but the war is ongoing. We always have the help of our friends, who are a steady, loyal group, unlike the lovers that can pass through our wake.

I think Buffy was incredible because while in history she is not the archetype (i.e. comic book heroes have been around a LOT longer), she tends to be what female characters who kick butt are compared to. She's sassy and funny, feminine and masculine, a lover and a fighter, strong and powerful with a sweet and affectionate side. She's confused and headstrong, trying to make her way in the world, just like the rest of us.

Buffy is the everyman, er, everywoman, with the issues multiplied and played out in physical form. We are all Buffy and that is why she rocks.

Buffy Day 29

Episode You Hate That Everyone Else Loves

This one is hard to say because I didn't watch the show with many people, just Sweetie. I am not a huge fan of the episode where they think Dawn is the potential slayer. That one is just annoying. And those who like season 7 really like that episode I think. I dunno, hard to say.

Buffy Day 28

Character You Love To Hate

Gotta be Glory. She was a huge villain but she was funny in what she did. Her obsession with shoes and looking pretty was pretty amusing. So I guess I have to go with her.

Buffy Days 26 & 27

Wow, I can't believe this is coming to a close!

Day 26: Favorite Scooby Moment - The last scene before the big battle in Chosen

When Xander, Willow and Buffy are walking through the halls talking about going to the mall after the big fight, it just makes me smile. It's meant to be slightly honkey and throwbackish, but it's nice in the way it's done.

Day 27: Cutest Moment

I really like the scene in which Buffy and Spike have finished having sex and they're talking like normal relationship-ed people do. It shows that the do care for each other and it's just really cute.

Buffy Days 24 & 25

I won't be around tomorrow so I'm posting both days today.

Day 24: Favorite Example of 90s Special Effects

Uh, I suppose when the Master dies. That was really really really really bad.

Day 25: Favorite Buffyverse Saying

I know Sweetie's favorite is "If the apocalypse comes, beep me" (although I'm not sure which episode its from), but I can't get over Andrew mis-saying the name of Vampire. I love that!

Buffy Day 23

Two Characters You Wanted To Get Together That Never Did

Oh man this is hard! I'm thinking I'm gonna have to go slightly off on this and declare that I would have loved to see Dru and Spike together. Now, I know you're thinking, "they were together you dork!" but hear me out.

Spike was the badass when he was taking care of Dru what she was ill. Dru was the badass when she was taking care of Spike when he was injured. Never were they badasses together on the show. We saw flashbacks where they were great together, but I would have loved to have seen them evil and wrong together. I honestly believe that they could have defeated any of their adversaries and I would wager that includes anyone who got in their way, i.e. Glory, Adam, Buffy, etc.

It would have been a beautiful thing to watch.

Buffy Days 21 & 22

Day 21: Best Willow-centric Episode

I guess the one where she comes back from England but is invisible. That one's okay I guess. I dunno, Willow-centric episodes don't really stick out in my mind.

Day 22: Best Xander-centric Episode

Gotta be the one where he's split in two. That one was awesome! :D

Buffy Day 20

Best Spike-centric Episode

It's gotta be Lies My Parents Told Me, the episode in Season 7 where we learn about Spike's issues with his mom and the trigger that The First has on him. This episode has such an amazing backstory to it filled with amazing tidbits about William's life before he became Spike. It was also really nice to see a vampire struggle with something other than a soul. Watching Spike be disgusted by his mother and choose to do the right thing was beautiful.

Buffy Day 19

Character You Like That Everyone Else Hates

I don't know how to answer this one. I don't know who the blogosphere hates so it's hard to say. I didn't like the nerds, but I don't think anyone did. I didn't like Maggie Walsh, but you weren't supposed to. I guess I'd have to go with Forrest, Riley's friend. Forrest was all about the mission no matter what the costs were, which is totally like Buffy in season 7. It didn't hurt that the actor (Leonard Roberts) was in Heroes which we were also watching at the time.

Buffy Day 17 & 18

I totally forgot to do this yesterday! :(

Day 17: Character You Relate To The Most

I guess that would have to be Anya. With her weird quirkiness and her non-existent edit button, anyone will tell you that I'm more like her than anyone else.

Day 18: Character Who Didn’t Get Enough Screen Time

I'm gonna have to go with Oz on this one. He was always in the band or away with the band. I'm not sure he was really on screen enough, and with that beautiful face, he should have been.

Buffy Day 16

Episode You Like That Everyone Else Hates

Normal Again

Oh my gosh did I love this episode! This is the one where the nerds infect Buffy with whatever it is that causes her to "hallucinate" and wake up in the hospital. I love that she was "lucid for that one summer" where she had died. And I especially love that at the end of the episode, you don't know which world is real.

When we were watching the series, Sweetie refused to see that episode, so I had to watch it on my own. Sweetie said that because Joss created that episode, we really have no way of knowing whether the series existed. And I think that was BEYOND brilliant on his part. To give people that many things to discuss was friggin incredible.

Joss has come out and said that the series is real, but sometimes, I wonder if he thinks that.

Buffy Day 15

Favorite Male Villain

Okay, so let's see who the male villains have been. We have the Master, Spike, Angelus, the Mayor, Adam, the nerds, Caleb.

Now let's see. The Master wasn't really all that great of a villain, he was just the first one. Yes he killed Buffy but it was also first season Buffy. So I don't really put that on the same level. Spike is amazing, but not the greatest villain. Angelus was cruel and fantastic in his cruelty, so he's in the running. The Mayor had a plan. He was dastardly and conniving but funny at the same time. His aim was great, but he was not such with the greatness. Adam was enormous and powerful, but bland and purposeless. The nerds were annoying, no greatness to be had. And Caleb was pure evil.

However, it did not say greatest male villain. It says favorite male villain. After describing all of them, I think I might have to go with Angelus. He was really cruel in what he was doing. He showed no remorse for any of it and reveled in it. He showed just how far he could push people and get into their heads. So for his twisted ideas and the fact that David Boreanaz wasn't the mopey and annoying Angel, I'll pick Angelus.

Buffy Day 14

Favorite Female Villain

Drusilla. Hands freaking down. She rocked. She was amazingly cruel and wicked (in both the American and British sense) and just bonkers. Her visions amazingly came true and then she would ask what would happen if all her hair fell out.

It's interesting to me that she and Spike were never really the big bads together. Either she was ill (from the mob in Prague I think) or he was injured (after saving her). Now mind you they were both bad-asses, but separately. Which is a shame. I would have loved to see the two of them battle Buffy. Of course, then maybe there wouldn't be a Buffy (Spike's killed 2 slayers and Dru killed 1) but the devilishness that is Spike and Dru would be fully in tact.

And I suppose it means that we must thank Angel(us). He saw that she was special and tortured her until he turned her. She wouldn't be nearly as mad were it not for him. But I am eternally grateful to her for she gave us Spike.

Buffy Day 13

Favorite Potential Slayer

Um, I have no idea. How about the one Felicia Day played, just so there's Joss continuity across the board.

Buffy Day 12

Least Favorite Episode

Oh man. Maybe the homecoming episode in season 3? Or the one where Angel has to drink Buffy to get well? I dunno, the bad ones are a blur. They don't stick out in my mind.

Buffy Day 11

Least Favorite Romance

Oh this one is SO easy! Buffy & Scott, that random guy she tried to date in Season 3. Okay, just kidding. Buffy and Riley.

Man, the boy was SO annoying! Whiny and obnoxious, especially in Season 5. Spike was right "The girl needs some monster in her man, and that's not in [Riley's] your nature."

While it was slightly nice for Buffy to be with someone "normal," it just isn't what she needs.

And I have to say, having Riley find Buffy and Spike together was one of the happiest moments for me in the Buffyverse. Even though that episode ended their physical relationship, seeing that Spike was right and Riley was wrong awesome! :D

Buffy Day 10

Least Favorite Season

That's got to be season 2. Buffy goes through enough torment as it is, she did not need Angelus making her life miserable. I actually didn't watch most of it because of how upset I got and Sweetie wanted me to finish watching the series. So maybe I'll go back and watch it some time, but now is just not the time. Besides, why would I want to watch Buffy be all annoying and obnoxious when I can watch her in charge and working hand in hand (and heart in heart) with Spike? :)

Also, season 1 blew. I still cannot believe Buffy turned into the glorious masterpiece it is after that first season.

Buffy Day 9

Favorite Romance

I absolutely LOVED the romance between Buffy and Spike. Some might say there was no romance, but season 7 totally puts that claim out of the water. Since season 5, she has always been able to rely on him, trusting her life to him. Once he becomes the man she needs/deserves, they get emotionally intimate and it is one of the most beautiful parts of the whole series.

Willow and Tera was fantastic too, but the turmoil in the relationship sort of killed it for me (abuse of magic, break-up, death).

Buffy Day 8

Favorite Friendship

Gonna have to copy Saranga here. She just put it so well. I'm actually better off just copying and pasting what she wrote as I could not have said it any better.

Spike and Dawn. It's lovely how he looked out for her but never patronized or condescended to her. No one else treated her that well at the time, and so she responded by trusting him and talking frankly to him. So he was doing it out of respect for Buffy, not Dawn. That's not important. He became fond of Dawn and treated her like an equal.

Thanks Saranga! Couldn't have done it without ya! :D

Buffy Day 7

Least Favorite Male Character

Riley was pretty annoying if I may say so as was Angel, but I think I'm going to have to go with Xander. I really liked him in the relationship with Anya but I think that had to do with Anya. He was the heart of the group (as can be seen at the end of seasons 4 and 6), but I'm not really sure he brought much else to the table. He was kind of pointless for most of the seasons, serving as only the comic relief with not much else really going for him. I hear in the comic books he's quite important, but in the show, not so much.

The character of the Master was pretty dumb too as was Dracula's character.