Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys & Girls,
I give you the crowning glory of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8:Buffy & Angel. Fucking. In space.
And with that, the Buffyverse dropped below Twilight on a storytelling level. And it actually manages to get worse after this.
No, it doesn’t make sense. The writer (Joss) acknowledged it doesn’t make sense. You are not wrong that it doesn’t make sense. Never let anyone convince you otherwise that it doesn’t make sense.
Because it doesn’t make sense.
(Source: thecuppycakekid)
Sometimes I wonder if I’m too obsessive, but I just spent the last 30 minutes arguing with people over flack actors get.
Did I imagine Charisma getting trashed and the rumor mill flying during the time of her firing as to the *real* reason it happened? Did I imagine all the unsubstantiated trash-talking about unpreparedness and even drunkenness? Apparently DB did not get shit thrown his way when he hinted he was glad the show was ending? When he said he’d only return in a feature?
Yet, I frequently get told none of these things happened. Either I have been in this fandom too long and remember too much or I have a hell of an imagination.
For the record, I was NOT dissing Sarah in any way! She worked her butt off for seven years and was ready to move on. She said so herself.
Sorry, Aly. Bad shit happens when you put words in other peoples’ mouths. I’m sure you’ll get a few paparazzi to start following you again, ya shameless drama queen.
I’ve read rumors of CC being a bitch. I’ve read rumors of SMG being a bitch. Neither have, to my knowledge, dissed or talked about castmates negatively.
Alyson Hannigan has on multiple occasions. Why does fandom not crucify her?
I’M HAVING ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS WHERE I JUST CAN’T TAKE THE FACT THAT FUFFY IS NOT CANON. I MIGHT CRY. Ugggggggh, Joss, why would you do that? You said yourself that you put the subtext in! AND you never told me, Joss, that the infamous kiss on the forehead was scripted on the lips. WHAT? Why would you not do that? WHY WOULD YOU NOT DO THAT AND THEN TELL ME YOU ALMOST DID IT? THEY ARE MY OTP. JOSS.
‘kay, first off, Whedon did not say he put it in. In fact, he denied it was there originally. The “subtext” is largely on the part of the actors. Secondly, who told you it was originally on the lips? From the 4/1/1999 White Draft:
In the next section is Faith, also unattended. Buffy goes over to her bed, looks down at her.
After a moment, she leans down and kisses Faith’s forehead lightly.
Not trying to harsh your squee, but facts are facts.
Angel, Season 2, Episode 8: The Shroud of Rahmon
I have this theory that the Angel Powers That Be (Joss Whedon, producers, writers, whatever) really had issues with Charisma Carpenter and took it out on Cordelia. But I also think that Charisma Carpenter did stuff to piss The Powers That Be off. Like this haircut. This god-awful haircut… I think that Charisma went off and got a haircut without informing The Powers That Be, and thus The Powers That Be spent the episode making fun of her haircut.
Mind you, I’ve never researched the behind the scenes on this, and I have nothing to prove this theory of mine except the voices in my head, so, carry on.
Maybe you should research things before you post them and then tag them with an actress’ name. The people who go to that tag are supporters of Charisma (including her hair).
Charisma has talked about, in video segments (easily found on Youtube) about her hair. It was heavy and it had damage from what it went through. She DID “get permission” to change her hairstyle throughout the show. She speaks specifically about this haircut and others in featurettes.
Please do some research before posting things like this. It’s bad for the whole fandom to spread accusations like this.
Even if she didn’t get permission, it’s pretty damned childish. Maddening that we know it was just a foreshadow of what they’d do later.
I was watching a shitload of angsty Faith/Fuffy vids last night on Youtube … *takes a moment to cry for Faith* and I realized something over Faith and Buffy. I guess I’ve always known it, but I’ve never really stopped to let it sink in.
- Okay. Let me get this straight, people. My favorite…
No, I’m pretty sure it was when Faith attempted to murder Angel in Revelations—you know, when she took the side of a Watcher she knew for about 10 minutes over Buffy.
They make up in Amends, great. Get the nice sister-slayer vibe going. Then Faith kills the assistant, albeit accidentally. Buffy feels guilty, so does Faith, but Faith hides it under bravado. Threatens Buffy that she’ll go down with her if she tells. Then Faith tells Giles that Buffy did it. Then Wesley gets all uppity and tells the Council, against the wishes of some others. Then she goes evil, kills people and tries to end the world. She *could* have had friends, as Willow tells her, and she spit in their faces again and again.
Faith thought being the Slayer gave her a license to dictate to the world. She didn’t have much? So get a job or go to school—oh, wait, she was too cool for that. Buffy got a job. Cordy got a job. You know, the Diva Bitches? So she had absentee and drunk parents. So did Xander. So did Tara. So did Amy and the majority of characters in every Joss Whedon show.
My advice, quit watching fanvids which are edited to portray things a certain way and watch the show.
Note: I’m not trying to start a debate or arguments with ANY Bangels. This is just me stating why I ship Spuffy over Bangel.
Okay, so I decided to explain to you all why I love Spuffy.. It’s not that I don’t like Bangel I just prefer Spuffy… Now, I love Spuffy because I felt drawn to them. I see…
Spike did not die for Buffy. It was not S5 where someone had to die and he took her place instead. He could have attempted to escape had he wanted to. While this doesn’t make him dying in the battle less heroic, he did not die for her.
Spike was not a good man before the soul either. He just had different goals. If Buffy was evil and wanted him to slaughter children, that’s what he’d have done just as he did with Dru. He had no moral compass of his own.
I don’t mean to pick on you, but it’s very annoying the way Spuffy, a very complex and ambivalent storyline, is boiled down to something so simple.
When I see posts demanding that you don’t reblog but instead screencap, I want to reblog anyway even if I have no interest in the topic.
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