Touched:
Why does Spike hit Faith? Just like does anyone have a good answer for this? Is it because she is the only one he can hit without really hurting and he needs to punch something? I get that he is mad. I get it. And he isn't even altogether entirely wrong with what he's saying (although he does seem to blame her without asking many questions). But how do you get from that to "let me punch Faith in the face real quick."
The conversation when Spike first walks into the bedroom with Buffy is strange.
"This isn't something you gave up, it's something they took." Huh? She's still the slayer. What did they take from her? They took "her" army? Was it hers for them to take? Did they take her leadership role? I guess they took her house, I'm with him on that.
I'll just add to the consent joke being not OK which has already been mentioned here. Add insult to injury that this is potentially the one year anniversary of SR same episode number in the previous season.) I really hope the writers just missed this all together. I want to live in a world where no one in the writer's room was like "hey I have an idea..." So that's my headcanon. They didn't catch it.
Another thing that's not OK. Spike saying he'll kill Faith for Buffy. Is he kidding? He's kidding right?
I haven't watched this episode in a long time. I had forgotten everything that wasn't the part where Spike kneels down. Everything before "I've been alive a lot longer than you" is not my favorite. But if I can divorce all of the stuff that comes before, and maybe season 6, and some of 5 - I really like what Spike tells her here. Not sure he is the best person to deliver the message but the message alone is meaningful and I'm glad that Buffy is hearing these words. And again, ignoring a lot of stuff..., it is nice to see Buffy tell Spike to just hold her because she hasn't allowed herself to be vulnerable the entire season so it's important that she allows herself to make that connection. And in fact, that is what this whole episode is about - making connections with people.
"What it does a heel thing too?" LMAO. The Faith stuff is cool. I like getting some insight into her. I'll always prefer Faith on AtS than on BtVS.
It would've been nice to see Buffy wake up next to Spike in the morning and see something of a smile or at least a look of something resembling peace or feeling positive. Again with the strange SMG acting thing. I guess the idea is to keep us guessing as to what her feelings about all of this in anticipation of the whole "I was there with you" that's coming in EoD.
When Buffy says this: "
I've always cut myself off. I've always— Being the slayer made me different. But it's my fault I stayed that way.
People are always trying to connect to me, and I just slip away. You should know."
Huh?? Can we pump the brakes and take a look at the evidence here?
Giles is fired because he and Buffy have formed a relationship that was so close to a Father/Daughter relationship. Up until s6 when he leaves, she relied on him heavily and I never for a second questioned the depth of their connection until s7. (Prophecy Girl, Passions, Helpless, Spiral).
Willow and Xander had historically had an uber close connection with her. In s4, they are literally her heart and her spirit. In s5, Willow is the one who brings her back from a catatonic state. Pretty connect-y.
Dawn is tough because she was only around in s5 but Buffy is always so loving and protective of her. She breaks down in front of her in Forever. Seems like a plenty strong connection.
And - I hate to go here but I'm going to go ahead and do it, Buffy pursues Angel in season two (s
he is trying to connect to him) and they do, and
he slips away because he dies and then leaves. If it was up to her, she'd have a drawer in his mansion and he would've bought some mirrors.
Hell Buffy even tries to reach out and connect with Faith. When Faith kills Allen and loses her way Buffy tells her that they can figure this out, she wants to be support-o-gal. She was trying to make that connection. Faith struggled with connections. In fact, this line (people alwys trying to connect and I slip away) could apply to Faith in s 3 but not to Buffy before s6.
So it seems to me that she hasn't "always" cut herself off. She started cutting herself off after her resurrection. And it seems to me it's less related to her being a slayer (because before her resurrection she was a slayer for 6 years) and more related to her being resurrected. The whole point of
5 seasons of Buffy was her connections to her friends her family, her mother etc. For the writers to now tell me that she always struggled to connect with them the entire time - well - what show was I watching? What am I missing here? Sure, at the end of the day, the big moments - those are hers, the burden to make the difficult decisions like sacrificing herself to the Master, like killing Angel, like sacrificing herself (again) for the world those were always hers and hers alone. But along the way - she made deep and meaningful connections and she didn't really start struggling with that until s6. Am I alone here? Does anyone else struggle with this line of thinking?
Anyway, I'll end with it's refreshing to see Buffy kick some Caleb ass.
Actually, I'll add one more thing, I'm going to enjoy this finale. Even if I struggle so much with s7 on so many levels, BtVS is my favorite show and I enjoy seeing Buffy wage a war and be a badass. I'm looking forward to just leaving the rest of the episodes behind and seeing the finale. Because the finale is bigger than this season and it's message is something that is very important to me. I consider the finale like a Monet painting, meant to be admired from afar.
End of Days/Chosen group watch info:
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Time is 5 CST/ 6 EST / 11 GMT
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