Re: A Second Look: BTVS S6D6

In alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer mariposas rand mair fheal <mair_fheal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
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> i think when sadness confronts jonath-n slash the first
> thats a genuine statement of defiance
> hes still a power groupie and still weak
> but at least hes got a conscience and some small spark of morality
> and swimmers ear

True, he did show glimmerings of a conscience even before the Storyteller
breakthrough.  I still kinda suspect that it was the influence of Buffy
and her friends that brought it out, combined with an increasing
dissatisfaction with Ghost Warren slash The First.  There's little sign of
such glimmerings before he became the Slayer's guest-age [with air
quotes].  You could even look at it as a sort of Stockholm Syndrome.  Or
maybe proof that Andrew's just bi, not gay -- he finds himself turning to
the side of righteousness after living in a house full of cute female
warriors for good.

>> each.  And the walking-into-the-sunny-garden part of the final montage
was
>> a bit *too* happy, though it's balanced by the sadder parts of the
>> montage.  But there are other parts of the ending where I like the
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> there are lot of people who would just like a few moments of too happy
> the story isnt over - buffy still has to die again
> but at least for a moment she can have peace

And she certainly deserves it.  I just find the presentation a little too
over-the-top, with all the sun****ne and tons of flowers and whatnot. This
is where the balance with the Willow-Xander shots helps out, reminding us
of all that Buffy and the others have been through to deserve this happy
moment.


--Chris

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