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>> > Random characters like
>> > Joyce make cameos for no apparent reason, or as it turns out in this
>> > example, none that ever becomes apparent.
>>
>> Well she does seem to be trying to get Buffy to give up, what with her
>> talk
>> about evil being everywhere. Still, Joyce's appearances may be the
most
>> obscure ghostly sightings of the season.
>
> Doesn't she tell Buffy to go to sleep at one point and wake up at
> another?
Yes. Within a few seconds of each other.
> Given how the show only barely bothered to (sorta) follow up
> on Joyce's words in CWDP, I'm sure everyone will forgive me if I'm
> unimpressed with the vagueness for its own sake.
Domine. Domine. Your'e forgiven.
>> Kennedy: That's it? That's the plan? I don't see how one person, even
a
>> slayer, could protect us.
>>
>> Out of the mouths of babes. I think that pretty much states the issue
>> that
>> the season will turn on. Let me use this op****tunity to make what may
be
>> my
>> only defense of Kennedy this season. Her romance with Willow is the
>> obvious
>> big deal with her. But as a Potential, her function is to be the one
>> most
>> ready and eager for personal empowerment.
> [snip]
>> Highlighting this is a useful function for Kennedy. She may be
annoying
>> as
>> hell, but at least part of that has a righteous basis as she acts as
>> agitator and leader for the empowerment cause. One of the curious
things
>> about her is that Buffy doesn't really come down on her, even as she
>> speaks
>> in defiance of Buffy. Maybe Buffy sees a little of herself in Kennedy
-
>> I'm
>> not sure. I think it's more that Kennedy actually takes to heart what
>> Buffy
>> tries to instill in the Potentials, and Buffy sees that. Her impetuous
>> inexperience is a lot easier to forgive than betrayal by Giles or
>> undermining by Xander.
>
> I'll give you Giles, but Xander's generally a voice of reason, if not
> assertiveness, during S7.
Most of the time, yeah. I was thinking of the Get It Done argument when
Buffy pretty much took Kennedy's sass in stride - even trying to make a
point out of it - but couldn't get past Xander's Xander's follow-up
retorts.
It pretty much undermined the point she was trying to make. Though she
went
and found another way to get the message across.
> Nothing else to add, except that I'm
> curious what I'd think of Kennedy, Ringleader Of The Potentials if
> that were her primary function to the story and Willow hooked up with
> someone else. Then, at least, her being annoying would be part of the
> point.
I would have liked that just to bring more body to the Potential's story.
>> > Season Seven, Episode 11: "Showtime"
>> > Has there ever been more of an Act Four episode?
>>
>> I don't understand the question.
>
> Just reflecting the fact that the whole thing is built around the
> fourth act (Thunderdome). Nearly everything else is specifically
> designed to set it up, and the episode succeeds or fails along with
> its last ten minutes.
Maybe that explains why I'm so indifferent to most of the episode.
>> > It's also
>> > weird remembering when Kennedy of the winged house didn't stand out
so
>> > much, or annoy me at all. Even the overdone flirting doesn't really
>> > bother me pre-TKIM.
>>
>> Not much of an actor though.
>
> Well, that's never kept certain other actors who shall remain nameless
> become widely beloved by this fanbase.
Yeah, but they learned how to be pretty good hams.
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