1. When Willow opens the Mayor's closet, does anyone else see a big "omg-cool" glow in her eyes at all those magic artifacts? The show builds up to her magical!alcoholic story arc really slowly. As early as the "Ted" episode, we're seeing her want to play around with potentially dangerous stuff because she wants to understand how it works. That intellectual curiosity is what eventually leads to the power that gets her in trouble.
2. I don't know that I buy the whole Xander on the road thing. I mean, I barely buy that Buffy gets into Northwestern. I think *I* would have had trouble getting into Northwestern and much is made of Buffy having school trouble. Not her being stupid, but her having not so stellar grades. I think Xander could certainly have gone to college if Buffy could get into Northwestern. LOL That being said, it is interesting that he's the outsider. I think that made for some good character development. Also, now that Xander has seen the truth of the world, surely he doesn't *want* to go roadtripping it alone so that a vamp can eat him as he sleeps in his car in a campground. I'm not saying that they're afraid to live their lives, but I think Xander would think that too risky. Or maybe just I do. LOL
3. I really don't like this episode very much, which surprises me, because I really like season 3. The Buffy/Angel stuff makes me really uncomfortable in this episode, and I'm not sure why. Most of the time, I can sort of forget that he's way older than her, but in this episode, the age and maturity disparity was so obvious to me as to make me uncomfortable. Which I think was the point. The ep opens with her calling Angel honey, which seems way out of character for her. Something an older, married person would say. And since she's neither, using that term of endearment made her seem a lot younger to me. And then at the very end, when she and Angel are talking, she's saying all those teenagery things and he's agreeing with her, and he's got to know she's wrong. It makes him seem slightly creepy, although I know that was not the intention. (*Caveat: I do love the B/A ship, but I can't just blithely ignore that he's a couple centuries old and macking on a 16 year old. LOL)
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Date: 2006-12-13 02:15 am (UTC)From:1. When Willow opens the Mayor's closet, does anyone else see a big "omg-cool" glow in her eyes at all those magic artifacts? The show builds up to her magical!alcoholic story arc really slowly. As early as the "Ted" episode, we're seeing her want to play around with potentially dangerous stuff because she wants to understand how it works. That intellectual curiosity is what eventually leads to the power that gets her in trouble.
2. I don't know that I buy the whole Xander on the road thing. I mean, I barely buy that Buffy gets into Northwestern. I think *I* would have had trouble getting into Northwestern and much is made of Buffy having school trouble. Not her being stupid, but her having not so stellar grades. I think Xander could certainly have gone to college if Buffy could get into Northwestern. LOL That being said, it is interesting that he's the outsider. I think that made for some good character development. Also, now that Xander has seen the truth of the world, surely he doesn't *want* to go roadtripping it alone so that a vamp can eat him as he sleeps in his car in a campground. I'm not saying that they're afraid to live their lives, but I think Xander would think that too risky. Or maybe just I do. LOL
3. I really don't like this episode very much, which surprises me, because I really like season 3. The Buffy/Angel stuff makes me really uncomfortable in this episode, and I'm not sure why. Most of the time, I can sort of forget that he's way older than her, but in this episode, the age and maturity disparity was so obvious to me as to make me uncomfortable. Which I think was the point. The ep opens with her calling Angel honey, which seems way out of character for her. Something an older, married person would say. And since she's neither, using that term of endearment made her seem a lot younger to me. And then at the very end, when she and Angel are talking, she's saying all those teenagery things and he's agreeing with her, and he's got to know she's wrong. It makes him seem slightly creepy, although I know that was not the intention. (*Caveat: I do love the B/A ship, but I can't just blithely ignore that he's a couple centuries old and macking on a 16 year old. LOL)