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[doyle]

As threatened, a Buffy poll, since I'm curious:


[Poll #277287]



My own answers:

1. Once More With Feeling
2. Giles and Xander are tied. I thought Xander was the funniest thing ever, and Giles... :swoon:
3. Buffy/Giles, for about fifteen minutes before the Spuffy kiss at the end (I went in completely blind, knowing nothing about these characters, not even the benefit of the Previouslies to tell me what was what. I think it was viewing three when I went "oh, Spike's a vampire!")
4. Buffy/Wesley, for the first flashficathon.
5. Angel, narrowly edging out Spike and Wes.
6. Once More With Feeling
7. Buffy season 4
8. Angel/Spike smoochies, dammit. A B/X relationship in season 2 or 3. A proper W/X relationship.
9. Angel or Spike becomes the guardian of the deeper well.
10. 8 (this is shameful: I watched it with a group, and kept my composure. Then I herded them out of my room and immediately watched it again. I started crying at "I don't know what I would've done if you'd gone up those stairs" and didn't completely stop till ten minutes after the end credits...)

Comments

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

I wish The First could have appeared as Joyce again, too. In the absence of a Joyce spinoff, it's the least Joss could have done...

[jedi-penguin.livejournal.com]

Did you really understand that Joyce was the First in CwDP? I didn't, and kept waiting for Buffy to choose someone over Dawn until the very last episode. At the end of "Chosen," I was still waiting. I didn't get it until I read an interview by Joss months later telling me. *shrug* I think that is a sign of very poor story-telling, when very large plot points need to be explained because the writer did such a poor job in the first place.

So, how did the First appear to two separate people in two separate places? And if it had that ability, why didn't it use it more often? And if the purpose was truly to turn Dawn against Buffy, why did that creature thing almost kill Dawn before the meeting with Joyce? And did Buffy care enough about Dawn in the last season to notice if Dawn turned against her or not? These are just a few of dozens of questions I have about the last season, because it Made No Sense.

Still, very cool poll. I enjoyed filling it out, even if it did raise up my latent anger at myself for actually sitting all the way through the last season... *grin*

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yes, there's some impressive multitasking going on on the First's part - it appears simultaneously to Willow and Dawn and either right after or at the same time, it has to appear to Spike in order to activate the trigger.

It raises the question of why it didn't display this kind of efficiency ever again. I mean, I adore the First in all its lovable incompetence, but what *was* its plan? And what was the Beljoxa's Eye on about?

[jedi-penguin.livejournal.com]

And what was the Beljoxa's Eye on about?

Ooh, another source of bitterness on my part! That had the possibility of being an extremely cool storyline, and it was just... dropped. ARGH! *laughing at self*

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

I hear ya' (and I liked season 7!) I think my main frustration is *why* introduce it at all if it's never going to be mentioned ever again? Because I don't recall any other point to the Beljoxa's eye scenes.

And why was the First so interested in Spike? (My personal fanwank about Amends was that the First was trying to get Angel to kill himself all along in a pre-emptive strike against the birth of Jasmine, who in turn sent the miracle snow. I'm 99.9999% sure this is absolutely not what was intended, but it makes me happy.)