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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 14:54:28 GMT -5
That's a good one Athene.
The Dixie Chicks song "A Home" conjured up the image of a desolate Buffy lamenting her lost opportunitis for love with Spike because of lyrics like these:
"I mistook the warnings for wisdom/From so called friends quick to advise/Though your touch was telling me otherwise/Somehow I saw you as a weakness/Oh but I was just young, I was scared, I was wrong/Chorus: Not a night goes by/I don't dream of wandering/Through the home that might have been/And I listened to my pride/When my heart cried out for you/Now every day I wake again/In a house that might have been/A home/Guess I did what I did believing/That love is a dangerous thing/Oh but that couldn't hurt anymore than never knowing/Chorus/Four walls, a roof, a door, some windows/Just a place to run when my working day is through/They say home is where the heart is/If the exception proves the rule I guess that's true/Chorus
How's that?
It's sung to a beautiful melody and all I see now when I listen to it is Buffy mourning all her lost chances for love with Spike if she doesn't get a move on soon before time runs out.
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 14:54:57 GMT -5
Naturally. Everybody says so (NOT!).
Glad if I made you smile.
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 14:55:48 GMT -5
I will weigh in as a member of the young male community:
The Mullet is the worst, most unrespected hair style in the history of the free world. That's not just my opinion, it's fashion fact. Beyond aesthetic considerations, it also instantly labels you as a huge redneck. Once again, this is not my opinion, merely scientific and ethical fact: NO ONE'S BEST LOOK INVOLVES A MULLET. NO ONE.
As for the cueball and the hedgehog, it works for some people, and not for others, and sadly a lot of people for whom they don't work are sporting them. I must admit to having no idea what puddle head might be. If you choose to inform me, I will be happy to disagree with you about that as well.
Joshua Adams
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 14:56:13 GMT -5
Yup.
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 14:56:49 GMT -5
Almost anything would be better than visualizing a smallish dead fish on your head! Who NAMES these things?
Nan Dibble
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 14:57:53 GMT -5
Time to move again. Where are the movers and shakers?
Nan Dibble
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 14:58:31 GMT -5
Ever time I think about that rhymes-with-witch dissing Spike to the Scoobies and to his face it burns me up to no end. As Spring (I think) pointed out, Spike's dignified response showed pure class. But one of the Scoob's should have set Miss Thing straight! Even if they don't like Spike they know better than to write him off as a no account light-weight which is what she implied. I like to imagine Xander being the one to cut her down to size. I can just imagine him thinking that he or the other Scoobies may insult Spike but where the hell does she come off? Hey Robert, what would he say, or what should he have said? Feed my fantasy please.
deborah cohen
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 14:59:38 GMT -5
I'm no Robert, so I won't attempt to muster a Xander put down, but could I ask a question to you and other Kennedy haters?
Is it Kennedy, the person that people are hating? As in: if you were there at Casa Summers you would "accidentally" stick out your foot when she walked by, and would deliberately take extra time in the shower if you knew she was waiting out side the bathroom door, yelling about maggots. Or do you think she is a "bad" charcter, with no depth and no personality, a poorly concieved non-entity? Or both?
I would disagree with the second on grounds that we have already seen a bit of character development over the short time she has been here. As for the first, I say the best way to learn to fight evil is to fight evil. Lots of unaccompanied patrols for Kennedy. Unarmed. Or maybe with a small letter opener, cuase if you can't take on an Ubervamp or Harbringer then maybe you shouldn't be cracking wise at William the Bloody's expense you stupid...
Joshua Adams
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 15:00:02 GMT -5
Thanks Joshua, I couldn't believe it was that simple.
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 15:02:05 GMT -5
Joshua said:
"...Is it Kennedy, the person that people are hating?..."
I'd have to say that her character has been developed and fleshed out plenty, to the extent that I've come to hate, loathe and despise her and would like nothing so much as to kick her in the teeth.
From her first introduction, from the moment she told Willow "Better not hog the sheets" I had a sinking feeling that we were going to be stuck with her for a while and wondered how far they would go with her character. I mean, just the fact that she was new was enough to provoke my resentment. At this stage in the series precious time spent developing new characters when the established characters who we're invested in and care so deeply about have so many unresolved issues is wasted time, as far as I'm concerned. My antagonism towards her didn't really surface though until "Getting it Done". She's shown herself to be a Smart-Ass, Know It All upstart and the Scoob's are just laying down and letting her get away with it. They let her get away with belittling Spike!
I know that Giles is not thrilled with Spike these days but maybe if he'd been here he would have educated her on just who whe was mouthing off about. Shut her up!
deborah cohen
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 15:02:36 GMT -5
What was Xander's line from "I Was Made to Love You"? "...wouldn't want to anger a serial killer...That's actually good advice." ? It really would have been nice to hear the Xandman say something in the kitchen scene. Joshua Adams
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 15:03:18 GMT -5
I haven't seen "I Was Made to Love You" in a long time. But in the beginning of "Crush" when Spike is sitting accross from Buffy at the Bronze trying to hang out with her (she is having none of it) Xander, Anya and Willow come back to the table and Xander tells Spike "Your in my chair Evil/Dead" or something like that. Then Spike leaves in disgust and Anya tells Xander that she thinks he hurt Spike's feelings and Xander says something like "And you should never hurt the feelings of a [something] serial killer. Come to think of it, that's not bad advise." I'm sure I misquoted but I think I got the jist of it. Under the circumstances I don't know that that particular line would have been appropriate against Kennedy, because at least in its original context it was said as a defense of his insult against Spike rather than in defense of Spike.
deborah cohen
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 15:04:10 GMT -5
Was it "Crush" ? I guess so. Thanks. But as Xander said, not hurting a serial killer's feelings is good advice, advice that should be shared with Kennedy.
Joshua Adams
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 15:04:48 GMT -5
Kennedy isn't a leader she's a "taker overer". Way too much misplaced self confidence and sense of entitlement. Her whole initial approach was to look around and see who in the inner circle she could align herself with for better placement in the pecking order. Willow is both powerful, vulnerable and Gay! Score.
Didn't she say to Willow 'I have to be honest with you' without ever actually having the opportunity to do that? Hummm?
Also, major deja vu. Is it still the fashion for Lesbians to wear their keys on a clip on a belt loop of their jeans? Ah, sweet memories of a degenerate youth and the playground that was San Francisco.
Rusty Goode
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Post by Dalton on Jul 17, 2003 15:05:56 GMT -5
I feel very protective of Willow and Kennedy just. feels. wrong.(the actress is doing just fine).
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