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I’m watching season 5 of Angel & I’m on the episode “harms way”. In the beginning it shows harmony getting ready for her day. Any theories on how she can do her makeup without having a reflection? Maybe just muscle memory?

I recently finished watching BTVS and I feel like Buffy is one of the best female protagonists on TV. She is herself throughout the whole series and owns up to her mistakes. I feel like a lot of other shows make the female characters whiny and rely on their male counterparts (ex Elena Gilbert) but Buffy it independent and knows when to ask for help and owns up to her mistakes. She is also always putting her friends and family first and doesn’t act selfishly. I know she has a lot of opportunities to complain about her calling or act like she’s better but she really never does.

I’m actually only in season 6, not having watched all the way through before but I have seen a red spoilers for major points this season and next. In particular around Spike and Buffy. Thought fans would enjoy my thoughts on this episode. Warning. Massive Spike fan. So much to say.

It was a very heavy Spike feelings episode. And Buffy bombshell episode. Holy cow. Holy cow.

Spike. His reaction to her being back. All gentle and caring. You could see in his eyes when he saw her.

“ 147 days. 148 today” That shows how much he missed her. He was so gentle and caring with her. Wanting to fix her hands. Wanting to help.

Then outside. You see him crying near the tree. And his Speech to Xander. All upset that he wasn’t told about it first. And he knows why. Or thinks he does. In his crypt angry and hitting shit. Realizes his knuckles match hers. That smirk.

Then his Speech to Buffy when she goes to his crypt.

“I did save you. Not when it counted. But every night since” Damn.
Every night. And the emotion in his eyes.

Then. When he’s outside with her at the end. “ Buff/Buffy/Slayer. If you’re in pain or need anything”. Damn.

The way he looks at her during her speech about being unhappy here.

Buffy. Acting like she was fine. Fighting and doing normal stuff.

Even though we can tell she isn’t. At the end thanking her friends for pulling her out. Saying she was in hell. Then outside with Spike. The talk she gives to him. And what Spike said to Zander. About magic having consequences. Yeah. No shit.

“I was done. Complete. I was happy. Loved. Warm. “

“I was in heaven. This is hell”. Damn. Well okay.

This is the start of her messed up emotions arc. After confessing that to Spike I can see why she leans on him so hard. From spoilers I know she is not herself most of the season until Riley helps with that. Then later towards the end. She breaks it off with Spike. That triggers his attempt to rape and the redemption arc in the last season. Damn.

Bloody heck. What an episode!!

Title says it all. Vamp Willow is immoral, cruel, sadistic and absolutely terrifying but she also oozes confidence and sexiness that our Willow doesn't have.

It makes a lot of it hard to watch because to me it feels like an extremely tragic and tbh mindnumbingly Random/unexpected collection of deaths, and just one after the other in a quick timespan

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Then nothing bad happened in Seeing Red

Right?

Starting season four rn, though it aint as good as the other highly rated seasons but i get it yk, buffy experiencing college, spike becoming a series regular, great singles like hush, willow’s spell backfiring on thanksgiving, and alot more interesting and binge worthy episodes it consists of it feels fresh i dont know would it be safe to say I LOVE SEASON 4 despite the bad reviews it usually gets

ITS SO MUCH BETTER

I really enjoyed this episode because it was less analytical, more live reactions, and the best thing was that we can now see what she’s watching!!
Loved this episode, I recommend watching it

I know it's called Buffy the Vampire Slayer so obviously Buffy is supposed to do most of the work but Angel really was just... there a lot of the time.

Xander Willow and Oz spent the summer between Seasons 2 and 3 patrolling and killing vampires while Buffy was in LA. Three teenagers with no powers were doing more actual vampire slaying in those few months than Angel did during basically the entirety of Season 2.

Season 2 is especially funny because he spends the first half mostly lurking around giving Buffy information and being her boyfriend then loses his soul and spends the second half trying to destroy the world. So his biggest contribution to the apocalypse that season was causing it lol

Season 3 isn't that different for most of it either. It's really closer to the end of the season when Angel suddenly starts feeling like an actual fighter and that's because Angel was about to start and they needed to establish that this guy could actually carry his own show fighting demons every week.

And then Riley comes along in Season 4 and somehow even he does more actual fighting and slaying vampires and demons than Angel did throughout Seasons 1-3. Say what you want about Riley but at least the man was out there doing the job lol