Comments on: I got so much strength, I'm giving it away

By: moley75

moley75 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:42:03 +0000

I have to admit that I am enjoying S7 very much so far. The first five episodes overall have been better than the first five of S6.

By: Georgia, USA

Georgia, USA — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:04:40 +0000

#1 I thought S7 was great and had a little of everything

#2 This is one of my favorite episodes, love flesh-eating Gnarl. Adore all the character interactions. Especially those of Willow and Spike, Buffy and Anya.

#3 My theory is that they didn't want to weigh every episode down with the angst of Tara's loss. There is the up-coming episode where emotions run high. And then there is the 'rebound' relationship, which may not have been as believablr if Willow spent the entire season being morose and inconsolable.

#4 Get to watching, I'm dieing to read more!

By: moley75

moley75 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:59:30 +0000

Andy and I had better get on with our viewing so we can discuss it properly.

By: stephanie b

stephanie b — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:57:49 +0000

Agreed. But I still kinda like that episode. Kinda.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:19:32 +0000

Re: That Certain Episode

I felt like it opened up a huge can of worms that was never again addressed. Ever. Period. Justice was not served a huge helping at the dinner table that time. Dunno, there was lots of emotion given the heavy nature of the episode, but it just didn't... go anywhere. It was just dropped.

By: moley75

moley75 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:04:52 +0000

I find it hard not to leap ahead but I can remember almost literally exhaling my tension when that certain episode turns up. I felt rather flat afterwards.

Andy, you just don't understand. Not even italics can stress how I say that out loud.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:11:56 +0000

I'm also a bigger fan of the lighter, funnier Buffy. I enjoy the characters so much more with a bit of levity, and poseable Dawn was indeed hilarious. As well as the enjoyment Anya got out of posing her! I love Anya. And Buffy is one of those shows where humor and seriousness are mixed so perfectly even within a single episode.

And while I disagree with the way a lot of the stuff on the show was handled, I can respect the show for giving us what it did. That's canon and it's our job to try and understand it as is.

But, Andy, you're right. For the sake of the bigger picture, realism, and closure, she should have been mentioned or at the very least talked about. The Scoobies aren't so big at sharing their feelings, and we've seen when they do keep things in for long periods of time, it usually reaps negative consequences - like how Spike was able to easily pull his Yoko Crap on them back in S4. In some cases it works to not label events directly, we've seen it addressed in other ways or by alluding to other things and metaphors (to continue on the W/T theme, there was 'Family' where magic = lesbianism and "New Moon Rising" where unconventional relationships were Oz and Angel, but also newly included Tara.) But any Scooby discussion of Tara in S7 doesn't happen for a good long time and even then it's about a separate event. Don't wanna spoil things, so I'll do good and shut up now.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:14:20 +0000

I really enjoyed this episode and, so far am still waiting for S7's fall from grace. I love pathetic-Willow best of all and it was beautifully acted - I wanted to scream "they do care!" becuase I did. Of course failing to acknowledge Tara is ridiculous and does harm in that it doesn't nod towards realism when it should - to acknowledge how dangerous Willow can be and yet forget so completely what drove her to that, is careless. But, I can understand it - I can convince myself that if Joss had decided to have the darkness of Tara's death hanging over S7 then we wouldn't have had an episode this enjoyable this early in the series. Laughing at poseable Dawn or "Insane. Base." wouldn't have seemed right. Maybe for the sake of the bigger picture, and realism, and closure it should have been mentioned and as such it harmed that big picture. But for someone as shallow as me who likes the lighter side of Buffy (and mourned the lack of humour in Dollhouse) then I have to say I can live with that. <... sitting back and waiting to be slapped down... again!..>

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:46:31 +0000

There are so many flaws with S7, which I think most Buffy folks can agree with, even those that like that season. The utter lack of talking about Tara made me a little sick. Even if it wasn't the case, the situation was treated almost as if none of them cared. I was most surprised by Dawn, who had loved Tara most second to Willow, stayed with her body for hours, and yet mentioned nothing. Not one word.

By: Darkpoole

Darkpoole — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:14:25 +0000

"Not that I am obsessed in noticing this or anything." I had the same obsession when I first watched it. "When the hell is somebody going to ask Willow how she's doing? Is Willow even going to mention her name? Why isn't there a single picture of Tara anywhere in the house?" And I really wanted a scene with Willow asking Buffy what it was like on the other side. (Normally, you'd expect people to ask that anyway, but under the circumstances, it seems like something Willow would REALLY want to know.)