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The Witch (Dana Reston)

Edited to add:

Not a great story but full of funny lines and top notch delivery. The cheerleading scenes are the most intriguing as an insight into the literal sidelining of women (I’m with Amy on this one). Buffy under a spell was a cheerful sight: so chipper and thoroughly enjoying singing Macho Man.

“You don’t like the color?”

“You were pretending that seeing scantily clad girls in revealing postures was a spiritual experience” “Who said I was pretending?”

“that much quality time with my mom would probably lead to some quality matricide”

“I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away”

“So, mommy dearest is really…Mommie Dearest?”

“That’s why you’re so cool! You’re like a guy! You’re my guy friend that knows about girl stuff!” “Oh, great. I’m a guy.”

“You are totally, and completely one of the girls!”

“I know that I’ll miss the intellectual thrill of spelling out words with my arms” “oo, these grapes are sour!”

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It’s almost (but not) like watching it for the first time

We are rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, obstentiously because we are going to start watching Angel when we get to the end of season three but really because at least one of is a fervent fan. Actually, no, I’m not: I keep thinking I am then I realise that I have never written fan fiction, never created fan art, I don’t have BtVS wallpaper and screensavers and I have never written a poem for my favourite character. So, I think I’m okay: then I remember I’m 41 and if I was 21 I would be doing all those things (except the poetry, I have never written poetry).

I digress. I have decided to make some notes about each episode as we go through them. I am not pretending to be comprehensive or clever or insightful (there are much better sites out there like BuffyGuide and MikeJer for that sort of thing) but I’m writing about what caught my eye (and ear, this is the Whedon World after all).

Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest (Joss Whedon)

Brian Thompson as Luke and Mark Metcalf as The Master as the villains are excellent; both are a little camp particularly The Master who reminds me of Richard (insert Rocky Horror or Crystal Maze or Ever After as appropriate) O’Brien. Buffy’s moves are cool; leaping over the school fence, doing a roundoff the balcony, cartwheeling onto the stage, etc. When her stunt double lands very heavily on the side of a sarcophagus I winced, I think even experts must hurt when that happens. She uses a pool cue and a cymbal to great effect. Willow wears dungarees which is foreshadowing if you ask me. I love Willow’s sneaky revenge on mean Cordelia and her dimwitted friend Harmony: “deliver”. Giles is quite fey the first time we see him, the delight on his face when he places ‘Vampyr’ in front of Buffy is priceless.

Notable dialogue: “Hi! I’m an enormous slut!” “Hello! Would you like a copy of ‘The Watchtower’?”
“Well, when I’m with a boy I like, it’s hard for me to say anything cool, or, or witty, or at all.”
“God! What is your childhood trauma?”
“Do I horn in on your private discussions? No. Why? Because you’re boring.”

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