BtVS 1x02: The Harvest -- the four letters of hope

It was actually reading the book Conversations with God that made me start on a path that was less Christian and overtly religious and onto one that was broader and more pure spirituality without church-y trappings. That was the book that jolted me out of the 'one true way' line of thinking. I had an epiphany in California. It was all very movie of the week (I've been going through all my old posts to put everything of future relevance into memories -- hee, I found my first due South mention, where I squee and say that I've just seen an episode of a show and the guys are so in love (that was Mountie on the Bounty)! Sometimes I forget how quickly I fell in love with Fraser and RayK, very comparable to what I'm currently going through with Stargate.). And once I'd had my epiphany, it was easy to forget that I actually used to be fairly harsh about certain things Once Upon A Time. And that's not good either. We have to remember our roots or we'll never truly touch the sky.

Back in May, I wrote a detailed response to rewatching Welcome to the Hellmouth (BtVS S1). At the time, I said that I planned on doing the same for every episode. I meant that. And so here are my thoughts on the Harvest, the second half of Buffy's first two-parter.

This will contain many spoilers for plot points and character arcs, spanning from Buffy's S1 to Angel's S5. I said in my first one that these are written without an agenda -- this is, of course, completely wrong, as each one contains a multitude of tiny biases that add up to my view of things -- but though this isn't true, they are written as objectively as I am capable of doing, with as many angles as I can think of. It contains joyous squees, as many metaphors as I can find, and much adoration of pretty much every single character. I love them all so much.

Even that rat bastard Parker.
( BtVS 1x02 -- The Harvest; spoilers up to AtS 5x22 -- Not Fade Away )