When She Was Bad

[butterfly]

Wow, the dance scene in the Bronze was well-done. Buffy deliberately hurts three people that she loves with just one thing. The levels of ouch in that scene are horrible foreshadowing for the levels of ouch in the season. And I always fixate on Xander's reaction, because it's just so complicated - Willow and Angel are betrayed and hurt, but Xander is betrayed, hurt, confused, and majorly turned-on. His jaw when she grinds up against him... just so much ouch. And his face after she leaves breaks my heart. God, that's a horrible thing to do to someone you know wants you.

Oh, and in our last shot of Xander in the Bronze, Willow is over one shoulder and Cordy is over the other, while Buffy has taken herself out of the picture.

She just uses everything she knows to hurt them. It's a horrible thing to do. But it's still a hell of a sexy dance.

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[butterfly.livejournal.com]

And we get another hint of that in What's My Line. Well, I say hint, I mean huge neon sign.

Buffy: "Y'know, if you don't like the way I'm doing my job, why don't you find somebody else? Oh, that's right, there can only be one. As long as I'm alive, there is no one else. Well, there you go! I don't have to be the Slayer. I could be dead."

Giles: "That wasn't terribly funny. You notice I don't laugh."

Buffy: "Wouldn't be much of a change. Either way I'm bored, constricted, I never get to shop, and my hair and fingernails still continue to grow. So really, when you think about it, what's the diff?"

Yeah. That's quite neon-y

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Since the link didn't go through, I'm dropping it direct rather than hyperlinking:

http://www.justinleader.com/annotatedbuffy/wswbtranscript.html

I think the annotations run through the first two seasons, but are informed up until S6/3. Some interesting stuff, and very broad perspectives.

Re: Yeah. That's quite neon-y

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you. I'll definitely check it out.

*checks out link*

*squeals*

*decides that she can't leave the site until she's read every single one that's up*