The Open Road

[butterfly]

The thing that struck me the most about the ending of the episode is the same thing that I noticed about Connor's ending in Home: the possibilities are endless.

It ends with them on an open road, the heaven/hell of Sunnydale behind them destroyed completely.

And the potential of every possible Potential has been realized.

Buffy wanted to be a normal girl and she enjoyed being a hot chick with superpowers. Now she's both, because she redefined what's normal.

And because this is, in many ways, the end, any variation is acceptable. No more worries about being totally Jossed.

The ending was perfect, because it was a beginning.

I'm so very proud of Joss.

I'm so thankful for this show. It brought me so many wonderful things, including many of you. And if not for this show, I doubt I'd have become as involved online as I have been, and so I might have missed the rest of you as well.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer was ground-breaking television. I will always treasure what it gave me.

There's so much that I'm going to miss.

Buffy was there for me during the tough times. Back when I felt like I had nothing, I could watch an episode and for 40-odd minutes, I was in another world, a beautiful, scary, funny, amazing world.

Like everything in life, the show wasn't perfect. But it was pretty damn close at times. It's made me laugh, made me cry, but most importantly, it's made me care. Just because the final curtain has fallen, that won't make me stop caring about the people of the Buffyverse. And they are people, fully-realized, with flaws and flashes of brilliance, and moments of heart-breaking humanity.

Buffy: A hero who stumbles and falls, but always gets back up. A woman who loved so strongly that she was terrified of it.

Xander: A man who acts with his whole heart, anger and love and pain and strength. Someone who will stand with you while the world's ending and never pull away.

Willow: More powerful than most people could ever dream of being, and terrified of her own strength.

Giles: A teacher who didn't want to be a father and who was horrible at being a parental figure. Who loved and lost, and didn't let that keep him from loving again.

Dawn: She started out a fake little girl and grew up into a strong, determined woman in front of our eyes.

Spike: Who showed us the highs and lows of living life to the fullest and never holding back.

Anya: Who went from a man-hating demon, to a one-man-loving woman, and finally to a human-loving person.

And everyone else who shaped the world of Buffy and made it feel like a world.

I haven't loved every moment of the show, but I wouldn't trade a minute of it.

Thank you, Joss Whedon, for Buffy's life.

Comments

[navia.livejournal.com]

Buffy wanted to be a normal girl and she enjoyed being a hot chick with superpowers. Now she's both, because she redefined what's normal.

Exactly. That's all she ever wanted, and now she has it, so I'm completely confused as to why people were disappointed with the ending!

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[butterfly.livejournal.com]

I know! I just adored it. She's got the rest of her life in front of her.

She has what she wanted without giving up what she had.

Still not reading any spoilers before my return, but...

[selenak.livejournal.com]

...Amen to your general eulogy!

Re: Still not reading any spoilers before my return, but...

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it.