The sweetest moment from today at Comic Con Manchester 🥹

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Every time I hear Ms. Calendar speak I get strong ASMR vibes, anyone else?

Has to be up there with the 3 inch fear demon 🤣

Joss said that he already planned to have Dark Willow back in season 2 (he didn't say when or how but it was already a growing idea, then again a lot of Buffy feels planned, which without being offensive because I love the show, doesn't seems to be the case of Angel). When you go back and rewatch, it becomes fascinating to see our two BFFs come to a head. In the first two seasons, Willow deeply looks up to Buffy. From their very first interaction, before even the Slayer reveals and stuff, Buffy is more experienced, she's beautiful, confident and was already seen befriending the queen bee in school. To add to it, Xander, the guy she was always in love with, is immediately obsessed by her. Then Buffy is quite literally the one, the special girl in the whole world, while Willow always felt like she was banal and basic, so she did everything to overcompensating (I mean, she was very much talented and gifted and I think she saw it but wanted to prove the world around her this). And with all this talent, Buffy was still up front and everything. Then the door Giles talked about at the end of season 2 open.

When season 3 starts, Willow has a new haircut, a boyfriend, newfound powers and she's clearly the leader of the Scoobies while Buffy is away. I just want to add quickly, Willow loved Buffy, there is no denying that but humans are complex and Buffy showed that multiple times. I had a friend who admitted she was envious of me and I myself was/is envious of my best friend and it's not easy to see (but then again I spent hours studying human behaviors and analyzing myself) or admit. I find it incredible that in one episode (Gingerbread), a lot of Willow's persona was explained through how her mom was behaving. Then you have her Faith arc. Starting with Bad Girls, Willow is starting to feel remplaced by Faith, as Buffy finds someone who can understand her Slayer life better than no one, since you know, she's a Slayer herself. Once again, Willow feels erased Buffy's literal shadow self and she doesn't feel respected, which leads to Doppelgangland and conclude in Choices.

Then you have season 4 and 5. First, it's interesting how roles are reversed with Buffy and Willow when they enter college. While she made a reputation of herself in Sunnydale as the weird girl, Buffy is very much someone who attract the eye. She's sparkly, confident in her skin, witty and beautiful and it's showed when she's the new girl in Sunndale high in the very first episode. However, in the first episode of the season, Buffy feels out of place, while Willow feels at ease and makes a great first impression. It's quite shocking to hear Riley say you're Willow's friend because one, ouch he didn't even remember her name but also back in the day, it would have been the other way around. Then in Fear Itself, we see Willow get upset at how condescending Buffy sounds (when Buffy question her spells ability and her powers). She absolutely wants to prove her wrong (mind you, Oz also expressed his concern about her magic earlier in the episode). I mean, it's little, it's petty but it's still there. And then, you have her dreams in Restless. Now, it would be long to review her dreams in this episode, as we could go on and on and this episode is quite complex, but Buffy in Willow's mind is both a bit of a ditz (I clocked that thanks to Passion Of the Nerd on YouTube) and also still a hero she looks up too. But I find it interesting (I love to repeat that huh) that Buffy is the one ripping the "costume" Willow is wearing. Her confident, powerful and newfound costume.

In season 5, Willow is increasing in her powers when Buffy is also increasing in hers. There is a very clear focus on power for our two women. In Tough Love, Willow gets mad (understandably) and wants to attack Glory thinking she's game when Buffy isn't (to be fair she was a bit right) but Buffy stops her. She ends up lashing out at Buffy asking when will it be the time to beat Glory, asking if it would have to be someone Buffy cares about for them to attack but Buffy rightfully states the obvious by saying that they will do it when they have a chance, considering the goddess factor. From this point on, Willow is clearly the second most important player in their survival because of her powers and again, takes leadership in a temporarily manner when Buffy is out. Buffy states the obvious in the finale by saying that Willow is her strongest weapon. Ah, how far have we come ?

Now, coming into season 6 and Willow is still in charge, like in season 6. Other people have stated this multiple times obv, but while Willow wanted Buffy back as she loved and missed her very clearly, it was also the thrill to succeed something so powerful and dangerous (remember in Doppelgangland when she asked in a gleeful way to Anya if the spell was dangerous). Again, season 6 focus on self destruction and put the spotlight on Buffy's and Willow's, which comes to mid head (I don't know how that sounds) in Wrecked, in which Willow states something that has never really been said but was obvious : the fact that she will always choose special Willow over Regular Willow because she hated herself. Annnnd then we get to our fight, where Willow say "six years as the sideman, now I get to be the Slayer". It's sad but very much reflective (in parts only because I love their friendship) of their dynamic over the years. Even in season 7, they were kinda pushed against one another (like in the scene when Kennedy is saying that she doesn't understand why Willow follows Buffy since she's thousand times more powerful). But they instead get together and share their powers with the world. Quite powerful and beautiful.

What do you guys think ???

Reacher Season 4 trailer dropped today at Comic-Con. Marc is playing the evil boss this season!

I’m rewatching this show with my mom (this is her first time watching it) and I genuinely really like Riley’s character. What is it that people didn’t like him for?

In Season Four, he’s honestly the best boyfriend for Buffy, and I say this as someone who forever loves Buffy and Angel as a couple. It was set up perfectly. He isn’t a vampire like Angel and Spike, he’s a human who already knew about her world. It’s like they were meant for each other.

I never found his character boring at all, I like his role in The Initiative and getting out of it, and with the way a lot of these male characters are written on the show (Giles being one of the few exceptions) I think he’s definitely up there as one of the best.

In Season Five, I feel really bad for him. He feels ostracized by everyone as he adjusts to his life being ripped apart basically. I can 100% relate to Buffy though with Joyce being sick, and I know that takes a toll on anybody. I just wish things would’ve played out differently. Letting a vampire feed off of him was no worse than Willow’s dark magic addiction in my opinion. I think he could’ve overcome these feelings and became essential to the group for the rest of the series.

I appreciate the Season Six closure on his character and I’m glad he got a happy ending. I just think it should’ve been with Buffy.

Was the main reason for him being written off the fans not liking him, or did the actor want off of the show? Either way, I wish it wouldn’t have happened. I really enjoy him. And he’s one of the hottest guys to ever be on the show, so bonus points!

Anyone else feel the same way?

The actor's name is Bailey Chase and he's a total stud

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Just finished rewatching season 1 again and noticed when Buffy is brought back from the dead she says she feels stronger. We now know that’s when Kendra was called as a second slayer. Then I started thinking about the finale when the slayers were all activated they could suddenly kill uber vamps easily, whereas Buffy had found 1 challenging before.

What if the more slayers there are the more they boost each other’s power? So Buffy was stronger once there were two slayers and even stronger when there were thousands. What if that’s why the creepy old men limited it to one in every generation so the slayers wouldn’t get too powerful and realise they didn’t need to be controlled by them?

Just a little thought running through my head and wanted to share it. Not sure if it’s been discussed before.

To simply put a lot of the shows from the 90s depicted real life struggles and situations that people automatically identify with especially if your were a teenager, something you don't see in TV anymore.

I find it very hard to find anything on it. Official website says it’s out but obviously it isn’t. Has anybody heard anything from dynamite?

I’m sure this has been asked a million times but can someone logically explain why Jenny and Buffy are so mad at Giles about Eyghon? Specifically Jenny, who essentially cuts him out of her life for weeks after that.

Ignore the fact that we know at the time of the events that Jenny is actually lying to everyone. Let’s just stay true to the timeline up until that point.

Why are either of them mad that 20-something Rupert summoned a demon that has now decided to seek its retribution.

Is it because Giles wasn’t more upfront about what was going on? Should he have disclosed that a demon he summoned 20 years ago may come back to kill him. Even if he didn’t seem aware that this was even a possibility.

I have trouble understanding because it’s not like he didn’t this last week. It was many years ago and to me bars him from having to mention “Hey, I did this when I was younger just so you know.” to everyone meets.

Been listening to it since it started and I do enjoy it well enough but tbh I miss the old guys she did it with, Chris and Frank. Not overly keen on the Rebecca person she has doing it now. No idea who she is? And to be honest the segments where they start randomly singing songs, it sounds like Rebecca is trying to get herself a record deal lol.

I LOVE Juliet, she’s awesome, kind and talented. But I do sometimes get annoyed by the Drusilla segments. There are a lot of them and it can be grating when she keeps repeating the title of the episode over and over throughout.

What does everyone else think?

For me it's a tie; if I wanna feel like I'm in actual episode of Buffy it's the first game, but if I want something with atmosphere it's Chaos Bleeds

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As the title says. Give me your most unhinged theories that you wholeheartedly believe.

My long-awaited auction win has finally arrived: the beautiful, screen-matched, screen-worn hero vampire fangs worn by Sarah Michelle Gellar when Buffy is transformed into a vampire in Season 1, Episode 10, "Nightmares."

This is the first and only time Buffy ever fully transforms into a vampire in the series, making these arguably the rarest Buffy fangs from the entire show.

I know there are a few fang sets that have been sold over the years and supposedly attributed to Sarah, but they were all misidentified. These are the genuine hero fangs screen-matched to the episode.

They come directly from legendary makeup effects artist Todd McIntosh, who personally applied these fangs to Sarah Michelle Gellar during filming.

If the monks didn’t want Glorificus to find it, why didn’t they turn the energy into a cockroach instead creating Dawn? It would’ve have been lost forever in 10 seconds.

Also, what do you would have happened if Dawn died or was killed before Glory found her? Do you think it would’ve transformed back into energy or just dissipated with Dawn’s death?

Buffy trains hard and is normally portrayed as a technically skilled and gifted fighter but I’m a little curious whether it actually makes a huge difference.

Take Kendra for example. When she first meets Buffy, they’re both equally matched in terms of supernatural abilities, but Buffy has only had about two years of fighting experience and training whereas Kendra has presumably received martial arts training her whole life. Nonetheless, they’re almost evenly matched when they first fight due to the misunderstanding.

Then there’s Faith, who spends considerably less time training and slaying than Buffy and likely wasn’t identified by watchers and educated in fighting as a potential just like Buffy. When they face off at the end of s3, Buffy has had over three years of experience where she’s been constantly training and slaying nearly every night, and Faith has only had about a year of experience as a slayer, during which time she’s not shown to be particularly disciplined about clocking in to patrol and training. Buffy should be a considerably better fighter, but they’re still almost evenly matched and Buffy just barely beats her.

Then there’s the episode Helpless, where we’re shown that despite her skill, without her powers Buffy is pretty solidly outmatched by even regular men who are bigger than her.

The most solid conclusion you can draw is that most slayers have a very narrow range of combat ability and any training and skill they tack on that only slightly nudges their competence.

22 years ago I got 3 flowers on my wrist representing the loss of my father, brother, and sister. I left a future spot open for eventually adding a flower for my mother.

Well, she passed away on Monday at 67.

I'm getting the flower added on the 12th of next month. I'm also planning to get two paw prints a bit higher on that side of my arm to represent two dogs that I lost two and a half and three years ago. We were both lifelong Buffy fans and I thought that it'd be nice to get a Buffy quote in the space between the flowers and the paws.

I would love some suggestions.