#buffyverse thoughts

[laufire]

Buffy Summers for the character asks

How I feel about this character: I adore her. I cry when she cries. I think she's one of the best protagonists ever created.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Angel is at the very top and basically anything else is tamer and situational lol. Faith would be a strong, if not equal second. Distant thirds would be whenever I've enjoyed the likes of Buffy/Willow, Buffy/Tara, Buffy/Kendra... but in a low-key way. I also appreciate the idea of Buffy/Drusilla, but that's all in my head.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: DAWN. DAWNDAWNDAWN. Their relationship wrecks meeee.

My unpopular opinion about this character: idek what could be unpopular, my circles and I tend to agree and I tend to ignore the rest añdslfkajsdf. Hmm. I guess I've seen people say she UTTERLY FAILED Faith in season 3, and I think it was more complicated than that? But I also don't think that's a widely extended opinion, probably.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: if I'd rewatched more recently I'm sure I'd have sooooo much to say lol. Hmm... recently I saw someone (I can't remember where) saying that maybe after death she got her memories from The Day In The Sun with Angel and that that's part of what they discussed in their off-screen reunion... generally I prefer that we didn't see them meet and that we can project whatever onto it, but I would've loved to see something about that.

#charlottenewtons #thank you! <3 #replies #talking to the void #my thoughts #buffyverse #buffyverse thoughts #buffy summers #favourites: the walking dead #favourites: i am the law #bangel

[liam-summers]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 03.19 | Choices

#btvsedit #buffy the vampire slayer #buffyverse #bangel #buffy x angel #buffy summers #angel btvs #*gif #zanisummers #dailybtvs #usernaj #otp: how's forever? #his face lmaooo #he thought the demon cave was romantique 🥺 #Buffy girl in your world a rut is a good thing #just let it happen it’ll get crazy again soon :)

[bloomfish]

I think one of the worst moments in buffy history is them framing xander's speech about riley in into the woods as like... correct in any way. it makes you really dislike Xander (even more). Buffy's boyfriend literally cheats on her with vampire prostitutes lol and then tells her that if she doesn't forgive him on the spot he's leaving forever. and then we're supposed to buy that Xander is correct in saying that it's all Buffy's fault and that she should run after Riley to beg him to stay?

It's sooo infuriating how Riley is framed as 'the one who got away' when really he's 'the one who was so cripplingly insecure that he couldn't handle his girlfriend being stronger than him and having her own problems because he's made his entire identity about his girlfriend instead of getting the fuck over himself'

the real reason why xander doesn't want buffy to dump riley's ass as she should is so clearly because he projects onto riley. subconsciously he thinks that if someone 'normal' like riley can be with buffy then he also has a shot. newsflash it wasn't riley being 'normal' it was riley being an insecure condescending freak just like u

#and i actually like xander. s7 xander starts to be better. comics xander is near flawless #xander harris shut up forever about buffy's love life at least until youve gone to therapy challenge #i do think buffy could be with someone normal but they would have to be extremely secure well adjusted and also just a chill person #which neither riley nor xander fits. #i dont think there's any buffyverse human male who fits this though tbf #btvs #btvs thoughts

[yarboyandy]

He shoulda been at the club

#buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #buffyverse #wesley wyndam pryce #andy drawz #im literally so sick rn thats why he looks abd #sorry wesley #i thought i wouldnt like him cuz giles is my babygirl princess but actually he's funny #Wesley trying to be a good watcher while buffy only listens to Giles (Who is five irish coffees and three cigarettes deep at 10 am)

[mycatismyfriend]

Spike in Angel the Series 5x11

↳ What happened? Oh, I just thought I'd see what it was like to bounce off the pavement. Pretty much what I expected.

#dunno i just thought this was shot really pretty #angel the series #angel #ats #spike #spikedaily #buffyverse #slayerdaily #dailyats #james masters #ats 5x11 #spike btvs

[all-seeing-ifer]

I did have a bunch of other thoughts on my thesis statement that wolf 359 is basically the only other piece of media that managed to successfully pull off buffy's writing style but I ended up getting way off track just harping on that one point and I had to cut most of it out from the recs list, but basically I think it comes down to the wolf 359 writers not just imitating whedon's writing style without thought like a lot of writers at the time (and unfortunately, still today) did, but actually understood the main principles that made buffy's writing work. which I would say are

1) The characters talk Like That because of who they are as people. Buffy makes quips and pop culture references because it’s her way of dealing with the shit she goes through. We don’t see her making those jokes when the situation is hopeless and she doesn’t feel like she can deal with it anymore. Similarly, Doug Eiffel makes quips and pop culture references because he misses Earth and its pop culture, he doesn’t take his role on the Hephaestus seriously, and he wants everyone to know these things. And as we come to learn, there are very clear reasons why he feels this way.

and

2) The writers know when to shut the fuck up and be serious. Despite its often ironic and irreverent tone, a lot of the most memorable and best episodes of Wolf are ones that are more serious and have genuine emotional weight behind them: Am I Alone Now, Memoria, the Desperate Times/Desperate Measures two-parter, the Variations on a Theme minisode. Not to imply that the more comedic episodes aren’t also often stellar, but it’s clear that the writers still take their own story and characters seriously.

#wolf 359 #buffyverse #buffy the vampire slayer #ifer rambles #anyway this is just thinky thoughts #buffy fans pls listen to w359 you guys'll love it

[rey-han]

girlhood is a spectrum

#just girly thoughts #buffy summers #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #buffyverse #sarah michelle gellar

[dogmotif]

yknow. angel HAS to be miserable or else he'll start killing. that's such a funny concept but also like really deeply deeply deeply upsetting

yeah i think some people don't realise how effective the curse is in that way. he is never allowed to get comfortable with his life. it's not actually a sex curse, it's more just. pure contentment. so yeah it's awful!! but also yes it's funny as fuck sometimes

#i love angel i've thought abt the curse at length so yeah #angel #buffyverse #asks #anonymous

[annairaleigh]

Did the monks making Dawn into Buffy's sister and implanting the memories into Joyce's head cause Joyce's brain tumor, or did the monks know Joyce was going to die and without Dawn, Buffy wouldn't have survived the loss?

Questions my heart cannot handle this early

#buffy the vampire slayer #buffy summers #buffyverse #dawn summers #joyce summers #thoughts #buffy thoughts

[thepunkmuppet]

actually genuinely what the FUCK

#my two most precious and beloved and cherished shows are coming back to me when I literally thought they were done forever!!!!!!!!! #gay pirate show!!!! #and nerdy prudes a day after btvs?!?!!!?! #all I do is win all I do is WIN!!!!! #lmao I am loving my very niche and specific overlap of fandoms yes I am aware my taste is exquisite #but seriously WHAT?!?!!! #I didn’t know about the buffy thing until like 10 minutes ago and my brain is fucking DISINTEGRATING this is NOT real #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #angel the series #ats #buffyverse #slayers: a buffyverse story #slayers a buffyverse story #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd 2 #our flag means death season 2 #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #starkid #team starkid #starkid productions #the magnus archives #tma #the magnus protocol #tmagp

[laufire]

Bangel or Spuffy?

(I think I know the answer- you have amazing amazing taste lol but I still wanna see you talk about it)

Bangel and it's not even close lol.

I'm not saying Spuffy wasn't a compelling storyline as it was written (or that the actors didn't have INSANE chemistry). But I've made it no secret that I rarely care -and almost never get emotionally invested- for ships based on a character stalking and obsessing and wearing down a reluctant or even outright unwilling love interest who has to be continuously put through the ringer in order to be at a low enough point that they'll accept their advances. I'm not trying to put a moral spin on this lol, idc about that, it simply isn't my thing.

Bangel though? Soooooo my thing it's ridiculous lmao. Instant connection! Love At First Sight shit! Meet Ugly! Truly star-crossed! Blood sharing! Lovers to Enemies arc in s2! "I Will Remember You"!

Hit after hit after hit for me <3

SEND ME TWO SHIPS AND I'LL TELL YOU WHICH ONE I PREFER

#replies #wowthatsextra #talking to the void #my thoughts #buffyverse #buffyverse thoughts #bangel #favourites: love at first bite #favourites: love is the drug #favourites: the powah of lurve

[twelverriver]

favourite ats dynamics: DARLA & DRUSILLA

#atsedit #dailyats #smallscreensource #tvfilmgifs #usercande #usersiesie #slayerdaily #tuserfrankie #*mine #ats #buffyverse #darla #drusillla #ep: reunion #ep: redefinition #hi i LOVE them #anyway they're so affectionate when they get along i love them jsdjs #I THOUGHT IT WAS WHAT YOU WANTED

[bloomfish]

The Weetabix in the blood is actually a metaphor for how Spike isn't a regular vampire. He's got texture

#this is a joke. but he's really the not like other girls of the buffyverse #btvs thoughts #btvs #im eating weetabix again :) #trick was the other not like other girls but he was sadly killed off too quickly :( rip a legend gone too soon #spike btvs

[burkleswinifred]

Dangel could do "I love you." "No you don't, but thanks for saying it.", but S/puffy could never do "God doesn't want you... But I still do."

#ramblings #btvs #ats #dangel #anti spuffy #idk if this even makes sense #i just think dangel is toxic in a compelling and fun way #vs s/puffy that's toxic in a gross and sad way #sorry to my non buffyverse moots #occasionally i will relapse into posting my buffyverse thoughts bc i feel the need to scream about it online

[ravennazane]

Illyria. 💙 Reblog/please don’t repost. 🖤

#illyria #angel the series #amy acker #buffy the vampire slayer #angel #buffyverse #myedits #i made these for myself as usual & thought i'd share <3 #always really loved illyria/thought she was super cool idk #ravennazane

[all-seeing-ifer]

apologies for talking about cordy in season 4 again this is a disease I have and I'm aware of that. but it does actually drive me a bit up the wall that season 4 is above all else about fate vs free will. the question of whether a perfect utopia is worth it if it exists without free will, if we're in control over our own destinies, etc. and so surely, you'd expect that the fact that the show's secondary protagonist spends almost the entire season possessed, deprived entirely of agency and free will, would be an important part of that, right? this character's experience would be really thematically crucial to any statements the season is making, right? part of the tragedy of this very tragic season should surely be the horror of a character who we the audience have come to know and love, who is a person with thoughts and feelings and struggles and complexities and flaws, losing their voice and their personhood and being reduced to a pawn in a larger game? you'd think that character's personhood would be a thing we can never lose sight of the importance of, right? WELL ONE WOULD THINK

#sorry everyone i had a coach trip today and many ats thoughts rattled around in my brain #and now i need to exorcise them #buffyverse #angel the series #ifer rambles