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blackfrancineI'm trying to make up for lost time! 2 days in one post!
Man, Day 15 was difficult. Not because I couldn't decide. Just because thinking about these scenes kept making me cry. Sadness ahoy!
To counterbalance the 3 funniest scenes, I have 3 sad scenes.
Number 3 can be found here.
Number 2: Wedding Day
Oh my god. The combination of Anya's unbelievably sweet vows and her walking up that aisle all alone, facing that humiliation and pain--facing the knowledge that she didn't get love after all. Or, maybe she had been right all those years she was smiting men. Oh, jeez. So much pain in my heart.
Number 1: Sisters Forever
This scene just guts me. I don't even know if I can explain why. But... when Buffy says to Dawn that she couldn't let her see her? It kills me. It's Buffy speaking out loud her greatest fear. Her greatest flaw. She doesn't want others to see her. She doesn't want them to see her be weak--doesn't want them to know she's falling apart. And, here, she realizes for the first time that her fears are hurting the people she loves as well as herself.
And--oh goodness. The line "Who's going to take care of us?" That just kills me all over again. It shows how vulnerable and exposed and childlike Buffy feels. And yet--us. I love that. She and Dawn are in it together. And a thought to the contrary never even crosses Buffy's mind. She says us like it's the exact same thing as saying me--and I find that so powerful, so moving. To think in the face of this grief and despair--in the face of her worst fears--fears of letting people in, letting them see her--she still feels so connected, so unified with Dawn. It's horrible and beautiful, that moment.
My biggest WTF moment was...
when I finally realized that Cecily and Halfrek were one and the same.
I don't know how many times I watched Older and Far Away and Hells Bells before It finally clicked. Seriously. I watched them many, many times. Then I went back and watched Fool for Love--and I was like, "Heeeeeey? That's the same lady as, as, Halfrek."
And then I watched Older and Far Away again--and I realized that the show basically tells you that it's the same person, and I'd missed it a thousand times.
Man, Day 15 was difficult. Not because I couldn't decide. Just because thinking about these scenes kept making me cry. Sadness ahoy!
To counterbalance the 3 funniest scenes, I have 3 sad scenes.
Number 3 can be found here.
Number 2: Wedding Day
Oh my god. The combination of Anya's unbelievably sweet vows and her walking up that aisle all alone, facing that humiliation and pain--facing the knowledge that she didn't get love after all. Or, maybe she had been right all those years she was smiting men. Oh, jeez. So much pain in my heart.
Number 1: Sisters Forever
This scene just guts me. I don't even know if I can explain why. But... when Buffy says to Dawn that she couldn't let her see her? It kills me. It's Buffy speaking out loud her greatest fear. Her greatest flaw. She doesn't want others to see her. She doesn't want them to see her be weak--doesn't want them to know she's falling apart. And, here, she realizes for the first time that her fears are hurting the people she loves as well as herself.
And--oh goodness. The line "Who's going to take care of us?" That just kills me all over again. It shows how vulnerable and exposed and childlike Buffy feels. And yet--us. I love that. She and Dawn are in it together. And a thought to the contrary never even crosses Buffy's mind. She says us like it's the exact same thing as saying me--and I find that so powerful, so moving. To think in the face of this grief and despair--in the face of her worst fears--fears of letting people in, letting them see her--she still feels so connected, so unified with Dawn. It's horrible and beautiful, that moment.
My biggest WTF moment was...
when I finally realized that Cecily and Halfrek were one and the same.
I don't know how many times I watched Older and Far Away and Hells Bells before It finally clicked. Seriously. I watched them many, many times. Then I went back and watched Fool for Love--and I was like, "Heeeeeey? That's the same lady as, as, Halfrek."
And then I watched Older and Far Away again--and I realized that the show basically tells you that it's the same person, and I'd missed it a thousand times.
