Blue Roses

Yeah. Those strangled screeches heard throughout the country? Hi, that was me. <.g> I have not liked this season at all. (Except the musical, loved that.) Didn't like Buffy not dealing, Dawn annoyed me, I hated the implication that Wicca=heroin, didn't like Willow/Tara breaking up, didn't like Willow all bad, didn't like that Spike wasn't consistantly bad or good, didn't like no Giles, hated the breakup of Xander/Anya, well, you get the picture. <.g> I wasn't a happy camper. (And yes, I know why there was no Giles, and I fully support Tony and his decision. I just wish they would have MENTIONED him, damn it. Like tonight when looking up spells and running into Sumerian. Hello, CALL GILES, you idiots! He's in England, not dead. Why weren't they e-mailing with him? Calling him to catch up every so often? He was a huge part of their lives, and you don't have to cut people out when they move on. Why didn't he try to occasionally stay in contact? I know he was trying to help by leaving, and it's logical, but you don't just CUT YOURSELF OFF from the people who have been your family for the last 6 years!! Okay, um, see, this is the not happy. Started out as a one sentence clairifcation and turned into this rant. Sorry.)

I was somewhat spoiled for the finale, sometimes wrongly as it turned out. I knew it was going to be emotionally draining, and that I would continue to be not happy. And so it was. <.g> I loved seeing Giles again, though, and his laughter came exactly where it needed to in the episode.

it was a solid episode, I guess. I just don't like Willow as the evil, ending the world and killing people type. She's my girl, and I just can't buy it enough. it was so creepy how she still retained her Willowness, just was so mean and cruel. I felt it was like a scary movie, and I dislike scary movies. Also, I felt as if they had done this exact thing LAST season with Glory, the supposedly undefeatable woman, and was not all that impressed. So, basically, I was really at the point of thinking I might not watch next season, though it is the last. I just didn't know how they'd rebuild Willow into the gang, and I was still bitter over Spike and Tara.

And then the last scene. The last line. Hot damn, isn't it October yet?? I wanna see more! Spike with a soul totally blew me away...does that mean that what Buffy deserves is to be loved and with a soul he can love her and she can love him? I'd like that. I know, I know, it's been done before with Angel. (Which, hello, what the HELL happened last night?? Half the cast is gone! I want them back, please.) But Spike with a soul will be different than Angel with a soul, because Spike without a soul is so very completely different from Angel without a soul. Hey, wonder if we'll see some bloody awful poetry. I'm hoping the writers can get their heads out of their asses, where they had to have been this past year, and get back to the writing and plots they used to be up to. Spike could have been set up to be the big bad next season. Instead, he's gonna be a good guy....we saw him before he was vamped, he has to be. If as an unsouled demon, he could love and be sappy and fight for good even once in awhile, how bad can a souled-Spike be? (please don't let those be famous last words.) basically, I think he has some interesting and fun possibilities now...Joss, do not fuck this up. I will come after you with flashcards.

So, let's see. To sum it up: Hated this season. Am exhausted after this episode, and not censoring myself. Sorry. (Talking oddly as well, and apologizing often, too. Weird.) Am utterly fascinated and interested in the implications of all that happened tonight, especially the last scene with Spike, and am worried about the state Willow will be in come October. Also worried about how much time will have passed by the time we see them again, in their world. After all this, I don't want to be cheated out of seeing Willow deal, but I also don't want it to drag the show down again like this season was. But I think I was very invested in this episode...it pulled me in and wouldn't let me go, even when I wanted it to. Well written, directed, and acted. Just wish the plot had been different. <.g>

Oh, and was that Sarah McLachlan at the end? Pretty song. They use her well.

And slap me upside the head and call me stupid...Andrew is in love with Warren? Good heavens, I am the queen slasher of EVERYONE and I missed this. I always thought he had a crush, he had to to be doing all of this, but it wasn't really a concrete thought that I thought was real. Now my friends are laughing at me for missing it so entirely. Were there words? Looks? You gotta help me here. LOL I missed slashy, gay boys. I'm sad.

Now I'm finally going away. <.g>