Play by Play: The Initiative

Oh ok, Forest, you can go fly a kite with your mini-diatribe against the modern woman. I'm glad you become a mindless automaton robot psycho, you perv.

Buffy IS "peculiar,"as a character and a show, but I need not tell you that. It's the number one reason that I feel comfortable walking the line between socially acceptable and abnormally introverted slash attracted to showtunes and various cheese products.  I give credit to BtVS for teaching me that it is OK to be different--and that it is even preferable ("a valid lifestyle choice," if you will.  It's OK to be a vamp slayer, a lez, an unemployed townie, a post-apocalyptic soul-searching librarian.)   Our generation's Glee. (Love you, Glee.)

I like jelly donuts too, Xander.  I'm sorry you feel useless, but if I were a slayer, I can assure you, I'd want--nay, need--a lot of mother#($*%&! donuts.  You fulfill an important role...you bring the sweets.  And the sweet.  (Unless, of course, you're playing saboteur. Forgiveness is a bitter pill for me to swallow.)

Spike's cell in the initiative is oddly reminiscent of the dentist's office.  Or at least what I remember of the dentist's office.  I need to make a dentist appointment.

Ballpoints CAN be tricky, Willow, just like your feelings.  "It's not my job to coddle my students."  To the contrary, Maggie, I've found that's just EXACTLY an educator's job. (Wah, wah.)

Giles, you can say "rasburrrry" all you want.  (Come to mama...what?  Sorry.)

Riley is admirable, certainly.  Parker deserved to be punched into the next century.  But here's where I struggle with Riley...he's perfect.  Loving, adorable, protective, macho but sort of sensitive, and of the nicely-built slice o' middle American pie  But let's get real ladies, none of us would go for this in RL.  We know I wouldn't--maybe I'm just projecting my issues (why am I allowed to blog?).  Who needs passion? romance? excitement? longing? when you've got available, stable, and flowy bangs?  Srsly, for $14.99, Great Clips could fix that shit real quick.

Digging the sapphic mopey music, Wil.  Aaaaaand cue the lady lovin'.

GO AWAY HARMONY.  Spike is so dull when he's with her; this relationship is only interesting when juxtaposed with his love for our dear slayer.  But vampiric impotence-that's something special.  I love how Spike is continuously brought crashing down to earth, no matter how hard he seems.  For a vampire, he is one of the most human characters in an incredibly well-developed cast of multi-layered misfits.

I don't really care about the combat.  My heart breaks for Willow: "I've seen honest faces before.  They usually come attached to liars."  Word.