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Notes on Buffy 3.04 Beauty and the Beasts
Standard disclaimer: I'll often speak of foreshadowing, but that doesn't mean I'm at all committing to the idea that there was some fixed design from the word go -- it's a short hand for talking about the resonances that end up in the text as it unspools.
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Notes on Buffy 3.03: Faith, Hope and Trick
Standard disclaimer: I'll often speak of foreshadowing, but that doesn't mean I'm at all committing to the idea that there was some fixed design from the word go -- it's a short hand for talking about the resonances that end up in the text as it unspools.
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Notes on Buffy 3.02: Dead Man's Party
Standard disclaimer: I'll often speak of foreshadowing, but that doesn't mean I'm at all committing to the idea that there was some fixed design from the word go -- it's a short hand for talking about the resonances that end up in the text as it unspools.
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Notes on Buffy 3.01: Anne
Standard disclaimer: I'll often speak of foreshadowing, but that doesn't mean I'm at all committing to the idea that there was some fixed design from the word go -- it's a short hand for talking about the resonances that end up in the text as it unspools.
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Movie Meme!
I'm doing a meme! I got it from eowyn_315 who got it from blackfrancine .
What are my favorite movies released each year of my life? Well, I'm old, so you just get the first 20 years for now.
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Late to the Party -- the pronunciation meme
I loved hearing everybody's voices. It took me a while to figure out how to do this, but I think I figured it out:
http://vocaroo.com/?media=vmUnWxXr55BdHoLJC
Here were the questions:
Questions.
Who are you?
Where are you from?
Say the following words: Aunt, Roof, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, ( Read more... ) -
Season 8: The Status of Being Beneath Her and Not Being Invited In
Two of the iconic ways Buffy asserted her position in the relationship at Spike's expense was when she said he was beneath her and when she revoked his invitation. Both of those moments have been invoked in the comics. Below an argument about why this isn't a callous repeat of some hurtful moments, but rather an upending of then.
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#40: Reactions
You can find summaries at Whedonesque, also. My reactions are below the cut.
Note: They are positive reactions. Read at your own risk.
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Notes on Buffy 2.21: Becoming, Part I
Standard disclaimer: I'll often speak of foreshadowing, but that doesn't mean I'm at all committing to the idea that there was some fixed design from the word go -- it's a short hand for talking about the resonances that end up in the text as it unspools.
Standard spoiler warning: The notes are written for folks who have seen all of BtVS and AtS. ( Read more... )