Close Your Eyes - A Whedon Moment That Will Make You Cry.
Again, I blame whedonland's big bang alt. This is starting to hurt a lot, guys. And you can see yet another moment when Joss Whedon decided he'd use my heart as the sole of his shoe. That rat bastard. On the upside, this one comes with music. Don't let that fool you, though. Joss Whedon hates the universe, mankind and possibly Nathan Fillion, although no one quite knows why. Something about turnips. Anywho, theactives, this is love right here. For this one, I present Angel & Buffy, and the ending scenes of Becoming Part II.
Buffy: (whispers) I love you.
Angel: (whispers) I love you.
She touches his lips with her fingers again.
Buffy: Close your eyes.
She nods reassuringly, and he closes his eyes. She tries hard not to start crying, and kisses him again gently. She steps back, draws back her sword and thrusts it into his chest. His eyes whip open in surprise and pain, and a bright light emanates from the sword. She steps away from him. He reaches out to her and looks down at the sword thrust completely through him. He looks at her imploringly, completely bewildered by this turn of events. She can only stare at the sword protruding from his chest, and slowly steps further back.
Angel: Buffy...
Behind him the power of the sword begins to swirl into the vortex. Buffy steps further back, still looking only at the sword in his chest and not into his face. The vortex has enlarged to about twelve feet (3.5 m) across, and the two energies begin to interact. Angel still holds out his hand to Buffy. When the vortex finally meets him it suddenly closes into Acathla's mouth without so much as a spark, taking him with it. Buffy stares at the stone demon for a long moment, a light of awareness dawning in her eyes as she truly realizes what she has done, what she has lost. She begins to sob, her heart breaking.
She turns around and walks away down the street without looking back.
Lyrics: If all of the strength and all of the courage / Come and lift me from this place
Dissolve to the inside of a bus. Buffy's reflection is visible in the window as it drives by her house.
Lyrics: I know I can love you much better than this / Full of grace
Buffy looks out the window calmly as the bus drives on.
Cut to a two-lane road leading out of town. The bus passes under the camera on its way.
Lyrics: I know I can love you much better than this
The camera pans down to a sign that reads:
NOW LEAVING SUNNYDALE
come back soon!
Lyrics: It's better this way
& the score, because it's beautiful.
- For whedonland's Big Bang Alt. :D
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- transcript from here.