Buffy The Vampire Slayer - S07x15|♡Uncut Reaction &Review♡
Get It Done
The Scoobies use a spell to transport Buffy into a shadow world, where she meets the men who created the first slayer. However, in order for her to return home, the gang must find and slay a ferocious demon.
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So when Willow takes power from the other to open the portal. The other potentials are not in the room. So that makes Kennedy the strongest out of Her, Zander, and Dawn. However, I think Dawn should have some power being the key (even if there's no door to unlock), but that is just my opinion. Obviously, that is not the case.
Until two viewings ago, I thought it was Kennedy and Dawn. Only recently did I even notice it was Anya.
Buffy's speech is a tough one here, but I get it. She is tired of carrying the load, when the people around her are capable, but they are doing what is expected and nothing more. I take care of my 75 year old mother. She currently can't walk. I have three sisters, 2 of which live less than 5 miles away. None of them help with my mother at all. They leave it to me. Why would they have to bother when they KNOW that if they don't do it, I HAVE to? It gets done. By me. I get the speech. So much do I get the speech. STEP IT THE FUCK UP PEOPLE. I CAN'T DO IT ALONE. She isn't wrong. Also, I thought the suicide subplot was interesting because they never really explored suicide in the Buffyverse in a way that it affected everyone. However, in an interview, Joss said his original plan for FAITH was to have her commit suicide and the ramifications that had on the Scoobies. I don't remember why it changed (I am guessing Eliza is awesome and they wanted to keep her around). I think seeing just how this suicide rattled them, Faith's would have broken them.
Thank you for expressing this, I can relate so much. My parents are a lot older than any of my friends. My mom was 42 when I was born and my dad was in his 50s. My mom died of cancer when I was 25 and I dropped my whole life to move back home and take care of her for 3 years before she died. I was 22. My dad is paralyzed from the waist down and I am now his full time caregiver. So I’ve lived at home for the last 10 years taking care of my mom and now my dad. I feel like I’ve lost my youth and freedom at such a young age. Something most people don’t deal with until later in life. My sister has never leant a hand to help. She’s off living her best life across the country ever since she turned 18. She’s never come home to help (and she’s older than me). She only comes to visit every couple of years for a holiday. So I’ve always felt that unfair responsibility too :(
Every time with this episode, I get annoyed at these three guys. Come on, they couldn't show the Ubervamp army vision to Buffy, before offering the power boost? Communicate the problem, offer a solution. The offered solution could then be an informed rejection. For what are clearly three very clever men, this was dumb.
I think the inference is they are not used to having to explain themselves to a talkative slayer and their word is final. The idea of a democratic discussion about things probably doesn't feature much in their era. We will have to wait and see if it was a mistake for Buffy not to take the power when offered...
Always liked this episode. It ups the stakes and gives us a major (and logical) new piece of the slayer mythology. Buffy's speech is harsh but she is feeling a lot of anger about what has happened and powerless to stop it. Season 7 really explores her struggles with leadership, and as per the season opener, it's all about power (who has it, how they use it) - a theme this episode runs with, to the point that she rejects more power, knowing what might come with it.
In episode 5x01 Dracula saw darkness in Buffy's power. Now we know why.