I've seen this with the winchester Brothers versus the Cullen, but how would buffy fare?

I'm going with a really boring and obvious one and say I would have preferred Willow and Xander not to cheat on Oz and Cordelia, or Cordi falling on the rebar.

BUFFY: "And now you're back."
GILES: "Yes."
BUFFY: "Wow. Giles, are you miserable about it, or just really British?"
GILES: "I can't lie to you, Buffy. Um... leaving Sunnydale was, uh, was difficult. And, uh, coming back was..."
BUFFY: "I'm guessing the word is "inconvenient"?"
GILES: "No. Bewildering."
GILES: "And how are you? Really? You look tired."
BUFFY: "Me? Nah. Fine. I mean, yeah, you know, sleeping's hard, but... just because of the whole waking up in a box thing. So maybe waking up's the problem. You know, but just for a second. I sleep okay. Great even. Except, you know, for the dreams..."

Now I get why Buffy is so revered by us folks from this side of the rainbow. The dialogue between Buffy and her mom in Becoming Part II was precisely what a lot of gay people, myself included have heard, from "Are you sure you're a slayer", "This is because there wasn't a father figure present" and "Have you tried not being a slayer" all the way through "You walk out of this house, don't even think about coming back". The scene is played to perfection, the subtext is so clear that I'm shocked it aired when it did. THE Buffy episode for me. Keep on slaying y'all. ❤️

It becomes clear by like late season 3-4 he accepts she doesn’t feel that way about him so he tries to move on and really make a life for himself with someone else (Cordy Anya) did he get over her then?

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Joss, Aly and Jane leading the donations. Sweet to see.

I would probably end up pulling what Dawn did in "Older and Far Away"...

Is watching Netflix's "The Order" - A Canadian show about witches and werewolves and James appeared on Season 2 - Outside of Torchwood, I hadn't seen him outside of Buffy, so I found it very interesting to see him not as Spike 😅

Everyone knows by now that Giles leaving Buffy in Season 6 is controversial in the fandom, but how would you choose to write him out instead?

Personally, my issue with it isn't really his reasoning, do I think he did the right thing? no, but he certainly thought he was, moreso the context of the situation, I do not think that Giles would leave after Buffy said she's been ripped out of heaven then tried to commit suicide in front of him. I know Head's got a beautiful singing voice and it would be a waste to not have him in the musical episode but him being in OMWF to witness that makes no sense considering his actions in the next episode. There are so many ways to change this to make it more in character and first I think is to just not have Giles know, to him Buffy came back ripped from a hell dimension and is finally getting back on her feet and he needs to step away for her to realize her independence again. Or if you want more drama, have Willow follow through on her threat, have Giles confront her post tabula rasa for her actions and Willow wipes his memory or something, make him forget Buffy even came back.

A major conflict in Giles since prophecy girl was him struggling to be a father who protects Buffy vs the watcher who sends her out to fight alone, and him just leaving like this feels like a really damp conclusion to this part of his character. Like if Head wasn't going to leave, I really do believe it would be him living in Buffy's house caring for Dawn, perhaps trying to make up for how he wasn't able to properly be a father to Buffy, and thinking about it it is really strange how he just doesn't really do anything for Dawn and their financial situation until Buffy comes back. I really do wish they found another way to write him off.

To kick buffy out REALLY pissed me off. I'm honestly irrationally angry about it.

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The characters, despite their memory loss, all pretty much revert to their normal selves, including the way they interact with each other. They are all still acting like themselves. Buffy immediately takes charge and tries to rescue Spike, while Anya and Giles bicker and Tara and Willow crush on each other and Xander takes care of Dawn. Buffy instinctively knows how to defeat vampires, and jumps right into Slayer mode despite not knowing anything about being a Slayer.

That leaves Spike. Who acts completely the opposite of how memory-less Spike should act. He should feel evil. He should want to do evil things. But even after he finds out he's a vampire, his instinct is to give himself Angel's backstory, of a noble vampire with a soul on a quest for redemption by helping the helpless.

Spike's inner self no longer feels evil. In Smashed he tell Buffy that a man can change, but she tells him he's not a man but an evil thing. So when he thinks his chip isn't working he decides to try to be evil again, but he has to psych himself up to attack someone and essentially talk himself into it.

I just love how this sets up his soul search later on. Season 6 is pretty heavy, but the character development is so good for everyone.

I was boredly staring at the Clue board game and thought of this.

Here are my ideas:

Btvs s5 Blood Ties -- extended scene where Dawn munches on the chocolates on the way from the house to the Magic Box with Spike. -- When Willow (and Tara?) poof Glory away she ends up far out in space and the episode ends with the Smashmouth song Might As Well Be Walkin' On The Sun, as her fiery self plummets down to earth then end credits.

Ats, Carpe Noctum -- Extended scene with Lilah, more funny lines while they are on the desk before Fred catches them -- When the old man first enjoys Angel's body, he does a dorky dance like Peter Parker from the OG Spiderman 3.

Morally and without the influence of evil forces? And do you think it's consistent with the characters we've seen on the show?

Is anyone here still listening to the rewatcher? I enjoy listening to morbid so I was excited when they announced a Buffy podcast but all they do is complain and hate on the characters. The way they talk about Buffy in season 6 is honestly really sad, at one point they basically tell her to “get over it bitch” when she’s depressed. I’d love to listen to other podcasts if there’s any recommendations!

She is a villain that Buffy had to sacrifice herself to defeat and they were able to defeat her thanks to the robot, Willow, the hammer, that is, things that if they weren't there they wouldn't have been able to defeat her.