Litsy

TheKidUpstairs

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale | James B. South

Forget Angel vs Spike. #TeamGiles Forever! Library Power!

monalyisha I may or may not have written my MLIS grad school application essay about Buffy. 😏 3d

Ruthiella Absolutely! 👍 3d

lil1inblue 🙌 🙌 🙌 I need to rewatch this show. 💓 3d

63 likes3 comments

monalyisha

Whedonistas!: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them | Lynne M. Thomas, Deborah Stanish

I just went down such a rabbit hole after learning that Seanan McGuire 1) found her agent through writing Buffy fanfic, & 2) genuinely despises the ending of the series.

NOW. I have plenty of complaints about Buffy. But the ending was never one of them. Any other superfans want to weigh in?

I may have bought a book just to read her essay about it.

Note: Don‘t worry! I bought it used. Because, ew, Joss Whedon.

willaful I was a big fan at one time and was pretty happy with the ending. I'm curious now too. 3mo

monalyisha @willaful The most I can find is a Goodreads quote, “The mythology warped and twisted back along itself until Buffy Summers, the girl who once railed against the unfairness of being Chosen, looked at a squadron of girls who were just like she‘d been and took away their right to Choose.” 3mo

willaful Ah, yes I can understand that point of view. It's presented as entirely a positive in the show, and you can argue that Buffy's pov has changed with age and that she's giving them something she mostly didn't have -- each other. 3mo

See All 12 Comments

AnneCecilie I liked that ending, but I had a completely different understanding off it. I took it to mean that every girl had the inner strength to be a slayer and stand up for herself 3mo

TheLudicReader I didn‘t hate the ending of Buffy. (My complaint has always been how they jumped the shark with Spike.) Curious to know what the author‘s fanfic handle was as I wrote a lot of fanfic back in the day and was pretty well connected to fandom. 3mo

monalyisha @willaful @AnneCecilie Yes! I viewed it as such a hopeful and beautiful example of the redistribution of power (and its decentralization)! Context is incredibly important. Community vs. isolation means so much. I didn‘t get the impression that every new Slayer would be forced into servitude, either. I bet McGuire feels even more passionately about her interpretation (which she‘s entitled to!) after the allegations against Joss came to light. 3mo

monalyisha @TheLudicReader Unfortunately, she removed her name from all of it after people started critiquing it like they would her published writing. I‘m not sure that info‘s findable anymore. I wouldn‘t recognize your handle (I was too young and my memory‘s too shoddy)…but I wonder if I read any of your stuff back in the day! I know McGuire specifically wrote Buffy/Faith fanfic. 3mo

willaful @monalyisha @AnneCecilie Yes, well put.

3mo

TheLudicReader @monalyisha I don‘t think fic writers should be ashamed of what they wrote. It‘s great practice and I wrote stuff I am still really proud of. It sucks that Whedon tainted Buffy‘s legacy, but this is one instance where I separate art from artist. There were a lot of other people involved in the Buffyverse, too. Where did you read your fanfic when you read it? 3mo

monalyisha @TheLudicReader I truly have no idea. I was about 13. To me, it was all just “the internet.” 😅 I know I was a big fan of the Angel/Willow “ours is a forbidden love” storyline. To be clear, this pairing horrifies me now. 🙈 (As do many aspects of the show if I look at them too closely.) At the time, my thinking went no further than, “Angel is hot...and I am like Willow.” Reason enough for me! (edited) 3mo

TheLudicReader @monalyisha Angel is hot is the reason I started watching that show in the first place. 🤣 The next ten years I was full on fandom! 3mo

monalyisha @TheLudicReader Recapping the moment that he returned from Hell (in the nude), my bff‘s older sister‘s bff commented, “He was glistenin‘ like a Greek God!” That moment is forever seared into my brain. 😂 (edited) 3mo

52 likes12 comments

lil1inblue

Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Josh Whedon

#schoolspirit #library

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🧛‍♀️ 7mo

IndoorDame 💜💜💜 7mo

Eggs Brilliant 👌🏼 7mo

35 likes3 comments

AnneCecilie

Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Josh Whedon

#StorySettings #Graveyard
my favorite TV series - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🧛 11mo

slategreyskies You know, I‘ve actually never seen this show. I keep meaning to get around to it, but I somehow never do. 11mo

Eggs Great choice! 11mo

Ruthiella Loved, loved, loved Buffy! 11mo

5feet.of.fury ❤️❤️❤️❤️ 11mo

46 likes5 comments

peanutnine

Firefly: Still Flying : a Celebration of Joss Whedon's Acclaimed Television Series | Joss Whedon

#SpringSkies Day 14 #InvolvesHeist
My favorite heisting crew 🚀
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Sargar114 Love this show! 12mo

Eggs Sounds good 👌🏼 12mo

31 likes2 comments

OriginalCyn620

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1 | Joss Whedon, Jordie Bellaire

Watched an old favorite last night!

#scarathlon #TeamCreepinItReal 6 pts

StayCurious

ravenlee 😍 I had just about this whole movie memorized in middle school. 2y

Ruthiella Loved this movie too! 2y

dabbe The original! 🤩🤩🤩 2y

39 likes3 comments

Traci1

Serenity Volume 3: The Shepherd's Tale | Joss Whedon

so-so

⭐️⭐️⭐️
This was an ok backstory of Shepherd Book, but it was a bit odd. It was told in a backwards fashion, and there wasn't a lot of meat to the story. The art was decent. Overall, it was a very short not bad way to pass a little time, but it's not something I'd seek out.

Book 1/2 finished for #20in4 (easy finish at 59 pages)
@Andrew65

KathyWheeler I hate that this is only okay. I love Shepherd Book and want a story about him to be really good. (edited) 2y

Traci1 @KathyWheeler it was really just too short. You'd have 2-4 pages and then it'd say 2 years earlier, then another 2 pages and 6 years earlier, and on like that. You got a teeny view of several periods of time in his life. I just wanted more to it, I guess. 2y

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 2y

51 likes3 comments

Kshakal

Firefly: Still Flying : a Celebration of Joss Whedon's Acclaimed Television Series | Joss Whedon

#firefly #summerspecial @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Eggs Perfect 🤩 2y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 💛 2y

38 likes2 comments

reading_rainbow

Spike Vs. Dracula | Peter David

pick

Spike and Dracula team up in Berlin to kick major nazi ass 👊🏽💥to save Darla and one of Draculas brides from the Fuehrer. This was a lot of fun, ended on a cliffhanger tho, need to find issue 4 now

15 likes

Brooke_H

Serenity: Those Left Behind 2nd Edition | Various, Joss Whedon, Brett Matthews, Laura Martin, Will Conrad

pick

This was...fine. Like watching one of the more mediocre episodes of the show. Hopefully these comics will get a little more exciting as the storyline progresses. The art is very good. (disclosure: I read a different edition of this long ago, but this one had extra materials, and it's a nicer copy. So I bought it and reread it.)

20 likes

Welcome to Litsy!

Trending Hashtags

Trending Books