Posts that would be found on the Sunnydale High meme account, in roughly chronological order:

something something Buffy has paint on her face in the same place Spike has blood on his face, something something red string of fate, something something destiny

“I’m a princess.” “That’s what you are.”

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

2x03 - School Hard

On this day in history, Spike introduced himself to Buffy, arranged a date, and was so excited to see her that he showed up early.

Thus began the best enemies-to-lovers story of all time.

Happy 26 years of School Hard, and of Spike stealing our (and eventually Buffy's) hearts.

Just Buffy being absolutely adorable in her lil overalls

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tv is so rarely used as an image in buffy but when it is, oh boy do they go hell-for-leather with the meta of it

in prophecy girl, after the massacre in the high school, there's a bloody handprint on the tv screen, still playing a three little pigs cartoon: reflecting the infringement of a darker blend of violence into sunnydale high school, the lives of its students (in this case, focused on Cordelia and Willow) and how it subsequently forces them to grow up (as we see with the juxtaposition of the cartoon and handprint), and because of alllll that... a new kind of violence into buffy after prophecy girl

AND THEN we get the second major tv instance in school hard, when Spike and Drusilla come in and basically redefine what it means to be a villain in the show: the episode ends by Spike saying "shall we see what's on tv?". and MAN is it pointed! he's breaking the fourth wall! he's saying YES, hello, we're you're new brand of villains! we're changing what you see on your tv screen! just as the Monster of the Week format is essentially done away with! once more, the tv is something to be desecrated in Buffy, only to be re-written with a new kind of horror for us!

Aw man, look at this idiot. He’s already gone.

anyone know where those good luck posts are?

I need that shit now, I've got so many assessments for school and my film project has zero footage and my group has done nothing with me

my tummy hurts i cant work in these conditions

the thing about art is that it was always supposed to be about us, about the human-ness of us, the impossible and beautiful reality that we (for centuries) have stood still, transfixed by music. that we can close our eyes and cry about the same book passage; the events of which aren't real and never happened. theatre in shakespeare's time was as real as it is now; we all laugh at the same cue (pursued by bear), separated hundreds of years apart.

three years ago my housemates were jamming outdoors, just messing around with their instruments, mostly just making noise. our neighbors - shy, cautious, a little sheepish - sat down and started playing. i don't really know how it happened; i was somehow in charge of dancing, barefoot and laughing - but i looked up, and our yard was full of people. kids stacked on the shoulders of parents. old couples holding hands. someone had brought sidewalk chalk; our front walk became a riot of color. someone ran in with a flute and played the most astounding solo i've ever heard in my life, upright and wiggling, skipping as she did so. she only paused because the violin player was kicking his heels up and she was laughing too hard to continue.

two weeks ago my friend and i met in the basement of her apartment complex so she could work out a piece of choreography. we have a language barrier - i'm not as good at ASL as i'd like to be (i'm still learning!) so we communicate mostly through the notes app and this strange secret language of dancers - we have the same movement vocabulary. the two of us cracking jokes at each other, giggling. there were kids in the basement too, who had been playing soccer until we took up the far corner of the room. one by one they made their slow way over like feral cats - they laid down, belly-flat against the floor, just watching. my friend and i were not in tutus - we were in slouchy shirts and leggings and socks. nothing fancy. but when i asked the kids would you like to dance too? they were immediately on their feet and spinning. i love when people dance with abandon, the wild and leggy fervor of childhood. i think it is gorgeous.

their adults showed up eventually, and a few of them said hey, let's not bother the nice ladies. but they weren't bothering us, they were just having fun - so. a few of the adults started dancing awkwardly along, and then most of the adults. someone brought down a better sound system. someone opened a watermelon and started handing out slices. it was 8 PM on a tuesday and nothing about that day was particularly special; we might as well party.

one time i hosted a free "paint along party" and about 20 adults worked quietly while i taught them how to paint nessie. one time i taught community dance classes and so many people showed up we had to move the whole thing outside. we used chairs and coatracks to balance. one time i showed up to a random band playing in a random location, and the whole thing got packed so quickly we had to open every door and window in the place.

i don't think i can tell you how much people want to be making art and engaging with art. they want to, desperately. so many people would be stunning artists, but they are lied to and told from a very young age that art only matters if it is planned, purposeful, beautiful. that if you have an idea, you need to be able to express it perfectly. this is not true. you don't get only 1 chance to communicate. you can spend a lifetime trying to display exactly 1 thing you can never quite language. you can just express the "!!??!!!"-ing-ness of being alive; that is something none of us really have a full grasp on creating. and even when we can't make what we want - god, it feels fucking good to try. and even just enjoying other artists - art inherently rewards the act of participating.

i wasn't raised wealthy. whenever i make a post about art, someone inevitably says something along the lines of well some of us aren't that lucky. i am not lucky; i am dedicated. i have a chronic condition, my hands are constantly in pain. i am not neurotypical, nor was i raised safe. i worked 5-7 jobs while some of these memories happened. i chose art because it mattered to me more than anything on this fucking planet - i would work 80 hours a week just so i could afford to write in 3 of them.

and i am still telling you - if you are called to make art, you are called to the part of you that is human. you do not have to be good at it. you do not have to have enormous amounts of privilege. you can just... give yourself permission. you can just say i'm going to make something now and then - go out and make it. raquel it won't be good though that is okay, i don't make good things every time either. besides. who decides what good even is?

you weren't called to make something because you wanted it to be good, you were called to make something because it is a basic instinct. you were taught to judge its worth and over-value perfection. you are doing something impossible. a god's ability: from nothing springs creation.

a few months ago i found a piece of sidewalk chalk and started drawing. within an hour i had somehow collected a small classroom of young children. their adults often brought their own chalk. i looked up and about fifteen families had joined me from around the block. we drew scrangly unicorns and messed up flowers and one girl asked me to draw charizard. i am not good at drawing. i basically drew an orb with wings. you would have thought i drew her the mona lisa. she dragged her mother over and pointed and said look! look what she drew for me and, in the moment, i admit i flinched (sorry, i don't -). but the mother just grinned at me. he's beautiful. and then she sat down and started drawing.

someone took a picture of it. it was in the local newspaper. the summary underneath said joyful and spontaneous artwork from local artists springs up in public gallery. in the picture, a little girl covered in chalk dust has her head thrown back, delighted. laughing.

Red detective: As long as nothing really bad happens between now and then, you'll be fine.

Pink detective: Are you crazy? What did you say that for? Now something bad is gonna happen!

Red detective: Whadaya mean? Nothing's gonna happen.

Yellow detective: Not until some dummy says, "as long as nothing bad happens."

White detective: It's the ultimate jinx!

Pink detective: What were you thinking? Or were you even thinking at all?

(Source: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “School Hard”)