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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | 5.16 “The Body”
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My nog tastes funny. I think I got one with rum in it. That's bad. Yeah, now Santa's gonna pass you right by, naughty booze hound.
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reached a certain episode in my rewatch.
#buffy#btvs#btvs meme#buffy the vampire slayer#buffy the vampire slayer meme#buffy the body#btvs the body#5x16#btvs 5x16#anya#anya fruit punch monologue#god dammit what a character that she is#you deserved so much my love#anya jenkins#mine
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tfw you randomly remember a single line from The Body and immediately start crying
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Hi. I am ready to rip every Buffy fan's heart out.
In "The Body", Buffy finds her mother, calls 911 and waits for the paramedics. It's horrible and emotional. And after, she calls the one person we all know she would in this situation to come. Giles.
BUT, look at this shot from the episode. Look at the number 4. "G" for "Giles". And in the episode, she presses just one button to call him.
Buffy has Giles on speed dial, specifically, the button for number 4. And look how much used the button is than the rest of them. She calls Giles a lot.
Just shows how much she depends, loves and needs him.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk and I'm going to go drown in my tears now.
#buffy the vampire slayer#the body#buffy#buffy summers#rupert giles#giles#btvs#buffy the vampire slayer season 5#btvs season 5#5x16#S05ep16#anthony stewart head#anthony head#smg#sarah michelle gellar#Joyce Summers#buffy lore
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the way the episode where buffys mom dies is directed so differently to how every other episode of the show is and it works so effectively
#ive been doing a rewatch and holy shit#buffy the vampire slayer#btvs#ep: the body (5x16)#justyn rambles
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Why BTVS 5x16 The Body needs to win in that poll over the MASH series finale...
You can argue that the series finale of a very popular show was always gonna have huge viewership because it's the SERIES FINALE. (Point for MASH)
You can argue that MASH was a 2.5 hour movie length episode and comparing it to a 44 minute regular length episode of TV - in the middle of the season no less - isn't fair. (to me it's a point for BTVS, but some may see this as a point for MASH)
But here's what it boils down to...
MASH's series finale touched on each main character and wrapped up the loose ends. Their main point was war sucks and it fucks people up. One character realizes that their memory is incorrect and something truly terrible happened, and while he didn't do it he witnessed it. (This is the part that stays with me after watching this episode, years ago.) A ceasefire is announced but people still die after that. War sucks, but we love these characters and we hope they do OK post war. War sucks, love each other.
You can get something out of the MASH series finale if you randomly watched it, but it's broad. And really, even if you watched every episode, it's pain but it's broad.
The Body? The motherfucking episode The Body??
(Obviously huge SPOILERS ahead)
You could not know ANYTHING about any of these characters and still cry your eyes out at it. That first take? That long take with no cuts where Buffy finds her mom lying on the couch? The way SMG is acting? Like two levels better than her always amazing acting level? The way every little detail of that take is perfection? The crew really needs to take a bow for this one. The fake out of Buffy's fantasy that the paramedics revive her?
The way Buffy tells Giles "We're not supposed to move the body!" What she says. The way she says it. The way she reacts to it, realizing what she said.
It's not broad. It's specific, so specific. The way the different people react. The way everyone feels helpless. The way Buffy is on auto-pilot at some points. The sound, OMG the fucking sound!!
(pauses to sip some water)
The fake out of Dawn hearing the news. Buffy going to tell Dawn. The way EVERYBODY fucking knows it's BAD news. The way Dawn reacts. (OMG the sound again!!) The way the rest of the school witnesses it.
Tara and Willow comforting each other. (OMG I forgot about all of this. Jesus. And OMG it's their first on-screen kiss.) "Strong like an Amazon."
(flips table)
Willow talking about what to wear. Anya's questions. And then. Anya's fucking monologue, with her voice twisting. JFC that fucking monologue.
"... and no one will explain to me why."
(yes of course i'm crying)
The quiet moment where Tara comforts Buffy.
"I know it's different for you … because it's always different, but … if you ever need…"
And then. "... it's always sudden."
The way at the end there is still normal everyday stuff to do, and it sucks but you have to do it, because that's what life is.
Grief will fuck you up. You will feel helpless. Love each other. Just being there is something. Objectively this feels like just as strong a message as the MASH message. But really, I feel like a lot of people know the message from MASH, even without experiencing war. But experiencing loss at the level of The Body? It's so motherfucking personal.
You wanna vote for MASH because it had higher numbers, go ahead.
You wanna vote for MASH because you like the characters more, fine.
But don't tell me that the MASH finale is better than The Body. Don't waste my fucking time.
Vote here
TLDR: The Body went deep and focused and FUCK does it hit.
#btvs#ep: 5x16 the body#buffy summers#SMG#the body is cinematic brilliance all anchored by the performance of all time by SMG#and very strong performances by everyone else#long post
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#Ash's ramblings#I don't even want to put this in an actual post or clog ppl's dashboards but I just.#I watched 5x16 The Body and I cried through the whole thing like. fuck. give me weird and fucked up murder supernatural deaths anytime#don't make me watch. this. kind of thing. I can handle gore I can handle torture I can't handle. this kind of story#I was full on sobbing at several points I'm practically still crying someone hug me#Liveblogging btvs
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The entirety of The Body makes me cry but the moments where I let it all out are Buffy finding Joyce's body and calling out to her, Dawn's reaction to Buffy telling her that Joyce is dead and Anya's monologue
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5x16 (the body) was such an amazing and heartbreaking episode - one of the best Buffy episodes for sure
the fact that there's no music or sound effects (it was so eerily quiet at times, it was so weird but so great), and the way it was shot, was just fantastic and added so much to the already amazing acting of grief and confusion and I'm just..... I'm amazed by how good it was but also heartbroken because I just can't believe we're not gonna see Joyce for the rest of the series 😭
I literally can't stop crying 😭
I just wanted to watch an episode of Buffy and relax before studying and they hit me right in the feels and now I'm just sitting here and trying to process this (I get too invested in these shows but also this was just too good hah)
this episode destroyed me, I need to go hug my mom 😭
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Purple also represents wisdom and compassion, Willow 💜
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btvs + storytelling (part 2 of 3)
(3x22 / 4x01 / 4x10 / 4x11 / 4x12 / 4x14 / 4x15 / 4x16 / 4x18 / 4x22 / 5x01 / 5x06 / 5x07 / 5x12 / 5x15 / 5x16 / 5x18 / 5x19 / 5x20)
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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Sunday, October 2
Willow: Snyder must be in charge of the volunteer safety program for Halloween this year.
Xander: Note his interesting take on the volunteer concept.
Buffy: What's the deal?
Xander: Oh, a bunch of little kids need people to take them trick-or- treating. Sign up and get your own pack of sugar-hyped little runts for the night.
Buffy: Yikes. I'll stick to vampires.
~~Halloween~~
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watching 5x16 of btvs and. you know you kinda keep waiting for... anything and just. lol i kiiinda wish i had known what this episode was going to be before watching it
#guess i just didn't expect this from the fun vampire slaying show#it's very. heavy. and i know i could have turned it off but i just didn't fully think it was gonna be All That like oof.#i'm also in a very emotionally fragile state i don't think i should be watching that#and. like i don't even know#like it's very good. and very much depicts grief in a real way#too real so it's like. ahh.
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ok ok ok so I know we all like to point to joss whedon for causing the marvel dialogue phenomenon and that’s completely valid and joss whedon is a piece of shit HOWEVER let it be said he can write a scene without a joke. meanwhile can you imagine an mcu version of btvs 5x16 the body.
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