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nicole-goddessofloki · 4 years

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“You Animal!” (Chapter of my first McDanno story)

(I just updated with the 5th chapter) This is the 4th chapter of my first McDanno story: Valentine’s Day in Hawaii. And after I saw the final, I’m working on 2 fix-it stories. I’m already liking those stories more than this one, but will continue this one anyway.

Summary story:

Danny received a mysterious Valentine’s card, however much time for figuring out who sent it, he doesn’t get when duty calls. Also Steve is acting strange. Would they finally admit what they are truly feeling for each other? This low-key Valentine’s day might be the perfect occasion for that..

I will post here a small part of the 4th chapter. This 4th chapter is a bit N S F W but for the N S F W part you have to continue reading on Ao3 ;).

“Have you found out who sent you the Valentine’s card yet?”

Danny coughed as Steve’s comment had gotten him close from choking in his food. “You know, I really don’t care who sent it. It’s probably from a joker like Sang Min anyway. If you hadn’t brought it up I totally had forgotten about that stupid damn card!” Danny reacted a bit annoyed.

Like he usual does, Steve waved his hands up in the air. “You can’t be serious.. Sang Min? That’s an insult to the actual sender..” Steve sounded offended.

“I didn’t say Sang Min sent it, I was just making an example,” Danny continued. “Can we drop the card thing now, please?”

Chapter 4: “You Animal!”

Because Danny got home early, he offered to help Steve preparing dinner. When Steve reassured that it wasn’t necessary, Danny reminded himself of the fact that the two of them together in the kitchen was destined to end in disaster anyway. Steve told him to sit down, so after grabbing himself a beer, he did.

“Where’s my beer?” Steve asked after he served dinner. Danny was about to jump into a defensive mood but then he noticed the beer bottle inside Steve’s apron’s pocket. Steve winked, grabbed it out and sat himself down. “What’s with the outfit?” he asked.

Steve referred to the tie Danny wore. A loose tie fell out of Danny’s closet while he took the blouse out he now wore. For some reason, Danny decided to wear it. However, he knew his partner from like the back of his hand so he should have seen the commentary coming..

“The tie?” Steve continued.

“Can’t I never wear a tie? It’s evening,” Danny responded. He shook his head and shoved the pasta swirled around his fork inside his mouth.

“You actually look like you’re on a real date..” Steve shared. He gave Danny a nervous smile while he tried not to get distracted by the blonde’s way of slurping the spaghetti in and licking the red sauce from his lips. “Have you found out who sent you the Valentine’s card yet?”

Like he usual does, Steve waved his hands up in the air. “You can’t be serious.. Sang Min? That’s an insult to the actual sender..” Steve sounded offended.

“I didn’t say Sang Min sent it, I was just making an example,” Danny continued. “Can we drop the card thing now, please?”

“Sure.” Steve shrug. “Whatever you want, Sunshine. How’s the pasta?”

(Okay here’s the whole chapter because when I try to post links, Tumblr kicks my post off the McDanno tag?? The next chapter is already posted on Ao3, FF & wattpad. See my previous post I haven’t deleted yet, it’s not showing up in the McDanno tag.. )

This was amazing!” Danny pointed at his place. “You’re a good cook, we both are. It’s a shame we sold the restaurant to Kamekona,” he shared. “What’s for dessert?”

A/N: Warning: It get's a little smutty here!

A few hours later:

After dinner the men continued their ‘date’ with a movie night. Many beers later, they both sat sacked out on the couch. Danny did his best following the movie, but the movements happening next to him, as flashes in his eye corner they were distracting him from doing so. Several times Steve turned his head, staring at Danny frowning. “What? Is there something on my face?” Danny turned to Steve.

“No, there’s something on your chest..” Steve mysteriously said. “You look ridiculous with that tie, you know that?” Steve continued, laughing.

Danny rolled his eyes. “Don’t..”

“Take it off..” Steve spoke. Now, he did no effort in hiding his feelings as his lustrous eyes were already giving it away.

Suddenly Danny’s interest for the movie had decreased, it was not like he was able to follow the movie anyway. “What?”

“Take off your shirt!” Steve clarified, now with a louder voice.

Danny grabbed the remote and turned off the tv. “What the hell is the matter with you?” He pointed his whole focus at Steve now who had his glassy drunk eyes focused onto Danny’s chest.

With one single gulp, Steve drank the rest of his beer before dumping the empty bottle on the table in front of him. Then he tried to grab Danny by the tie.

Rapidly, Danny stood up and pushed Steve aside. “What are you doing?” Danny crossed his arms in front of his chest. The next thing Danny witnessed was Steve standing up followed by taking off his own shirt. As Steve's well trained upper body was revealed, Danny swallowed. "Jeez, what's in your beer?" he managed to bring out a few moments later.

“I can’t take this anymore..” Steve hissed, grabbing Danny’s tie again. He pushed the blonde against the wall as he pulled the tie off. Then he wildly ripped Danny’s blouse open.

Danny let it happen for a moment as he was hardly capable of breathing. “Steve.. You’re dru..” he panted but got roughly cut off when Steve pressed his lips on his, dragging Danny into the deep, rough kiss they both had fantasized about multiple times. In the end it was Steve who under the influence of alcohol, gave in on one of his deepest desires. He had one hand buried into Danny’s hair and with the other one he wrapped Danny’s waist tight, greedily claiming what he wanted to be his.

They shared a passionate but sultry kiss until it was broken off by Danny. He breathed deeply as if he just got robbed from breathing almost too long. Steve took a deep breath too and let his hands glide through Danny’s hairy chest. “Steve..” Danny panted in Steve’s neck. “You sure you want this...?”

As an answer Steve pressed his body against Danny’s tighter. He enjoyed to finally have the blonde pinned between him and the wall. He grinned when Danny escaped a small moan when feeling Steve’s erection growing in his thighs. “I think that answers your question. What about you, Danno?”

“Yes, I want this but you’re drunk and I’m starting to get pretty.. wasted too..” Danny brought out with deep moans as Steve was kissing and sucking his neck.

“I wouldn’t.. make out with a man.. if I didn’t longed for it..” Steve softly spoke between the kisses. “I’m not that drunk!” He let his hands slid and started to open Danny’s belt.

“Hey! Not here, you animal!” Danny waved Steve’s greedy hands out of the way. “My bedroom or your bedroom, I don’t care.. but not here in the living room, okay?” he said with a sober voice but his heart was pouring like crazy.

“My bedroom.” Steve panted and started to kiss Danny again. Roughly he pressed his tongue inside as he guided Danny upstairs, towards his bedroom.

“Easy, easy..” Danny groaned between the kisses. While Steve opened the bedroom’s door by grabbing its handle, he accidentally stepped on Danny’s toe. “Ow! Animal..”

“You’re gonna experience a whole new perspective of that name,” Steve showed Danny a guilty grin after pushing the blonde on the bed. Then he rushed himself out of his pants. “One you’re gonna love..”

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sunnydaleherald · 5 years

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter - Monday, March 25th

SPIKE: Absolutely. I have nothing but respect for a woman who is forthright. Drusilla was always straightforward. Didn't have a single buggering clue about what was going on in front of her, but she was straight about it. That's a virtue. ANYA: Mm. Xander didn't think so. He thought I was rude. SPIKE: That's because he's one of them. Uptight. Repressed. ANYA: You think? SPIKE: Please. It's no wonder they couldn't deal with the likes of you and me, luv. We should have been dead hundreds of years ago ... and we're the only ones who are really alive.

~~Entropy~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

Death is a Dance (Buffy/Spike Faith/Buffy, G) by worddancer

Cordelia (Cordelia/Xander, M) by CantSpeakFae

across the pond (Jenny/Giles, T) by The_Eclectic_Bookworm

[Chaptered Fiction]

Jump Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, E) by HollyDB

Forward Without Seeing Chapter 165 (Buffy/Spike, M) by queen_insane

very really married Chapter 12 (Jenny/Giles, T) by The_Eclectic_Bookworm

Flash Back Chapter 8 (Cordelia/Xander, M) by Razial

Fast Cars and Thrice Dead Slayers Chapter 13 (Fast and the Furious crossover, G) by eatyourhartout

Faith’s Dark Knight Chapter 45 (Batman crossover, E) by Peanutbuttertoast

A Blaze of Glory. Chapter 6 (Starship Troopers crossover, T) by steeleye

Skipping the Stone Chapter 20 (Buffy/Spike M) by badwolfjedi, sandy_s

So We Meet Chapter 4 (SPN crossover, Dawn/Sam, T) by Lady_Lena84

Eye of Newt Chapter 20 (HP, Hollyoaks crossover, Andrew/Xander, M) by Rod

The Three of Us Chapter 22 (Cordelia/Faith/Buffy, E) by Crash

Work in Progress Chapter 12 (Fred/Spike, M) by kats_meow

Special Delivery Chapter 11 (Buffy/Spike, NC17) by Behind Blue Eyes

Jump Chapter 6 (Buffy/Spike, NC17) by Holly

Liebestod Chapter 15 (Buffy/Spike, NC17) by Iamblichus

Holes Chapter 12 (Buffy/Spike, NC17) by Twinkles

[Images, Audio & Video]

Cosplay: Faith & Dru & Spike & Willow & Buffy, oh my by awena626

Music: Buffy, season 5: all songs in the exact order they appear (Link to Spotify) by passosjonas

[Reviews & Recaps]

BtVS, S4 - A New Man by eurydice72

The Puppet Show | Review & Analysis by Caitlin Bloody Mary

PODCAST: 715 – Get It Done by Buffy Speak

PODCAST: All the Way/Billy by Once More With Commentary

PODCAST: Lie to Me by Buffy the Vampire Straya

[Recs]

Season Five screencaps by ariane recced by petzipellepingo

[Fandom Discussions]

What does Glory symbolize?

Discussion of 6.09 "Smashed"

Discuss: Slayer Chapters 9 - 16 by

Spike's red shirt by Btvs fan

Most affecting Buffy moments? by SpuffyGlitz

David Boreanaz Fashion Goof by KatzMwwow

the last fight, so many heros by princesssparklepuss

The saddest sentence to me in Buffy is in season four. Willow: “...we could have a girls night, you know, eat sundaes, and watch Steel Magnolias... and you can tell me how at least I don’t have diabetes.” by ellefemme35

I loved Kendra, such a brilliant character by bratholym

Veronica Mars by Samof94

Share an image of your most treasured Buffy memorabilia by historicalsnake

Connor in a nutshell by SnarkyBookworm34

Wolfram & Hart/ Cordelia Season 5 by DragonAdri

Dawn's Creation: Reality Warping or Memory Alteration? by Ze_Bri-0n

“Good show, Giles.” by Donaldson420Gibby69

i could talk about the magic addiction thing all day by womanaction

concept: robin wood as a lesbian and also a more important character in s7 by womanaction

BTVS never did a time-travel episode by thereallieutenantcommanderdata

[Articles, Interviews, and Other News]

The 15 Best TV Series Finales of All Time at Mental Floss

#buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #angel the series #buffy fanfic #spuffy

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bowofbenbulben · 7 years

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Tags Guide.

I'd been thinking of doing an explanation or guide of sorts for my tags whose meaning is ambiguous (since I'm not really creative with tags anyway so half of them are pretty straightforward, like { commentary }, { headcanons }, "; friends" regarding musings on friends, etc.) So here's a brief thing. I may update this periodically if I create new tags or forget to write one. Hope this is helpful!

{ munday misc things } - self-explanatory. This is basically stuff I rb that is oftentimes irrelevant to rp (or is, depending on the day), but that catches my interest or is relevant to something I want to express regarding said interests or me. If I reblog posts related to a certain movie/tv show/game/other specific media, I'll also tag it with the name of said thing in case people want to blacklist or use it to search. These posts I rb on Sunday and Monday (as this is a SFW blog that doesn't participate in Sinday/sexual sunday so I'm making it another "munday" on this blog.)

[ for anyone who needs it ] - general ooc positivity tag.

{ strong and sturdy as the mountain } - sort of an ic positivity musing tag. These are mostly musings regarding resilience, encouragement, and agency in the face of adversity, because a lot of Druime's life is centered around overcoming and learning to deal with crap that life gives you (as is what usually happens in a lot of people's lives tbh) because development is a journey. I almost went into a ramble whoops

[ from the desk of the mun ] - small ooc babbles or text posts mulling over Druime, or her interactions, or on a meta-level what thoughts come to mind regarding my muse. If these include solid headcanons that I'm intent on keeping as part of her canon, I also tag them with { headcanons }.

{ inspiration } - umbrella tag containing posts that are not necessarily representative of Druime but which spark inspiration regarding her in terms of her canon or character design/development, or worldbuilding. This includes "imagine if"/ other text posts from the non-rp side of tumblr which spark my interest or inspiration regarding my muse, regardless if I can articulate it verbally or not XD You'll also find gifsets of actresses/female characters or quotes that may not verbatim apply to Druime or depict her fcs but whose mannerisms give me vibes of her.

{ on matters of the mind } - ic musings regarding topics regarding the mind. (How people mentally process things, different mindsets, etc.)

{ on matters of the heart } - ic musings regarding human emotions and feelings.

{ on society } - ic musings, including both observations and opinions/beliefs regarding social attitudes. Warning for potentially some mentions regarding violence, morality, romantic/sexual orientation, mental and emotional health (basically Dru's opinions and thoughts on attitudes spanning those things.)

{ on people } - ic musings regarding human nature and people in general.

{ knowledge is power } - ic musings regarding the nature of truth and knowledge.

{ when the sun is out of sight } - the "negative" side of ic musings or chara development--when Dru is being cynical, ambitious/self-preserving to the point of being apathetic towards others, or closed off.

{ laughter is the best medicine } - funny ic-relevant things! Often also cross-tagged with { memories } if they could be things Dru's experienced/seen in her life or canon.

{ memories } - musings, gifsets and basically stuff relevant to what happens in Druime's life--things that she's probably heard or seen at some point.

{ someone told me } - stuff regarding hypothetical and actual outside perception of Druime, including both things said explicitly by certain people and more general things considering her character.

{ things i told someone } - self-explanatory, similar to { someone told me } but the other way around.

{ things i'll never say. } - ic musings that, as stated, she would never say aloud (or say very rarely, considering her vulnerability-averse nature, both inside and out), but have thought, at least one point in time. This goes deeper than her usual musings and addresses things that might seem contrary to her outside character at times (ex. the small desire to have that one someone to understand her, which clashes mentally with her fierce belief in self-sufficiency. etc.)

{ banchomarba : the start of change } - IC musings and memories regarding Dru's adolescence--the period of time where she's starting to develop her own views and goals, clarify her ambitions and figure out where she wants to go versus where she is in life. Also concerns the beginning of her training as Banchomarba/heiress before she becomes official lady.

{ banchomarba : rising sun } - ic musings regarding early adulthood for Dru, specifically in the early years of her "reign" managing the region of Dubcarn as full-fledged lady. Learning how to lead, how to adult (in all the good and bad ways), further understanding the world and human nature as she goes along.

#tags guide #ooc #[ reference for tumblr ]#long post #{ banchomarba : the start of change }

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luckylagerlegacy · 7 years

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Action Bronson “BLUE CHIPS 7000″ Album Commentary

Action Bronson has been putting on for chubby white guys who hate Michael Jordan for the better part of a decade now, I guess that's why I've always had a special place in my heart for his music. The Queens, New York born Crook-turned-Cook-turned-Rapper-turned-TV personality has an uncommon bag of references and a flair for showmanship that is highly polarizing; you're either gonna be a big fan of a guy who talks French cuisine and Italian handbags on almost every track, or you're gonna sleep on him on your way to defending XXXtentacion in yet another online argument. His listening audience has been waiting for this project since the psychedelic, experimental Mr. Wonderful dropped back in March of 2015. Let's dive right in and see what Bronson and his bevy of hit making, sampling expert producers have for us:

1) Wolf Pack:

This track opens with an audio clip of Action Bronson having a conversation with (who I am assuming is) his very, very stoned mother in a car. It's a jarring way to start an album; you can hear a dog whimper and another woman laugh from somewhere inside the car, it's strange- but then, a musical jumpcut puts us in the passenger seat of a 74' Coup De Ville on our way to collect some money we're owed while Bronson shouts "PUERTO RICAN AIRFORCE ONES AT THE WEDDING" which is the perfect opening to this album. This beat is perfect, Bronson rides the pocket expertly, only stepping out of the sweet spot to say inflammatory shit like "YOU SMOKE LITTLE BLUNTS LIKE KEVIN HART'S ARMS" or "I SHOT DOPE BEFORE I WROTE THIS - SNORT DOPE AND DO AEROBICS BY THE OCEAN" it's an excellent leadoff.

4/5

2) La Luna:

Of course this is going to be an album full of skits, Bronson loves that type of theatre. The conceit of this track is Action's homie calling "La Luna Luxury car rentals" and being put on hold, and that hold music just happens to be the funkiest beat of all time- so Action raps over it from across the room until the beat fades all the way in. From there it's the average Bronson song. A lot of really cool, quotable bars that evoke 80's coke dream vibes.

3/5

3) Chairman's Intent:

Right back to it, this beat sounds like the score to a 70's blacksploitation flick and Action is even more swaggering than usual in his delivery and lyrics. Halfway through the track the beat cuts out, and a beautiful string section hints at the song ending... right before the beat slams back on and Action shouts "TWO PUMPS FROM THE INHALER GOT ME FEELING LIKE LAWRENCE TAYLOR" and all of the sudden I am in a silk bathrobe dancing around my living room like a fucking fool. Don't listen to this song unless you're trying to build the courage to do an armed robbery or else you're gonna derail your whole life by accident. This is home invasion music. It's a musical Tarantino flick, but like, less N Words dropped.

4/5

4) Hot Pepper (feat. Mayhem Lauren and Jah Tiger):

Thank god we get to hear from Mayhem Laurenovich on this album. This duo is one of the best tag teams in all of rap music, together here rapping over a hook provided by Jamaica's own Jah Tiger (first seen on an episode of "Fuck That's Delicious".) Bronson's verse is a lot of fun (saying shit like "I'M QUALIFIED TO SPEAK FOR MY ATTORNIES, ADRESS THE JURY IN A SHAQ JERSEY"), buy Mayhem steals the show on the song. He comes in, off beat as hell and overpowers the whole shit. He's flexing about some amazing shit here, "YOU THE TYPE TO COMPLIMENT A ROLLIE AT THE URINAL - I'M THE TYPE TO RESEARCH CONTINENTS AND THEN EXPLORE A FEW" that's fucking hilarious.

4/5

5) Bonzai:

This track is fucking amazing. This is the exact Action Bronson I first became a fan of- more measured both in production and in his lyrics here. "DADDY BACK WITH HIS LONG WHITE CADDILLAC, NOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE A NAPPY-NAP" your favourite could never sound like a king pin while saying "Nappy-Nap" b I guarantee it. The more conversational, less action movie star Bronson is a welcome surprise on this album that has so far been an audio reimagining of every movie that his namesake Charles Bronson ever starred in. The crackhead audio at the end is also pretty, pretty good.

5/5

6) Let It Rain:

This song starts with the sounds of a chick moaning (weird) and a really crazy Merengue instrumental serving as the beat (fire). I'm about to don my dance shoes and show you turkeys how to box step like a 5 time ballroom champ. Once you get past the super awkward audio of the woman cumming the song is actually pretty sick, as soon as I'm rich enough to steal a boat I will be piloting it out into a quiet, sunny bay and listening to this while I search the entire cabin for the liquor cabinet before accidentally capsizing the vessel. The last bar on the track is Action exclaiming "THESE DUDES TRASH LIKE MICHAEL JORDAN JEANS" which means a whole lot to me.

4/5

7) My Right Lung:

This track opens with the silkiest jazz you've ever heard, but it's got this bite to it that makes you think Gil Scott Heron is about to hop into the breach and tell us that white people are the devil, before this Albanian Devil leans in with- "I'D GIVE MY RIGHT LUNG IF I COULD DUNK A BASKETBALL ONE TIME" -Fuck okay Bronson, me too. This might be my favorite track on this whole album. I demand to know who this sample is- if it is a sample at all. I'm impressed with how much he lets the beat breathe on this, it creates an atmosphere that makes his last, more frenetic verse pay off a ton harder. "FUCK A CRITIC, I'LL HAVE MY LIL SPANISH HOMIE HIT YOU WITH THE CIVIC - SPEND A MOTHERFUCKER SPINNIN"

5/5

8) TANK (featuring Big Body Bes):

This beat is fucking crazy. The flip on the sample is insane. Bronson is spitting really fun, carefree shit here like "SOMEHOW WE GOT JEEPS IN JAIL, TELL THE JUDGE IT'S ALL GOOD, GO HEAD AND KEEP THAT BAIL" and "DADDY SWERVE THE COUP WITH CONVICTION, GUNS UNDER THE PILLOW LIKE MY TOOTH MISSING, EVERYBODY KNOW IT'S ME CUS THE ROOF MISSING." Then Big Body Bes steps in and screams the dumbest, coolest sounding shit ever like only he is capable of. "ONLY GOD COULD BENCH US - YOU WAS IN THE DAYROOM DOING SPLITS - I TOLD YOU STOP BLOCKING THE TV - I'M TRYING TO WATCH MAURY - AND HANG THAT FUCKING PHONE UP" Holy fuck I'm 5 years old again watching WWE for the first time.

5/5

9) Let Me Breathe:

Harry Fraud and Action Bronson should get married n make music together every damn day. They are a power couple, and have maybe never made a bad song together? This was the leadoff single from this album, and also probably my least favourite song on it- but it's still very good. It's a little cute for my likes, but I say that as I nod my head in a top-to-bottom Ralph Lauren outfit that I didn't have on before this song started playing.

3/5

10) 9-24-7000 (feat Rick Ross):

This shit is crazy. It opens with Action comparing himself with Sting, and moves on to a whole myriad of blowjobs, fast cars and fine dining - before he dives off the back of a boat and let's Rick Ross take a turn on the mic. NOW, i should preface this off the bat- Rick Ross could not have written this verse- it's too good. Same shit happened with his verse on Devil In A New Dress.. Anything too impressive coming out of Ross' corner, I just assume it was 8 struggle rappers turned ghost writers and a whole lot of coffee in some shitty office building near Burbank- ANYWAY- This verse is good as hell, it makes the song slap in the way only Rick Ross lending a verse can. I want some goddamn lemon pepper wings now. You can hear J. Cole's woke rant at the end of this track too, which is sad but fun.

5/5

11) The Choreographer:

I'll take the time to say it now- if not the best album of the year - this has so far been the most fun to listen to. I have been transported to a lot of foreign locales and into the back seat of a lot of vintage luxury automobiles just by throwing in headphones and pressing play on this shit. A standing ovation can be heard at the top of this track, and it's honestly really deserved. I want to roller-skate with a single mother to this shit, not even in a roller rink either. He's out here doing his best Dru Hill impression (literally) on this track. Give it up to Bronson. This shit is great.

4.5/5

12) Chop Chop Chop:

Back to the psychedelia that made so many cameos on Action Bronson's last project. A smoky choir backs up drugged out guitar riffs and shaky drums behind Bronson's "THE WHEELS ON THE RANGE GO CHOP CHOP" chorus, and the standout bar on this shit, "THE BLUNT LASTS LONGER THAN A WHOLE BADHU CONCERT" that's hilarious. For all the work he put in on the first half of this album, these last few tracks just feel like a victory lap.

3.5/5

13) Durag vs. Headband (feat Big Body Bes):

Victory lap complete. This whole album went fucking hammers, and this song is the perfect button on it. He's just stunting on us, it's fantastic. "I'M IN THE CLUB WITH A CONDOM ON - ALL UNDERARMOR ON" then Bes' chorus, and him fucking everything up again with more angry spouting off that simultaneously makes me giggle like a kid and want to commit felonies. This shit is good as hell.

4/5

OVERALL SCORE: 8.3/10

This album is everything I want from a Bronson project. It's got dope beats, ridiculous lyrics, + attitude and brevity in equal parts. The best track, IMO, has got to be "TANK".

#Action Bronson #Blue Chips 7000 #Big Body Bes

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feliciacraft · 7 years

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The parts you can’t see (eyeballs to entrails)

I bet every Buffy fan can recite this piece of dialogue verbatim from "Halloween" (2x06). It’s often quoted as a testimony of Spike’s devotion to Drusilla. She's wasting away at this point, we're told, a mere shadow of her former glorious self, while Spike gets no nearer to restoring her on the Hellmouth. But do you recall the scene leading to this avowed devotion? What may have prompted Drusilla's insecurity? Just Dru being her crazy self? Let's consult the script [x]:

INT. THE FACTORY - NIGHT Moving through the dark hallway, we hear voices. SPIKE (O.C.): Here it comes-

INT. FACTORY - NIGHT The room is awash in BLUE LIGHT that emits from a bank of televisions lining one wall. SPIKE and the VAMP VIDEOGRAPHER are watching as an image flickers to life on the screens. It's BUFFY'S FIGHT IN THE PUMPKIN PATCH. Spike watches the tape with single minded concentration.

ON THE TELEVISION Buffy falls on the pumpkin. Then gets up and BEANS her attacker with a baby pumpkin.

ON SPIKE SPIKE: Rewind that. I want to see it again. Spike paces, wired. SPIKE: She's tricky. Baby likes to play.The video plays again. This time Spike points to the part where she BREAKS THE SIGN AND STAKES THE VAMP WITH IT. SPIKE(intense): See that? Where she stakes him with that thing? That's what you call resourceful. (then)Rewind again. DRUSILLA (O.C.): Miss Edith needs her tea.

Spike turns to see Drusilla, who has wandered in with one of her dolls. She is pouty, dreamy as usual. Spike welcomes her - but his attention stays on the video of Buffy.

SPIKE: Come here, poodle. She wafts to him. He puts his arms around her. DRUSILLA: Do you love my insides? The parts you can't see? SPIKE: Eyeballs to entrails, my sweet. That's why I have to study this slayer. Once I know her, I can kill her. And once I kill her, you can have your run of Sunnyhell and get strong again. DRUSILLA: Don't worry. Everything's switching.Outside to inside. It makes her weak. This gets his attention. SPIKE: Really. Did my pet have a vision?

Did you catch that? Spike is absolutely obsessed. He pores over Buffy's fight with a vamp at the pumpkin patch, gushing over her physical abilities on not just one screen, but "a bank of televisions lining one wall", bathing the entire room in "blue light". It's not enough that he fights Buffy on the streets of Sunnydale; he's brought her into the home he shares with Dru and their minions. Buffy's light has literally invaded their safe space in the darkness, coloring everything they see, enthralling Spike completely.

He watches "with single minded concentration", rewinding to study the footage over and over again. In fact, that's how the scene is introduced: we hear Spike's voice before we even see him with the other vampire, calling him to pay special attention to the footage with, "Here it comes".

Spike has already seen this, and is so excited by the video he's sharing it with the videographer, making the poor vamp watch his own recording over and over again. Mere seconds later, Spike says, "Rewind that. I want to see it again." He simply can't get enough of the Slayer, so "wired" from this repeated viewing that he can't even stand still, but "paces" while the tape is being rewound, and "points" once the tape resumes playing.

His play-by-play commentary on Buffy's moves sings her praises ("tricky" and "resourceful"), calling her "baby" and labeling her lethal dusting of a vamp as "play", almost like he's rooting for her, almost like he's turned on by his home-made vamp snuff film starring the Slayer. It's twisted. It's unsettling.

James Marsters's superb acting really brought it home. There's admiration in Spike's "intense" voice, a warped pride for the worthiness of his adversary. After the video reaches the end, is he done? No. He orders, "Rewind again". Which is when Drusilla intervenes with a "pout", calling for a break ("Miss Edith needs her tea"). Seriously Spike, enough is enough!

So what happens when his one-and-only tries to get his attention from her supposedly devoted lover? According to the script: "Spike welcomes her - but his attention stays on the video of Buffy."

This—with his sweet words calling to her (his physically weak lover), while remaining engrossed in the video of Buffy (whose ass-kicking is in peak form, something Spike clearly loves watching)—this is the moment that Drusilla chooses to voice her doubt:

Do you love my insides? The parts you can't see?

And my heart breaks a little for Dru. Spike replies, half-heartedly, a sweet line ready on his lips, but he's only paying lip service to Dru, who's utterly helpless without him, without his love. She can't possibly compete with the Slayer. She can't even fend for herself.

Look at Drusilla’s expression as she glances up at the screens flashing Buffy’s triumph at the pumpkin patch, the way she steps into Buffy’s light as realization dawns on her:

And how her face falls afterwards:

Drusilla knows. (Kudos to Juliet Landau for her amazing acting.)

Do you spot the falseness of Spike’s claim? Declaring love to Dru's eyeballs, while his own are glued to the mere images of another? His line of undying love sounds remarkably like a feeble excuse. Because his next words takes away all the sweetness and returns his focus to Buffy, "That's why I have to study this slayer." Spike's essentially saying: Hey, baby, it's because I love you to super exaggerated lengths that I'm spending a ton of time on/with her, all for YOU. My obvious emotional response to her proves my devotion to you, and strategically my obsession serves a practical purpose. Again, for you. Uh-huh, sure.

I think Spike may even believe his own words, that he's obsessing over Buffy as a way to kill her and cure Dru. There's no intention to deceive Dru in the readiness with which he placates her need for reassurance. The sentiment is automatic, unthinking, because he has loved her unconditionally for over a century. To Spike there's no question that he loves her and will always love her. It's never even occurred to him that he'd fall for anyone else. But we know better (having seen the rest of the show), don't we? And so does Dru, with her terrible gift of prescience. It would perhaps explain her sadness, her aloofness in this scene.

What does it take for Dru to recapture Spike's attention from the wall of TV screens, with so many images of Buffy lined up perfectly for his consumption and diversion? Only Dru's vision concerning Buffy is able to do that, an allusion to something that "makes her weak". In other words, new information about Buffy, something Spike didn't have before. It's only at this news that we see the script concede, "This gets his attention."

He simply can't get enough of Buffy.

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