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Buffy The Vampire Slayer 3x03 - "Faith, Hope & Trick" Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2021-09-26 05:00:02
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Another one...? 😳

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Allan Cornett

My favorite theme this episode is Giles knowing something is terribly wrong with Buffy that no one else sees . His using the excuse of needing information from her to complete a spell to get Buffy to talk about what really happened to her is so wise. I love how they have a father daughter relationship.

Allan Cornett

If the whole Slayer story on why and how it works is explained to you then you will be spoiled. The series will answer most of your questions and some of the answers are not revealed until the last season.

Briony Addey

I think there's definitely a conflict between the 'into each generation' thing and the 'when a slayer dies, the next one is called' thing. Given that the latter has now been established as lore twice over (Kendra was called when Buffy died and Faith was called when Kendra died) I think we have to put aside the 'into each generation' thing as inaccurate and disregard it.

zerofk
>>68567876

I love that part. It's so subtle throughout the episode - Giles doesn't push, doesn't even indicate that he knows anything is off. He always seems preoccupied even, as if the spell thing doesn't really matter. And then in the end we find out what it's really about with just that one simple line "there is no spell." It's one of the greatest moments in the show.

x_Rhi_x
>>68569104

I agree. I think its something joss changed slightly after after first few episodes of the show. They never do that "into every generation a slayer is born" voice over after the first few episodes so maybe he hoped we'd forget and go with the new way of slayers being called lol

Darrell Palmer

I wouldn’t get too hung up in the details of how things work. The little details tend to change to accommodate the plot. Remember the season 1 finale where Angel could not save Buffy because he had no breath, but then in season 2, when Angel goes bad he bites the neck of a woman who was smoking and then blows the smoke out of his own mouth. It looked cool, so we just accepted it. There are others that I could remind you of and you’ve only seen the first 2 seasons. For your own sanity, I can only recommend that you just sit back and enjoy 😊

zerofk

The episode title is a reference to a bible verse: "And now abide faith, hope, and love; these three; but the greatest of these is love." Besides obviously the character names I think "hope" also refers to the hope that after Angel, Buffy can still find love. But of course at the end there's the trick that her old love comes back.

Superplin

I think of the “generations” as referring not to population-wide metrics, but in the sense of generations of Slayers: under normal circumstances, and as far as we know until now, there has only ever been one Slayer at a time. So there was the generation of whomever came before Buffy, and normally after her death it would have been the generation of Kendra, then of Faith. But because unlike most Slayers, Buffy was not isolated but rather surrounded by friends and family, her death didn’t stick—Xander resuscitated her. Hence the multiple generations coexisting. I don’t see it as a mistake by the show or something they changed to fit the plot.

Jezzer
>>68572562

Also, "Three New Characters" would be a bad episode title.

Jezzer

You and Buffy simultaneously had the exact same reaction to Willow saying "do that thing with your mouth that boys like," and I absolutely cackled. Same expression, same head movement and angles, almost perfectly in sync.

Jezzer

As far as the witch thing goes, you don't have to be born a witch, but there is some natural talent that varies from person to person. Willow has both the raw potential and the intellectual ability to master witchcraft. It's D&D rules: anyone can learn to be a magic-user, but someone with an 18 INT is going to be much better than someone with a 9.

Kristin Carter
>>68580986

That's how I always took it too - they don't mean there's one Slayer for baby boomers, one for Gen X, one for Millennials, etc. They just mean that there's only one at a time 🤷‍♀️

Kristin Carter

I feel like Buffy could definitely stop slaying if she wanted to; after all, Faith is "the" Slayer now - the torch has been passed, like you said. Buffy says that she can't stop slaying because I feel like she wouldn't be able to live with herself if something terrible happened and she could have helped to prevent it.

x_Rhi_x
>>68580986

i guess so, yeah, good point. Maybe we should think of a "slayer generation" as a different thing to age generation and it makes more sense

Superplin
>>68595021

Buffy has taken a bite out of the apple, she knows about vampires and demons, and can't unbite it. She still has her Slayer powers, so she feels a responsibility to use them for good and do what she can.

Midnight Crypt Worx

So yes Buffy is still the "official" slayer in a way. The only thing that has changed is that the slayer line is different now. But IMO, she's still boss. And yes everyone can do magick. If you see, Giles does spells also sometimes.

Paul Komoroski
>>68569104

Not sure the "generation" thing is supposed to be thought of as fact, but rather as a slogan.

cruzinbosco

This is one of my favorite episodes. The dialogue is great and it's a perfect introduction to Faith who, by the way, is my second-favorite character after Buffy. I love how they casually tell you about her through the little things. I appreciate that kind of writing and Eliza portrays it so well. Been a fan of hers since she was a child actress, which technically she still was here; she was only 17 at this time.

UTU49
>>68569104

I agree Paul. I don't think the "generation" part is literal. Perhaps the writers intended it to be literal at first and then realized they had to retcon it. Or maybe they intended it non-literally from the start.

UTU49

Hi Dodo. I'm catching up. I got behind on most of my reactors. They were very ambitious with Faith in this episode. They didn't just introduce her. They didn't just introduce one or 2 story elements about her. We see her in a state of cheerfulness, then rage, terror, and despair. We see her in and out of conflict with Buffy. Faith has an arc in her very first episode. We also see considerable changes in the relationship between Faith and Buffy in the span of this single episode.

UTU49

I love your collages of pictures, btw.

dodoreactions
>>69512885

Thanks UTU49, glad to read that... and at the same time I have a guilty conscience, because I just lack the time for such collages and therefore I have to make a few less elaborate 💙😢

Thom Purdy

No no no! It's not the music. It's allergies! When your eyes get leaky, but you don't want to admit the reason, it's allergies! ;-)

Eric Paul Owens

i have always felt that after Season One, Buffy was no longer THE Slayer. She was something else apart from the slayer line. Her power comes from the same origins but she is evolving beyond it. Which is also what makes her the slayer to have the show about.