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Buffy The Vampire Slayer 6x04 - "Flooded" Full Reaction (Patreon)

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Vicky N

Buffy is very obviously very far from normal as pointed out seen several times in this episode. I think the contrast between the two shows regarding attitude towards making people pay to save their lives is very deliberate. The slayer has no choice in what she must do, it’s her destiny, she is the chosen one. Therefore she thinks it’s morally wrong to make potential victims pay for what she is supposed to do, because it’s her duty. As Kendra said, being the slayer is not a job, it’s who she is. Angel on the other hand has chosen to fight the forces of evil. Yes in part it’s to atone for Angelus past. But ultimately it’s his choice. And if it wasn’t for Cordelia he wouldn’t ever have the idea of making people pay for his services. If you remember he was very reluctant at first.

x_Rhi_x

I dont think it's a situation of conflicting morals in both shows, but more to do with characters. Buffy just doesn't see slaying as a job but her duty, and thought of asking for money is crazy to her.

zerofk

Next to what the others have said there's also the point of having the correct expectations when paying for a service. The people Angel charges for his service are the ones who come to him, knowing they're hiring him. When he saves a random person on the street from a vampire attack he doesn't charge them. When that person walks into his office asking him to take out a vampire who is camping in their back yard, he does.

Melissa Amato

Umm, I usually like Jane Espensons writing. But I can agree, with the Wht** @$!!? F*** Was that episode, DoDo?¿ Life & hard times with Buffy? Like Faith would say, "Screw that..." Spike & Buffy were the best break in this tiresome lil Sode. I love JM. So much. The little subtilties he adds to a dull back drop, of yeah why didn't Tara & Willow get work, their intelligent, & capable. Xander seems to be the only one with a real job, other then poor sweet Anya. & I swear I think Dawny deserved better then cardboard promises, & the equivalent of the Sims Buffy home invasion. Jane's episodes usually leave us feeling hopeful, & not a drop in a flood, but I think that is frightening for poor Buffy, she gave everyone & everything she knew up, to spend eternity in a warm & loving paradise... To end up cruelly back in a world, we know isn't right or fair, or worth staying around for, & we all go thru dett, loss, hopelessness. Our Communication suffers, our family & friends are no guarantee, till the well runs dry~ & that's the point. Buffy is flooded not with emotions, but lack there of, Spike is the Creature who comes out of the dark, to give her a break, from the ridiculous monotony of the life she never was supposed to have, again. Realized, reality, the one thing that makes any real sense for poor Buffy is her Vampire Before & after Bf. From lonely once blood sucking presence. Spike is soothing, & when Buffy can't even find the right words to express her feelings to her Dear Dad figure, or let him in, Spike is not only there for her, he understands all she's been thru, & at the time he's perfect to bounce her deep thoughts on, or whatever, while everything around her grows with the flood down stairs. In a house she has a disdain for, & a lil Sister to care for, & friends who remain stuck, just dripping like the no Copper re pipe, Buffy is undoubtedly sick of thinking about & takes a swift exit, when a chance to fall into Angel, next time they meet. Reality is far too much for Buffy to not only take on, but unfair & unfamiliar, she can't get above the water line, & yet she may be drowning in all of it, as it screeches & claws & nars away at her, the younger Buffy returns who needed to abandon it all, & run away, while poor Giles, is left behind with the clean up, literally. Poor Daddy dear, never needed that, or to give up a life back in Bath’e to make Buffy's problems all go away. Buffy is incapable of dealing, we have all been there, & the limitations of pressure we face every day, to get by, to cope, to care for family & even our friends. We sometimes have nothing left for ourselves, & remain in a dull drop of water in a stagnant basement flood~ We can't advance, or learn more, we can't write how we feel, or hope someone will pick up on silent screams, left within us... Buffy bolts the minute she's given a chance to. All the things that don't mean anything to her, make perfect sense. It's our reality that we seek to escape, when we need a break, TV became our comfort, with all the Streaming, & commercialzz😴🤕 We all deal with todaze, as well as working 2 jobs just to buy food pay bills & get buy, on some soothing Not flooding imput, is monotony, a flooded basement, in our lives, in our minds... No one but the furry Creature's we have in place of humanity, is understanding, & when were feeling sad, so do they. Sometimes we need a break from the dam, sometimes it bursts pipes all around us, & we need to go to our annoying yet cute, chipped Vampire bud, to ease the monotony away... Spike for Buffy is the magic she needs to ease away from the monotony, for just a little while, so she can return to face a M-Fasnick Demon, or a loan officer bent on being obstacle after mundane obstacle, for her to continue thru a existence of monotonous walls to scale. Like a lill bug in a bowl of water, Buffy keeps trying to resurface, & finds a perfect get away moment during the flood, Angel is a reason for her to escape, her reality, her monotony, her Reality... Just as Spike is her faithful cute break from inside the broken down house, she never deserved to return to. Angel is a definite reason to escape back to the reality she rather face, & have, then the dealings of financial woes, or any Adult consequences behind her. We all have to unfortunately deal with. Buffy, doesn't want to be the industrious, responsible stagnation, her poor Mom had to be for her ah¿ girls? (Buffy): Joyce wanted to do her own thing, once Buffy was at University, she naturally thought she could. Knowing finally her Daughter could (always) take care of herself¿ Her theory curdled, before her as we are aware. It was furthest from the truth, when Buffy needed her Mom, & Giles to be there, but not be there for her, she was progressing, forwards, tho foundations crumble, & when Dawn entered into the reality, that had become the new reality, Buffy had to face more flooding, this time in the gize of a Demon goddess named gentle Ben?/ & Glory. Buffy has always had her Scoobie buds to help her Win the Dawn, till she realizes she has now been given a gift for everyone & everything. & for her in return, a chance to finally enjoy some long over do Slayer retirement, found in a paradise we all hope to have afterwards. But her friends decided to yank her free from her eternal rest, to awaken lost, alone, & monotony returns, Buffy wonders, "Is this Hell¿" "Yeah, Hell Mouth Central." Spike could say, matter factly, to her. As he would. & Her reality just comes flooding back on her. Xander can't progress, Anya wants a better life, the one she feels left out of, altho she has a nice store full of magic, she doesn't want to use herself, to make Xander do what he promised her. He's still teetering on Realistic obligations, & Anya's expectations just keep flooding around him, & altho Xander has been able to work firmly a 9 to 5 Construction job, he's stagnant as if in concrete, & keeps evading Anya, who feels frustrated & stagnant, as the flood washes over her. Tara & Willow decided to move in, because Spike isn't a Scoobie, he is still the Strange monster, unlike Buffy who can throw him some time, & even a comforting giggle. Her friends, just can't see him as anything but the stranger they let temporarily in, to help them all. Spike is the lovable stray hell hound, that Buffy has made friends with, & every now & again she tosses him a dog cookie, & even sits with him, on the porch steps, like the end of fool for love ep. Where he drops his shotgun, & seeks to only console a weepy Buffy Summers, for fear of her mother being in a danger she can't fathom, fix, or fight, that particular monster shadow. & Falters humanely, in front of a Vampire who, understands her more deeply then anyone else. Faithful, Spike is the unrealistic confidante, she can turn to, & rely's in, & Spike is comfortable in her need in him as well. As he sits & begs her for any treat at all, like a good puppy. The Flood may be a weird episode, after everything, but I think that's the point. Buffy may be back from the grave, but she having been in a better place, it's pretty clear that to return to a harsh, cold, reality isn't exactly the existence she asked for. & When Angel, & Spike are your only sensible escape routes, how can we fault her for wanting to escape the all encompassing Flood? To hold back the flood, is relentless, & futile. Yet that is what Buffy is up against, & after all she has been through, understanding her dilemma, & seeing her regression, by all the things she is being brought back, & forced to deal with, there is no need to seek explanations, as to why she would find comfort in the very creatures, she was borne to Slay, instead of the Human burdens we all try an escape, every now & then. To Buffy the monsters she fought, now she has a understanding, how Spike, & Angel can identify with her, as the Slayer she is meant to Slay alone, but although her friend fam have been there for her, in the past life, her renewed life shows them as selfish, fools, & Spike & Angel Wise, & Comforting. Like the lil kid who made friends with the monsters under her/his bed... When other kids would run to Mom & Daddies arms... Some kids turn to those monsters & make secret buds out of. Buffy is a unique Slayer in that she realized her Human pals, were maybe the monsters, & that some Vampires, seen as the Monsters, would be for her, her truest Companions out of all her reality... Danke DoDo Mein Fre’ 🌊🦤🌊🫧🌀🫧 💖🌎🌍🌏💖🐶👩🏻‍🚀✨👩🏼👨🏼✨🌛✨

Rey
>>94578118

Angel with Cordelia formally created an investigation agency. Buffy and co could have done the same thing, but it would be supplemental to her slayer duties. It’s funny how the higher ups think that one slayer is enough to protect the whole world.

Alex Prado

I’m so happy you defended Anya!!! That scene really upset me too when I 1st watched it…It’s not a terrible idea and guess what…Spider-Man takes pix of himself saving lives and sells them to the newspaper….so yes, Spider-Man does in fact CHARGE for saving lives