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I got flustered guys...you guys know the scene haha. I loved it, won't lie. Spike has a crush doesn't he??? Joyce better be okay, I'm genuinely worried. Also, Riley isn't doing too good, he's not physically healthy and he's a little lost generally too :( I think they need a good chat about their relationship & what they want out of it. 

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Raven Dark

Dak, after Willow tinkers with the Tinkerbell: Should we be concerned that she's practicing a deeper magic? Writers, in the voice of the First Slayer: Your question has been answered.

Macca Fan

Wincest? If thats what I think it is I am just grossed out.

Stargazer1682

I have a theory about vampires that could explain how they smoke - or talk or do anything that would otherwise require functions of organs that are no longer functioning. Basically it goes that vampires actually exist just out of sync with normal reality. Their human bodies remain here, but when they turn, their demonic form is just out of phase with our dimension; containing all of the necessary organs to do the things they do. So in effect, they do breath, but what they breath out wouldn't necessarily be in our dimension; and it wouldn't necessarily be air humans would want to breath in after going through the demonic equivalent of a pulmonary system. This is also why they have no reflection, and why sunlight burns them; being out of sync with our dimension changes how light interacts with them. With sunlight, it's sort of like using a magnify glass to start a fire. Drinking blood helps keep them anchored, at least partially, in this dimension. Older vampires gradually gain more purchase in our dimension (like how the Master had skeletal remains). And when they get "dusted"? They don't actually turn to dust. Piercing the heart with a stake un-anchors them from this dimension and they end up in the hell dimension that the Old Ones retreated to; leaving behind an atomized particulate during the dimensional transfer, which gets mistaken for their remains.

Neil Silverman

Are you saying you felt some chemistry? What ever could you be talking about? ;-) I'm sure that won't come up again at all...

Corey

Was waiting for this episode :). Excited for the next one, and the one after that and the one after that... haha

Stargazer1682

Apparently Marc Blucas played basketball in college for Wake Forest, and was quite good. I've seen others comment about it, particularly with him playing basketball in this episode. I don't follow sports, but evidently he had a notable basketball performance during that time. He was inducted into the Erie Sports Hall of Fame.

Stargazer1682

As if Spike betraying the Scoobies by the end of season 4 wasn't reason enough, this is pretty much the point that begins to strain credulity that Buffy or the others would continue to let Spike "live". It hasn't made much sense before, regardless of him being "harmless" (which he really wasn't), but now it makes even less sense. Here' to plot armor.

Stargazer1682

I'm by no means for or against Riley and Buffy. I'll ship Angel and Buffy forever. But I have never and will never see any chemistry between Buffy and Spike.

m.,

That puts you in a very miniscule minority - And please - pleeease - dont turn this whole thing into a shipper war.

Ed Green

I don't at all agree that there is no reason other than plot armour. It's a fundamental part of Buffy's character that she won't kill those who are not directly menacing. So her letting him live is fundamental to the ethos of the show.

Stargazer1682

People make that argument all the time with Spike, but it's blatantly untrue; and this episode shows how untrue that is. He got Harmony to help him kidnap a doctor in an effort to get the chip out. With even the slightest bit more thought he'd be at least as much of a threat with the chip than he ever was without. "The Yoko Factor" alone should have been cause enough to stake Spike, regardless of whether he helped them in the fight to take back the Initiative. Giles said it himself, it was entirely self-serving; and it doesn't negate Spike's demonstrated ability to still be a menace in other ways besides physical violence. They didn't owe him anything. If anything, he was in the hole with them... Even just the premise of "Buffy doesn't kill demons if they don't pose a threat" is inherently flawed, because even without witnessing firsthand what Spike is still capable of with the chip, Buffy still knows his drive and motivation haven't changed. He's still evil with the chip. He's not Angel. He's not Anya once vengeance demon now turn human. He's not Doyle, half-human/half-demon and born with a soul. Spike still WANTS to kill people and as he demonstrated in this episode that he will do so given half a chance; and will keep trying. If this is the bar they're going to set, then Buffy shouldn't be killing any vamps or demons, she should be arresting them and putting them in a supernatural jail; because it amounts to the same thing. Buffy and the others are banking on this experimental technology to work indefinitely or that Spike won't find a loophole; when he already has found a couple; and for all any of the know, the chip could fail at any second or he'll find a way to get it out (because he's free to walk around and find another doctor to do it) and then they'd be screwed.

Bart Aansorgh

So.. this episode. I agree with the chemistry between Riley and Buffy, I think in the beginning of season 4 there was some, but then never really developped and turned stale. It's not my ship for sure. But i think deep down I'll be angel/buffy always. Now that had chemistry. Riley was stubborn here and In agree, the way he acts he drives himself away from buffy aswell as buffy away form him. Harmony is the usual bout of laughs, she really is the high school mean girl that got stuck (literally) and didnt grow up. I love spike's comedy input in the episodes. Spike's infatuation with buffy is gonna be interesting for sure, and again her acting with that scene with Riley was on point. Willow is precious as always and getting hella strong. The thing with buffy's mom was worrying. I mean how could she forget dawn, shes been there all along :D. trolls aside though, how scared must dawn have been when her mum collapsed, with saying that aswell. I really do like this season, and look forward to the rest. Lets see what shenennigans spike has up his sleeve.

denmaroca 2

Dak intently watching the last scene: Spike rips shirt off; Dak licks lips. Spike and Buffy kiss; Dak shocked, starts swearing and watches even more intently. Spike wakes up; Dak exclaims "it IS a dream" (but whose? 😉), but doesn't say thank God! - You got it bad, girl! 🙂 What's wrong with Joyce? She didn't recognise Dawn. Other people have had odd reactions to Dawn. Any connection? Should we worry about Willow? Tara seems to be concerned. And Willow does have a tendency to not let ethics get in her way when she wants something. But, Tara seems very ethical and Willow listens to her.

The BLOOB

DEFINITELY minority. Many people prefer Angel and Buffy (personally I think Buffy and Faith have the most chemistry)... but saying they dont have chemistry at all is certainly a minority opinion. Even Bangel shippers will often admit there is chemistry, just less than what she had with Angel.

The BLOOB

Totally agree with what you're saying about Riley putting ALL of his eggs into the Buffy basket... and it's too much. Too much for him, too much for her. BUT, I think it's important to acknowledge that this is the way it is because Buffy is LITERALLY the only thing he has left from his life post season 4. He had a career, friends, a mentor, a mission... and when he abandoned the Initiative to join Buffy, he left everything else in his life behind. His mentor is dead, his best friend is dead, his mission is gone and his career is over. He really only has one thing left to depend on, and that is Buffy. It's not a sustainable attitude... it's not good for a relationship. But it's understandable. It's not easy to completely rebuild your life from scratch in 6 months. I also want to point out (just because a lot of people seem to miss it) but this episode marks the 3rd time Riley told Buffy he loves her... and this is the 3rd time it wasn't said back. So not only does he have nothing but Buffy left, but he also is questioning if she even feels the same way he does.

celine celine

It does put you in a minority lmao spuffy is the biggest and most popular ship in the buffyverse

Stargazer1682

No, bike shippers are just more vocal. That doesn't make you a majority.

celine celine

Really? The most popular bangel video on youtube has about 200k views against 20M in the spuffy one. I'm not saying spuffy has always been the most popular ship but it DEFINITELY is today.

Stargazer1682

How is that being more vocal?? Jesus tap dancing Christ, what is it with you people and your unhealthy fixation with this pairing??? The level of mental gymnastics that seems to be required to ship them are astounding. Not just for the ship, but for Spike in general. Some of you lot make him out to be some sort of vampire messiah or some bullshit. And the second someone says they don't like your ship, you jump down their throat. As your hero would tell you, sod off.

Stargazer1682

An observation I've made more recently is that the writers seemed to have a different perspective on Riley and Buffy's relationship this season than season 4. For the longest time, whenever I think of Riley and Buffy's relationship, I'd think of episodes like this or the dynamic we've seen in episodes so far. Likewise, I had this long held idea that season 4 itself wasn't any good, but as I re-watched the series, I realized that while the season 4 arc didn't shape up well, there were a lot of good standalone episodes; and surprisingly, I like Buffy and Riley more in season 4 than I previously thought I did. Part of that may be that I started watching regularly around the end of season 4/start of season 5, and then caught up, so my initial impressions of Riley were episodes like this one, where he's just sort of bland and two dimensional.

celine celine

lol calm down. I'm just stating facts here. I never see bangels anywhere, so you're probably right, they're not as vocal as spuffies. They're silent even lmao except for you, of course, cause i see your negative comments against spike/spuffy in every single video. I'm just saying society change, it's normal. Bangel may have been the most popular ship back in the day but not anymore. I guess people aren't that much into adult/minor relationships the way they usted to be.

x_Rhi_x

Ah yes. The working title for this show was actually "Buffy and her Magic Vag"

Audra Foxgrove

I feel like this is the point in the show where unnecessary levels of drama and sometimes even meanness start to come out from some people. Can we just… not? Like, if you want to have an argument or a shipping war, can you just do it in a private chat? It’s already in the comments of this post, and I am just… so tired.

Julian Welton

A great reaction as always and I agree with the points you made about Spike as well as Buff's magic vagina lol. Not much to add except, personally, I'm extremely tired of Riley. Looking forward to your next video!

DB

I see the shipper wars are back in the comments like it's fanforum circa 2003 lol as a Spuffy fan from back in the day I've seen it all but it's funny how neither Bangel shippers nor us ever even cared to diss Riley beyond an occasional "meh he's boring". I guess it shows you his popularity as Buffy's love interest! Ship and let others ship. You'd think now that we're middle-aged we'd follow that rule lol

Ed Green

It's not blatantly untrue. It's true. She doesn't kill people except during fights. Maybe there can be debate over whether that's a flawed philosophy. But that's who she is.

m.,

Bingo. Not liking a ship is one thing.. playing it off as if obvious actor/actor chemistry isnt there is just being contrafactual. I dont really care what you ship as long as you do it respectfully -- but having said that.. Stargazer; quite a few of those posts of yours do have that certain undercurrent of slight hostility - "my way or the highway" if you will. And that's not really conducive to any real debate. It's a shame that this pretty much always happens at this particular point in the series.

Jon Freezin-Rain

He played professional basketball in a European league team for a while as well.

Lauran Mitchell

Bahahaha sometimes it seems worse when the shippers are older. Speaking as a veteran of Spangel vs Spuffy, Dawson/Joey vs Pacey/Joey and Wincest vs Destiel, I think the middle aged women can be the meanest lol. (For the record, I am a middle aged woman firmly in the Spuffy, Pacey/Joey and Destiel camps.)

DB

@Lauren noooo, dammit, did we become what we mocked? LOL I associated that brand of middle aged shippers with Astral planes and sparkling "vamps". But you're probably right. (And hi fellow shipper, I'm firmly in the same 3 camps as you :))

DakaraJayne

So so true. I think he’s definitely had a rough time of it and is so lost at the moment. The one person he’s finding to be his rock isn’t reciprocating the same levels of the relationship and it’s hard for him. That’s clear to see with his looks and his pointed conversations. I feel the build up to the break up happening so I’ll watch this space. Thanks for watching and commenting :) hope you’re enjoying the reactions Bisibia

DakaraJayne

I can confirm the next one was awesome!! 😂 hope you enjoy

Corey

I'm sure I will! Can't wait! Hope you're doing well :)