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When you see this, quote Buffy in your LJ
Sep. 18th, 2008 10:39 amHOLDEN: Buffy, I'm here to kill you, not to judge you.
With my thing for the fannish underdog, I had to go for a season 7 quote. Plus I do love Conversations with Dead People to bits. It's an episode which in theory should not work at all because in addition to the two scriptwriters credited on screen, it was co-written by two more, Joss Whedon and Marti Noxon; according to Jane Espenson, the division of labour went: Dawn scenes for her - which was a surprise for the fans because they were sure she'd written the Andrew and Jonathan scenes until she told them otherwise -, Buffy and Holden scenes for Joss, Willow and First Evil scenes for Marti and Jonathan and Andrew scenes for Drew Goddard. The last time an episode was written by that many writers, it was the less than stellar Doomed in season 4. And yet, with Conversation with Dead People, it makes for a beautiful whole.
Plus the Buffy and Holden scenes are among my favourite scenes for Buffy the character, full stop, and Holden is the best vampire to be introduced since season 2, which means you're getting a more extensive quote from their dialogue:
HOLDEN: I just think you're in some pain here. Which I do kind of enjoy 'cause I'm evil now, but you should just ease up on yourself. It's not exactly like you have the patent on bad relationships.
BUFFY: Wouldn't it be cool if I did?
HOLDEN: And what - are you supposed to be settling down already? At 21? You know, my girlfriend at college, she's so sweet. We have this great thing, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna go vampify her just so we can be together forever.
BUFFY: Sire.
HOLDEN: What?
BUFFY: The word? When you turn a human into a vampire? it's you "sire" them.
HOLDEN: Cool.
BUFFY: It's a noun too.
With my thing for the fannish underdog, I had to go for a season 7 quote. Plus I do love Conversations with Dead People to bits. It's an episode which in theory should not work at all because in addition to the two scriptwriters credited on screen, it was co-written by two more, Joss Whedon and Marti Noxon; according to Jane Espenson, the division of labour went: Dawn scenes for her - which was a surprise for the fans because they were sure she'd written the Andrew and Jonathan scenes until she told them otherwise -, Buffy and Holden scenes for Joss, Willow and First Evil scenes for Marti and Jonathan and Andrew scenes for Drew Goddard. The last time an episode was written by that many writers, it was the less than stellar Doomed in season 4. And yet, with Conversation with Dead People, it makes for a beautiful whole.
Plus the Buffy and Holden scenes are among my favourite scenes for Buffy the character, full stop, and Holden is the best vampire to be introduced since season 2, which means you're getting a more extensive quote from their dialogue:
HOLDEN: I just think you're in some pain here. Which I do kind of enjoy 'cause I'm evil now, but you should just ease up on yourself. It's not exactly like you have the patent on bad relationships.
BUFFY: Wouldn't it be cool if I did?
HOLDEN: And what - are you supposed to be settling down already? At 21? You know, my girlfriend at college, she's so sweet. We have this great thing, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna go vampify her just so we can be together forever.
BUFFY: Sire.
HOLDEN: What?
BUFFY: The word? When you turn a human into a vampire? it's you "sire" them.
HOLDEN: Cool.
BUFFY: It's a noun too.
