Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5x16 "The Body" Reaction
Added 2022-04-04 19:00:29 +0000 UTCLink: https://streamable.com/wn5m0j
The way I can never catch a break from crying. Like the whole damn episode I cried my whole eyes out. Them things were puffy asf and it’s been two days later. RIP to my eyes in the chat lol.
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This is the greatest hour of television I've ever seen. Brilliantly written, acted, and directed! I've seen it over 20 times, and I still cry about 20% of the time.
Thom Purdy
2022-05-07 20:38:36 +0000 UTCThe Christmas flashback scene was there because Joss didn't want credits to appear over the first scene with Buffy trying to revive Joyce.
Thom Purdy
2022-05-07 20:36:17 +0000 UTCI was afraid for you to get to that episode cause I knew you were gonna cry a lot :( it's an amazing episode though I have to say
Samantha Exama
2022-05-04 07:27:07 +0000 UTCI've been feeling super emo this week, and I just knew I had to watch this episode again (I like to torture myself sometimes lol). Then I figured I should just watch your reaction to it.. yanno, for a double dose of emo. This episode is considered one of the greatest episodes of television (THE greatest, according to many) ever made for a reason. My girlfriend studied film in University (both in South Africa and in England), and she told me how in both countries they actually used this particular episode in certain classes to to teach the students about the many details that go into telling a raw, razor-sharp and brutally honest story. For me personally it's also the most realistic portrayal of grief that I've ever seen in a TV show or movie. I knew this episode was coming up for you, and in the Buffyverse this episode is often referred to as "the hardest right of passage". Something every Buffy fan has to go through. The most cruel thing about it is that you kinda have to torture yourself and rewatch the whole thing, to see just how truly brilliant it is. The lack of music, and the effect of the sounds in the background; the camera work; the dialogue; and even the relationship between the viewers and the characters - like, how Buffy suddenly becomes like one of us, and how both Tara and Anya become more real than ever before. Everything about it is just SO well done. Anyway, you made it through. And we are all here for you, and with you! That's the best thing about this fandom; we're all in this together and we all got each other's backs - even after 20 years.
Monique Vanh
2022-04-16 02:06:26 +0000 UTCoops cut myself off. For my PTSD is what I was trying to type. Anyway, thank you again for helping me to relive this with someone who really gets it. I can't wait for more reactions from you and I really can't wait for you to watch season 6; I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait!
Ava Sinclair
2022-04-14 01:48:55 +0000 UTCJust signed up for your Patreon, which I've never done before, and it's the fact that you get so emotional that made me do it. I watched Buffy when it first came out, and I've made everyone in my life watch it, including my kids, and even though a lot of them love it too it's not the same as I love it. Then I started watching your reactions on YT and I was like YES THIS ONE IS ME AND I AM HER! I knew exactly how much this was going to hurt you; this is the episode I avoid rewatching if at all possible but I had to be with you in spirit. I'm still scarred over 20 years later - I demand a check from everyone involved in this for my P
Ava Sinclair
2022-04-14 01:47:05 +0000 UTCIt's Anya's speech for me...I barely ever cry at shows or films, but that scene always makes me tear up. Also I think you had some good thoughts at the end even though u said u were unable to form thoughts. I love you noticed the lack of soundtrack for emphasis on reality...and the phenomenal acting through just their body language
x_Rhi_x
2022-04-05 19:29:10 +0000 UTCI've definitely become desensitized to a lot of the sadness of Buffy, however Anya's speech still makes me tear up.
Steveo
2022-04-05 06:25:44 +0000 UTCJoss has said he made the episode with no sound on purpose because it simulates what really happens when you lose someone like this.
Midnight Crypt Worx (Nikki Davis)
2022-04-05 01:13:28 +0000 UTCWe are right there with ya, girl.
Midnight Crypt Worx (Nikki Davis)
2022-04-05 01:12:24 +0000 UTCDon't apologize for not being able to gather your thoughts because you're overwhelmed with the episode. You are not the only reactor who ends the episode this way. It's very hard to get through for various reasons. Like with you it's so hard to see Buffy give and give and give to the world and it seems like she always loses everything. For me it's my mom, she's been sick my whole life and at the original airing I worried so much about her that I really put myself in Buffy's position. It's been 21 years since the original airing and she's still going strong though :)
Alicia
2022-04-04 22:26:17 +0000 UTCYou should have taken a break. None of us mind. I do have to say, at one point, I laughed out loud because you were crying, and I crying, and you were hiding behind your Scotties box and it all suddenly seemed really ridiculous. But then I went back to the cryin :( I'm still watching. The tears are still flowing.
KiwiJello
2022-04-04 21:12:39 +0000 UTCNext time you're feeling overwhelmed by an episode, take a break. We won't mind. Take a 20 minute break, wash your face, get something to drink, play five minutes of a game and come back.
Alicia
2022-04-04 21:03:18 +0000 UTCI wish I took a break cause I was losing it 😭
najaé
2022-04-04 20:58:27 +0000 UTCI am having a hell of a time getting through this with you. Had to take a break about 10 mins in. Just want to hug you. Also, lots of things in my life making this hit too hard :(
KiwiJello
2022-04-04 20:58:01 +0000 UTCI like somewhat saw it but it was after the kiss occurred. I’m freaking out now 😭
najaé
2022-04-04 20:56:28 +0000 UTCoh my god lol I'm sorry for laughing but I came right here in the middle of the reaction because I needed to leave a comment because I was sure you had missed it. Understandable considering the episode.
Alicia
2022-04-04 20:55:13 +0000 UTCHOLY FUCK I DID MISS IT
najaé
2022-04-04 20:37:04 +0000 UTCDon't feel bad for crying 🧸This episode is so heartbreaking, it hurts all of us. The part that always gets me is when Buffy tells Dawn and she collapses on the floor crying in shock & denial from hearing about her mom 💔 Naj you were so heartbroken from Joyce passing away that you didn't even get a chance to process and take in Tara & Willow having their first on screen kiss. Damn these writers
Nicolette Lima
2022-04-04 20:35:58 +0000 UTCI’m so sorry for your loss 🥺.
najaé
2022-04-04 19:44:02 +0000 UTCI’ve been dreading this. But misery loves company and every Buffy fan gets a knot in their chest when their friends get to season 5 for the first time. I lost my mom almost 3 years ago and I can not describe how cathartic this episode is for me.
Jake
2022-04-04 19:43:00 +0000 UTCOh God I dont think Ive ever dreaded a reactor getting to this episode as much as I do now....
x_Rhi_x
2022-04-04 19:14:05 +0000 UTC
