Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reaction 6x10
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Willow cries we all cry! This episode was a wild ride of feels. Willow did indeed take things waaaaay too far. Her getting hooked on Rack, spirals of lies & betrayals, almost killing Dawn & then having everything spill out in an emotional breakdown - wow! It didn't stop there either, Spike & Buffy still don't see eye to eye on their complicated...relationship?
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I love all the above comments regarding addiction. I, too, am a recovering addict, with 10 years clean and sober in June. So much of this season is relatable to me. For years I was caught in a self-loathing, self-destructive spiral that led to many bad choices. Watching this play out with Buffy and Willow is just so real in spite of it being a supernatural show. I love your insights and am so glad you are enjoying the show!
Teresa Schultz
2023-05-30 00:47:39 +0000 UTCThe Spike-Buffy stuff makes me so uncomfortable. It's why I was never a big fan of the relationship. It's very much a mutually abusive relationship. Spike is not capable of real love and Buffy is trying to feel something. She has an itch to scratch and knows Spike is there and would up for anything, so to speak. Spike just wants to get his rocks off and satisfy his Buffy obsession.
Gabe Morales
2023-05-28 19:58:48 +0000 UTCYep we're getting into why this season is such a hard watch for most people now. I just feel bad for everyone this season lol.
Julian Welton
2023-05-28 06:16:47 +0000 UTCYour unraveling of your thoughts about Giles is so much the conclusion I came to over the last 20 years π€£ Itβs strange the way my feelings on him this season evolved as I got older. Itβs probably one of the biggest evolutions for me over the years.
Audra Foxgrove
2023-05-27 00:17:08 +0000 UTCJoss Whedon was certainly not writing a vampire-human romance storyline here!
denmaroca 2
2023-05-26 14:10:54 +0000 UTCSeeing as Amy has only been not a rat for a matter of days, she must have known Rack (and all that implies) when she was at Sunnydale High. Is she also addicted?
denmaroca 2
2023-05-26 14:06:43 +0000 UTCThe seeds of Willow's addiction go right back to The Harvest (1x02) when she admitted she had "accidentally decrypted the city council's security system". There were many other subsequent examples when it became clear Willow was willing to cross ethical boundaries if it enabled her to get what she wanted.
denmaroca 2
2023-05-26 13:55:27 +0000 UTCThis is interesting Christopher and I had never considered it, so thanks for the insight. I will add to that by saying it might also be fueled by the occasional condescending comments that come from Xander's mouth going back to S4. In this one, he slips in the line "...my bizarre bride-to-be..." Not an isolated thing, of course. Just a thought.
Marty Beck
2023-05-24 13:48:37 +0000 UTCYou are spot-on Dakara saying that Spuffy is HOT and also super toxic. What I find more interesting the more times I watch this season is just how manipulative and gas-lighting Spike is to get what he wants from Buffy. When does Buffy sleep with Spike in this episode? Right after Spike tells her she came back wrong, as something less than or other than human He has been isolating her and pulling her away from her friends and trying to drag her nto the darkness since 6x03. It was subtle at first, but now he is blatantly breaking her down. Love your reactions Dakara. It is so great that you recognize both sides of this increasingly disturbing. relationship.
Marty Beck
2023-05-24 13:33:27 +0000 UTCDak, really enjoyed your reactions to the last couple of episodes and your well thought out wrap up comments to some very adult and messy content the show is dishing up. I don't have much to add. Except that there is no need to apologize for crying or getting wrapped up in the lives of these fictional characters. Why do you think we are here if not that we are wrapped up in their lives too? OK I lied. Just a quick reminder that Willow opening up about her insecurities of being "plain old willow" ties back to what we saw first hand in her mind in Restless. In that episode we saw her worry that her confident college wicca persona is just a "costume" covering over the "real" shy nerdy girl we met in Season 1. (The kind of shy nerdy girl who says "why?" instead of "hi" when Buffy introduced herself).
rattusprat
2023-05-24 09:05:41 +0000 UTCTension is right, that whole opening scene of regret was a little embarrassing to watch, but it also gave us one of the best lines in the episode: "I knew the only thing better than killing a Slayer would be f...". π€ It's interesting that Tara has become the mother figure of the house, but it completely makes sense. Buffy is caught up in her slaying and doesn't even know how to be an adult, and Willow is becoming more and more single-minded with her magic such that as we see, she's not just blurring lines, she's crossing them. And the stutter comes back again. Such a smart and perfect way to express her emotions. I hated the magic drug den too. It was just so seedy and sad. As Collinson mentioned, Jeff Kober played Rack, and I think everything I've seen him in over the years he has played a creepy dude. Gotta hand it to him though, he makes me feel nervous and icky every time. During Willow's trip, those black eyes felt very dark to me, and not just in color. Also, the invisible Tara in a dress felt like she was the ''something missing'' comment. Ugh, yeah it's angering me too, Dak, that Willow has Dawn scared and nervous sitting in a drug den. Her drug trip now shows something carrying a corpse? Dark stuff indeed, Willow. I won't get too personal with the details, but Willow driving high and being reckless with a child in the car turns my mood into a downward trajectory. I went through that in my childhood and I was terrified and it scarred me. I remember it vividly after so many years. Okay, this is getting scary with the black eyes thing. Her magic has shot to a new level because of this drug den and it's become deadly now. Addiction and power are a recipe for disaster. I know. Favorite lines other than the one in my opening comment: ''Patrolling'' π ''That's the first place she goes after patrolling. She's such a pig after she kills things.'' π The one line that I found inappropriate but was still funny: ''It was like a meat party in my mouth.'' She's a kid. Leave the sexual innuendo to the adults. A very upsetting episode, especially if you can relate to part of it. Also, never apologize Dak. Be as emotional as you want because we are feeling the same way. Thank you, I appreciate you every day. Watching your full reactions to ''The Boys'' currently.
Brian Dworak
2023-05-24 06:14:23 +0000 UTCThe actor playing Rack the "Magic Dealer" is Jeff Kober who was in Buffy Season 3 episode 12 Helpless. He played the vampire Buffy would have to face without her powers.
Collinson
2023-05-24 02:45:47 +0000 UTCThis is completely random and not important at all to the messages this episode but I felt anya bleaching her hair blonde was very interesting choice. Nobody ever talks about it this is just me giving some thoughts to it. We know one of her fears is her looks fading and being seen as less attractive to xander but why blonde hair? Anya knows that Xander always hold buffy on pedestal above everyone and always needs her so maybe she is trying to redirect those emotions from Xander to her subconsciously by looking like buffy. What do you guys think?
Christopher simeon
2023-05-24 00:30:09 +0000 UTCThat's good acting when you make the watcher tear up too.. The only time something has made me cry is on Buffy and the walking dead with Clementine and Lee
AlexanderWatches
2023-05-23 23:45:47 +0000 UTCYou dont need to apologise for crying. I am a 40 year old man, and have seen that scene at least 10 times, maybe more, and I shed a tear everytime I watch it. Willow goes really off the rails in this episode and Buffy does some award winning projecting in this episode. Its such a shock to see our two strong heroines succumbing to their darker urges and falling to the dark side. It's good for Willow that Buffy was going through a similar situation at the same time, because she had massive empathy for Willow, otherwise her reaction to Willow's transgressions might have been way different and far less pleasant. The whole thing with Spike and Buffy makes me cringe. She is using him and he is using her. She is using him as an escape and he is using her to indulge his "perversions". Its also kind of funny because it makes Buffy feel gross to sleep with him, but Spike doesn't care and cannot feel hurt by her due to his lack of a soul.
Jon Dub
2023-05-23 20:38:23 +0000 UTCWell, I thinkClaire Eyles said a lot of things wonderfully already. Really its such well done episode, and even though season 6 is not one of my favourite seasons, watching it again like this makes me realize how many truly great episodes it does have. I really feel for the situation they're in. Its a very difficult situation that they're in. I feel for Dawn at the beginning of the episode searching for people to spend time with her. Then Willow going through all of that, not being able to stop it. I really feel for Buffy to in this situation.. As you said the idea of someone hurting your sister. I've actually been there, where one of my best friends hurt my (younger) sister in an abusive way. Its not a good place to be, and I did let him know. But also, I realized he needed help. A lot of people abandoned him over it, but he did work to better himself, and in the end we're still friends now, but he had to work for it. Now looking back on this episode having experienced that, it hits home soo much more. Now I've lost my train of thought and what else i wanted to say, so I'm gonna leave it there....
Bart Aansorgh
2023-05-23 20:31:02 +0000 UTCBuffy season 6 was one of the first seasons I watched without being a raging heroin addict. I know some people don't like the addiction story line, and I do agree that some of the 'drug' imagery is a bit heavy handed, but I remember watching Willow's story arc at the time and just relating so much to it. You could basically swap out large portions of Willow's story, change magic to drugs, and it would become my story. And when you look back on her arc you also start to see that she was psychologically addicted from at least season 4 onward. As difficult as it is to watch Willow's descent into addiction, as a now recovered addict (20 years clean as of last year) I will say that I personally thought they did a great job with this story line.
Claire Eyles
2023-05-23 19:45:34 +0000 UTCWhen we all first started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I don't think "Willow prostitutes herself for drug magic" was on anyone's bingo cards. And yes, that is what that "I'm just gonna take a little tour" scene with Rack was, from the sexualised element of the energy exchange, to Rack using the word 'strawberry' (an old LA street slang word for prostitute), to Willow crying under the shower and then later telling Buffy, "I did things I can't even...". They couldn't have dropped hints any louder than if they just decided to literally have Willow go and stand on a street corner. Addiction can take you to some very dark places.
Claire Eyles
2023-05-23 18:07:40 +0000 UTC
