Anya

Champion Cordy sucks all together.

I Will Remember You bugs me. Boreanaz's acting is weak and the story came too early in the series. I've come to realize a lot of Boreanaz's acting is pretty bad. Like looking at a lot of the Buffy/Angel stuff now, his facial expressions are very goofy. He got so much better on his own show.

I got it the day it came out at Gamestop.

The gift giving stuff in DOAX is incredible. It's so deep and emotional.

Like the Trio? I love the trio. I want to be in the trio. Of course then it wouldn't be a trio. But I like Adam too.

What?

I really need to see season 4 of Angel. TNT needs to hurry up. They're like on season 1 now. I want to see the Beast. Cordelia as a villain sounds really lame.

Not Fade Away

The more commentaries the better.

The thing with death in the Buffyverse is that it is never permanent. I know, that is the one thing that keeps me from going insane. I think about angel Anya, or ghost Anya, or incorporeal Anya hanging out with Xander like every day. Mole's sig is mean and cruel. Anyone remember those fake season 8 credits? I was watching them the other day and noticed her death scene is in those. God, that would have been horrible to see before every single ep. That almost counters the goodness of Andrew being a regular. I meant to tape CWDP today, but my tape ran out thanks to Him and not wanting to tape over Selfless. I guess I will catch the replay tomorrow morning. CWDP has no Xander or Anya, total weaksauce. I just want to see the Willow/FE stuff again. Season 7 needs to come out on DVD. I've watched selfless like 2 other times since yesterday. FE can't possibly have been the one to haunt Dawn. It attacks her and breaks stuff! At the very least it MUST be a demon summoned by FE. I suspect the comments by Espenson, and whatever is on the DVD, is just damage control.

I could understand not noticing on the bus, as it was like chaos, but someone should have noticed something when they were walking around at the end. I don't just move on when the hour is over. I think about it all the time, and always care about the characters. Buffy's a big part of my life. Seeing a character I really care about getting cut in half is just horrible. Maybe you think I'm into it too much, but whatever, that's just how I feel. Xander is my other favorite and his fate is dreadful too. He loses an eye and his soul mate. It's just terrible. I am convinced they had it out for Anya/Xander fans or something. What's scary is that Nick has said the original plan was that Xander would die and return as a monster. I can't even imagine how I would feel if that had happened. It makes losing an eye seem like a good thing. I like the scene with Andrew when he gets off the bus.

Think about it. Who else does Buffy know? She spends all her time with Xander, Willow, Anya, Tara, Dawn, Giles and other scoobs. Speaking of the bridesmaids, I love the scenes where Willow and Tara are helping An get dressed. The way they laugh at Anya's bizarre ideas for the vows is so sweet. How could they not notice she wasn't on the bus? Xander does without talking to Andrew, so I would think everyone else would too. I mean, god, look at this... GILES (paces behind them) Yes, because the mall was actually in Sunnydale, so there's no hope of going there tomorrow. DAWN We destroyed the mall? I fought on the wrong side. XANDER All those shops gone. The Gap, Starbucks, Toys "R" Us. Who will remember all those landmarks unless we tell the world about them? Just awful. Not even funny.

Yeah, Larry. Poor Larry. They're like SIT deaths though. Cannon fodder, as Anya said.

You're kidding right? Yes, that applies to season 4 and early season 5. By the end of season 5 and all of season 6 she was CLEARLY friends with Willow and Buffy. At the wedding they were her bridesmaids. When Xander left her they felt bad for HER, commenting on how they were angry at Xander for doing that to her. When she left SD they said they were worried and hugged her when she came back. Buffy didn't WANT to kill her, she HAD to. Buffy said herself she was upset. Willow was visably shaken by it and refused to go with Buffy. Anya is refered to as "one of Buffy's best friends" in selfless. Also in the following ep Buffy saves her from a demon and invites her to her house, saying she doesn't want her friends in danger. She is Buffy's friend in Buffy's own words. Saying they shouldn't care is just ridiculous.

Yes she is! She is important to me, she is important to Xander, and is important to the others. She was their friend and a lover to one. How could they be so uncaring? It makes them look like such assholes. Yes, the show is about Buffy. And one of her best friends just died and she doesn't seem to even notice. What a bitch.

In those other battles they all took on vamps and minions. Anya and Andrew were taking on Bringers and like 2 ubies. It's not like they were fighting the whole army or Caleb or something. It's very comparable. You seriously think having a toll in the battle against ubies and Bringers was worth killing off a major character like that? Imagine if it was your favorite getting killed to try and get Bringers over as a threat. And again, it's not just the dying. If she had died and they had a payoff I'd be sad, but wouldn't be this upset. The bitterness is because she dies for the "toll" and in the end her friends don't even seem to care at all. It's like Joss didn't think she was that important.

Giles could at least have been like "so I was wrong about him..." or whatever. Something. Anything. Just at least seem to notice. No one in the core group had to die like Wes. There is no reason a major character HAS to die. There is no reason for such a toll for a battle. The fight scene would have been just as dramatic and the end would have the same meaning with or without her death. Besides the big sacrifice in the end, nobody randomly dies in the Gift and it's effective. Nobody is randomly cut down in Graduation Day part 2 and it's effective. It was just pointless. I can't help but think it has to do with Emma speaking out and not being happy.

What can I say? I'm really into the show and the characters. To be positive for a second, I'm happy she and Xander sort of got back together before she died. It would suck if they never got a chance to make up. Theirs is the best ship ever! I wish they had been married so much.

Wow, how thoughtful. A traumatizing pic. That image haunts me all the time. Joss mentions in the shooting script that Andrew is lying. On the plus side he does put over Anya in the notes. The group has survived apocalypses before. Besides, they already had people die. Spike died! The no selling of Spike's death is probably worse than Anya, bias aside. One of the big things about season 7 was that nobody believed in him except Buffy. In the end he saves the day and there's zero pay off. Nobody seems to care except Buffy. Giles and Xander were proven wrong, 10 times over...and not a word is said. Even if someone "had" to die they could have at least paid it off. Joss specifically wrote it so that she would die without a proper send off.

They could have had her leave to find herself. They could have killed her, but actually paid it off. She could have got with Xander again. I don't know. Anything is better than what we got. Why did someone have to die?

No, it's not just a show. I wouldn't care as much if she wasn't my favorite. But she is...so I'm upset.

No, it's not cool. It's terrible. It's the worst thing about the Buffyverse. I hate it and I'll never get over it or forgive Joss. It would only be cool if it was Rona. I don't see how anyone could say it was worth it. A major character is dead, with little payoff or reason and all that was gained was shock and a "toll" for the battle. That is horrible. Joss has admitted he did it for those reasons. Yeah, totally worth it there. I'm so glad my favorite is dead so that the Bringers and ubies could be put over.

Yeah, it is. It reminds me of NBA JAM. The two player is kind of bare bones though, in terms of modes and options.

You don't think I want to let it go? I try to ignore it or think of how she died a hero or that her death means Andrew is still alive or something, but I keep coming back to it. I can't let it go. It sucks and it's unfair. How would you feel if your favorite character ever was brutally killed all so that Joss could have his fantasy of killing a major character for shock value? It's not like that brief scene with Andrew was the reason she died either. It was just added on. Joss just wanted to kill someone and she was chosen. I guess he doesn't care about her fans or something. Kinda like how the scoobies don't care about her either. You all got your happy endings for Buffy and Angel. You're all sastified with how it ended. It's easy for you to say that scene with Andrew was enough, or that I should just get over it.

That isn't enough!