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All of this is a long way of saying, I still really don’t feel like the writers fully understood how materially dire the circumstances they created for Faith were. I don’t think they were really capable of thinking of the life of a starving, unhoused teen beyond a kind of romantic notion of her feelings of abandonment and instability. The fact that food continues to be a stand in for her relationship with self-denial, and PARTICULARLY denial of “evil” or “bad” impulses (the origins of which in Faith’s case in-story are a fascinating debate on their own merits).

A week later and the girl hasn't been around as much. Buffy's obviously preoccupied. Trouble in paradise, maybe? Prom comes around, and the other girl is nowhere to be seen. Your dad works nights at the hospital. Buffy and the girl come in together, both badly hurt. Buffy's up and about before long, but apparently the other girl's comatose. At your hell of a graduation, you overhear her telling the giant snake about how she stabbed the other girl. Then she blows up the school. You take your diploma from the ashes and remind yourself never to break up with Buffy Summers.

buffy as carrie (1976) attempt 2

ANGEL | 4.15 "Orpheus"

BUFFY SUMMERS in Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 5x02

let me. innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

They supporting

lets lay down with mama

“bits to use in everyday conversations”

tara/faith parallels merry christmas @taramore! <3