Hi I Love This Show And Joss Whedon Can Fuck Off

the fun thing about Buffy the Vampire Slayer is that it's a 90s teen fantasy so it's not just dated and camp but every second episode is trying to teach you something about grooming or frat boy date rape or bullying through the vehicle of praying mantis or cults or hyenas

obi-wan kenobi only looks like a respectable, even-tempered rule-follower because he's standing next to Anakin "what are rules" Skywalker and Ahsoka "i know the rules but i don't give a shit" Tano. the moment he's alone, and not being forced to keep anyone in check, he is JUST as chaotic as the other two, if not more because he DOES know the rules and he DOES give a fuck so the fact that he's breaking them means he REALLY wants to ruin someone's day

Buffy Summers and religious symbolism is always so interesting to me. I’m obsessed with Giles’ throwaway line in restless to Olivia when she accuses him of being too harsh with Buffy, telling her ‘it’s my business, blood of the lamb and all that’. Because Buffy is the sacrificial lamb that Giles is raising to die and he knows this. He is the one that most understands Buffy’s fate. He cannot afford to see Buffy as his daughter because he knows it is necessary for her to die for the world to keep turning. And knowing what comes next, he distances himself over and over again. Buffy is Isaac, carrying her own altar because it is too heavy a burden for Giles to bear. And even though Giles loves her, he still ties her to the altar and picks up the knife in the name of the authority above him.

one thing you gotta give xander is that he does have courage. no matter how often he gets knocked down and gets zero hits in, he keeps charging at the monsters