Hi! Remember #BuffyAt20? And #GraduationDayPart1 about 2 months ago? lol! Yes, it's been quite a while since Faith left Buffy behind on that balcony, but here we are together at last: first airing on 13 June 1999, the third season finale of #BuffyTheVampireSlayer was "Graduation Day, Part 2" - and it was a big one! The end of an era, y'might say. Or even - 🔥 explosive🔥! Okay, I'll stop punning for now. What can even be said about #GraduationDayPart2? It certainly delivers on the promise of #GraduationDayPart1. I never realized just how little Faith there is until right now. Apart from psychic dream, her part is over until her resurgence in Season 4. We get fun finale trappings like Cordy finally getting a staking, Jonathan (and, let's face it, Xander) finally getting to be heroic. RIP Larry the Gay Jock, sadly. Burying our gays a little early here in the era of queer visibility. Sigh. And then on top of that, obligatory hetero copulation before graduation for Willow. She doesn't even get in 10 episodes of dude-smashing before lezzing out! Another just-noticed. You know, it's odd, but I have no memory of this episode airing. Unlike #Becoming last year, which I still remember now twenty-ONE years later. But this hyped up delayed finale, I don't really recall. Huh. Perhaps because, exciting as it surely was, so much was already a foregone conclusion. Or maybe I read spoilers already, lol. Who knows? The internet was a wasteland then. Anyway, that's probably all I've got for now. I had gotten really down on myself about this project at the start of the season because it's sort of - well, basic. But I'm glad I've realized that that's sort of okay. It's still good groundwork for the next step, which I'm tentatively calling #BuffySilver for the 25th anniversary. If anything, I underestimated just how much there would be to do for this show! And that's not bad. #Buffy #BuffySeason3 #Buffy20 #BuffyGraduation #SunnydaleHigh #ClassOf99 #BuffyBlog #BuffyWatch #BuffyGeek #GayGeek https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz3p650lj-t/?igshid=iqs4408n9k9v
