#questionablemorels

Why does everyone want to hangout with the mushroom man?

That sounds heavenly. :D  I shouldn't be eating like that at 2 am though... not good.  Then again, I didn't really eat anything all day but a few pieces of toast and a bowl of homemade soup.  This soup is crazy but amazing.  I sort of just threw stuff into the pot...

Udon noodles

Veg broth

Thinly sliced carrots (and I make sure they're completely cooked through so there's no crunch and no taste because I hate carrots...)

Garlic

Onion powder

Ginger powder

Bragg's soy sauce replacement condiment

Pepper

... and maybe a few more things

Some water too

So freaking good.

She kills me.  Every time.  I mean, I cried during the scene in which Buffy explains to Dawn she has "Summers blood," and I cried, OF COURSE, when Buffy died to save her sister, but I still can't stand Dawn.  Whedon's defense of her is even a bit laughable.  He basically says, oh, well, she's a scared little teenager who doesn't really even "exist" in the first place and is always overlooked by everyone including her crush for Buffy, so no wonder she's screwed up and angry.  

Sure, some of Dawn's behavior was quite acceptable.  I'd be screaming my head off if a fricking GOD was trying to use my blood to open a dimension portal to hell world to rain destruction and suffering on the world, but Dawn's behavior otherwise is really tragic and just makes Buffy more of a saint for putting up with her.  She just acted like a moron during the final television season.  Obviously, she's acting out for attention and because her hormones are going nuts - and especially since she's the same age as Buffy was when she started slaying - but at least Buffy made slightly better decisions than Dawn did.  True, they're different people, but there's a reason why everyone LOVES Buffy and everyone shouts "SHUT UP, DAWN!" during OMWF viewings at bars.

Buffy and Xander forever.  I love Buffy/Angel.  To death.  But obviously they can't be together, so I became more of an Angel/Cordelia shipper, but then, of course, Cordelia suffered a fate almost as rueful as Donna Noble's... poor Cordy...

And as hot as Spuffy is, I appreciate the relationship only for the character development if gave both of them - especially Spike.  I  mean, he literally fought to regain his soul for her because he was so disgusted with himself and thought she'd forgive and love him if he were more like Angel.  Poor pup.  

But Xander is the PERFECT person for Buffy.  Especially now that he's mature and focused.  He's loyal to a fault and rather bright despite what others judge him to be - and what he sometimes thinks he is.  And he's just as damaged physically and emotionally as Buffy, too, so there's an enormous connection there.  He's loved her since the beginning - albeit, he first fell for Buffy because she was the hottest thing on two legs at Sunnydale High who actually would talk to him... - but it still is/was love.  

Maybe Buffy's just destined to end up "alone" or just perpetually unlucky in love.  I hope that's not the case  - she deserves happiness - but she's never really known true happiness in the first place.  I mean, the first time she gives herself to Angel he literally loses his fucking soul and becomes a blood-thirsty psychopath again.  Talk about bad luck.