Buffy The Vampire Slayer - S07x15|♡Uncut Reaction &Review♡
Added 2023-03-27 04:54:55 +0000 UTCGet It Done
The Scoobies use a spell to transport Buffy into a shadow world, where she meets the men who created the first slayer. However, in order for her to return home, the gang must find and slay a ferocious demon.
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I think these comments are missing the point. Buffy has excellent slayer instincts, which only get more fine-tuned each season. Her instincts told her no, regardless of whether she was given the full story or not. She has to trust her instincts. Just as she rejected the patriarchy of the Watcher's Council in season 5, she is now rejecting the ancient patriarchy of the shadow men. Her instincts are telling her she does not need to become less human in this fight, she does not need to allow herself to be assaulted by a demon to gain the strength she needs. And looking at it from the metaphorical viewpoint that the entire show is a journey to adulthood (and slaying the demons is overcoming the obstacles on our path to growing up), it is important here that Buffy chooses to reject the outside control of the patriarchal system (they put her in chains, for godsakes) and just as she demands of Willow and Spike, to tap into the strength and power she already has existing inside herself. This is essential for her continuing journey to maturity and independence as an adult.
StephanieB
2023-05-17 19:02:03 +0000 UTCWell, power here might not mean actual power so to speak, but more about willpower, a forceful personality, or just general personal energy. Can’t argue that the two chosen have all of that in spades.
Dennis Bryant
2023-03-31 16:13:59 +0000 UTC💓 Thank god for all people like you around The world, but you are correct, it should be a sheared bruden.
Mariella Nilsson
2023-03-27 22:15:10 +0000 UTCUntil two viewings ago, I thought it was Kennedy and Dawn. Only recently did I even notice it was Anya.
KiwiJello
2023-03-27 20:00:17 +0000 UTCSo when Willow takes power from the other to open the portal. The other potentials are not in the room. So that makes Kennedy the strongest out of Her, Zander, and Dawn. However, I think Dawn should have some power being the key (even if there's no door to unlock), but that is just my opinion. Obviously, that is not the case.
Thomas
2023-03-27 18:20:08 +0000 UTCThank you for expressing this, I can relate so much. My parents are a lot older than any of my friends. My mom was 42 when I was born and my dad was in his 50s. My mom died of cancer when I was 25 and I dropped my whole life to move back home and take care of her for 3 years before she died. I was 22. My dad is paralyzed from the waist down and I am now his full time caregiver. So I’ve lived at home for the last 10 years taking care of my mom and now my dad. I feel like I’ve lost my youth and freedom at such a young age. Something most people don’t deal with until later in life. My sister has never leant a hand to help. She’s off living her best life across the country ever since she turned 18. She’s never come home to help (and she’s older than me). She only comes to visit every couple of years for a holiday. So I’ve always felt that unfair responsibility too :(
Victoria
2023-03-27 16:36:46 +0000 UTCBuffy's speech is a tough one here, but I get it. She is tired of carrying the load, when the people around her are capable, but they are doing what is expected and nothing more. I take care of my 75 year old mother. She currently can't walk. I have three sisters, 2 of which live less than 5 miles away. None of them help with my mother at all. They leave it to me. Why would they have to bother when they KNOW that if they don't do it, I HAVE to? It gets done. By me. I get the speech. So much do I get the speech. STEP IT THE FUCK UP PEOPLE. I CAN'T DO IT ALONE. She isn't wrong. Also, I thought the suicide subplot was interesting because they never really explored suicide in the Buffyverse in a way that it affected everyone. However, in an interview, Joss said his original plan for FAITH was to have her commit suicide and the ramifications that had on the Scoobies. I don't remember why it changed (I am guessing Eliza is awesome and they wanted to keep her around). I think seeing just how this suicide rattled them, Faith's would have broken them.
KiwiJello
2023-03-27 13:03:53 +0000 UTCI can see an assumption that the slayer entering understood the purpose for doing so was for a power boost. Therefore she understood the implications of doing so, and consented to it. Accordingly discussion about that wasn't necessary. However, the vision was only shown after Buffy asked to be told something she didn't already know. In showing the ubervamps, they already knew she didn't know about that. Brings me back to, show the vision first. Share the info, then give the power boost. At least the slayer would then know what their supposed to do with the extra power.
Shaun Houghton
2023-03-27 12:09:09 +0000 UTCI think the inference is they are not used to having to explain themselves to a talkative slayer and their word is final. The idea of a democratic discussion about things probably doesn't feature much in their era. We will have to wait and see if it was a mistake for Buffy not to take the power when offered...
Bobby P
2023-03-27 11:09:14 +0000 UTCEvery time with this episode, I get annoyed at these three guys. Come on, they couldn't show the Ubervamp army vision to Buffy, before offering the power boost? Communicate the problem, offer a solution. The offered solution could then be an informed rejection. For what are clearly three very clever men, this was dumb.
Shaun Houghton
2023-03-27 10:13:11 +0000 UTCAlways liked this episode. It ups the stakes and gives us a major (and logical) new piece of the slayer mythology. Buffy's speech is harsh but she is feeling a lot of anger about what has happened and powerless to stop it. Season 7 really explores her struggles with leadership, and as per the season opener, it's all about power (who has it, how they use it) - a theme this episode runs with, to the point that she rejects more power, knowing what might come with it.
Bobby P
2023-03-27 09:08:29 +0000 UTC“Restless” is definitely an episode that you appreciate a lot more once you’ve reached this far into the series.
R3v1v4L
2023-03-27 09:08:12 +0000 UTCIn episode 5x01 Dracula saw darkness in Buffy's power. Now we know why.
Darrell Palmer
2023-03-27 08:04:22 +0000 UTC
