March 2013
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Mar 22nd
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Mar 20th
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Mar 15th
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Mar 6th
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February 2013
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I just added “Buffyverse” into my microsoft word dictionary. That is all.
Feb 25th
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Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?: WHAT? WHO?... →
nocountryforx-men: imaybedead: HAS ANYONE ELSE NOTICED THAT THEIR DVD VERSION OF BUFFY SEASON 4 IS IN 4:3 AND NETFLIX HAS IT IN WIDESCREEN? yeah all of the seasons are 4:3 on DVD. I always thought it was just shot that way until they put it on netflix. I don’t mind watching the fullscreen though because it… Woahhhhhhh I had no idea until just now. I thought I’d watch my dvd...
Feb 13th
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WHAT? WHO? WHAT?
HAS ANYONE ELSE NOTICED THAT THEIR DVD VERSION OF BUFFY SEASON 4 IS IN 4:3 AND NETFLIX HAS IT IN WIDESCREEN?
Feb 13th
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Feb 12th
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“The message is, if you survive high school, you are a hero.”
– Buffy Studies Prof
Feb 6th
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Feb 2nd
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January 2013
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Jan 28th
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“I’ve read all of the parenting books, you cannot surprise me.”
– Joyce - Passion 2.17
Jan 28th
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“If we learned anything from Dracula, it’s never have sex. And also don’t have...”
– Our Buffy Studies prof
Jan 24th
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Mary's January 23, 2013, notes: Love, Sex, and...
I was late today and the lecture was already going so we’re just gonna dive right in here okay GO[[MORE]] Lie To Me Speech at the end Expectations of fantasy - black and white morality, easily spotted villains, just and true good guys, etc. Rest of the show brutally subverts this The Dark Age Complicates Giles’ morality with his backstory What’s My Line? Show largely ignores racial...
Jan 24th
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“He’s like a cross between a serial killer and a weird troll.”
– Our Buffy Studies Prof on Spike’s singing during ‘School Hard’
Jan 21st
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“We’re not going to watch a scene [from the 1992 Dracula film] because then...”
– Our Buffy Studies professor
Jan 18th
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Mary's January 16, 2013, notes: Dracula and...
SEX![[MORE]] By which I mean gender and sexuality. 1.     Weird sex and horror  If you have sex you will die. This is some Mean Girls shit right here. Sex is never safe if you’re a woman unless you’re married. And even then your hubby has to be around to protect you. History of Dracula images Image of Vlad the Impaler, who was inspiration for Dracula Tessa points out that it looks like he...
Jan 17th
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Mary's January 14, 2013, notes: Dracula
Dracula There have been vampire-like monsters for ages[[MORE]] Succubi, incubi, lamia, ghosts that suck your spirit (revenant NO THESE ARE HARD TO FIGHT EARLY IN DRAGON AGE) These came from not understanding decomposition Mistaken buriel, people buried alive Fingernails and hair apparently growing after death Entomology/history Vampyr Werewolves Witches 18th century the term vampire is...
Jan 16th
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Mary's January 9, 2013, notes: "Welcome to the...
Pop Culture vs Literary Canon[[MORE]] Reality shows didn’t really exist at the same time as Buffy “Real World” pretty much the only one Now they are the default What is the role of reality television in our lives? These days, anything is considered fair game (the weirder, the better)  What is Buffy about? Prophecies often happen to boys in literature In this series, it centers around...
Jan 16th
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Mary's January 7, 2013, notes: Lesson the first
[Hello, new co-blogger taking the same Buffy class here. If anyone’s interested, I take pretty detailed notes each class. Here are my notes from the first day, unedited…] He brought a Vamp-faced Angel puppet (a la Smile Time) to class this is good already.[[MORE]] Nosferatru Original vampire archetype Not pretty, or even particularly strong or “super” Can be watched really easily on...
Jan 15th
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Jan 10th
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The Faith Files
The moonlight gleems off of the newly dampened asphalt. It had been raining for days, as if the universe was trying to echo her mood. The perfectly still surface of a puddle is interrupted as a black combat boot splashes through it without a second thought. “Damn” Faith says as the water seeps through her treasured footwear. “What’s wrong” says a voice from the shadows. “Getting cold feet?” ...
Jan 9th
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30 Buffy the Vampire Slayer reaction gifs
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Jan 7th
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Jan 5th
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Me: I have to miss the first day of class. Prof: Okay. Well make sure you watch “Welcome to the Hellmouth” and “I Robot, You Jane.” Me: lol This class is perfect. Although I think it’s funny we’re going to talk about “I Robot, You Jane.”
Jan 5th
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