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I am all warm and happy form the explosion of the Buffyverse gratefulness all over my friends’ list. I wasn’t sure if I should do one as well, because I am in danger of repeating everything that was listed before me, but then I decided “so what?” I tried to pick up scenes that were not talked about it yet, but it was not always possible.

Those are not necessarily scenes I love the most, or consider best scenes ever, but they stick out and made love these series and miss them once again.



1) The Oedipus Rex as performed by Buffy, Willow and Xander.

An extremely ridiculous and generally out of place in a school talent show, it nevertheless illustrates perfectly what Buffyverse is capable of and ties neatly with many future storylines (“there should be a play”). And the way they put it with the credits, as afterthought…

2) The end of Becoming II. Probably, the whole montage starting with the fight between Buffy and Angelus and ending with Buffy leaving Sunnydale. Heartbreaking and powerful, and I cannot help but cry for Buffy and the choices she has to make.

3) VampWillow walking the streets of “our” Sunnydale in Doppelgangland, lost and disoriented. I know it is not the greatest scene ever, but again, after the way we were lost in The Wishverse several episodes before, they show VampWillow who is lost and pathetic and tries to get home, and I feel for her even when I know I shouldn’t. plus, a great character study for Willow.

4) “I’ve forgotten how a sword in the chest hurts.”

Anya’s fight with Buffy in Selfless. She, as a demon, is a mighty and capable warrior. We can see how easily she can deflect blows and how skillfully (and in her own fighting style) she can strike. She is ready to fight with all that she has, yet she doesn’t want to win this fight.

5) The wheelchair fight. (End of Days)

A perfect companion to the previous point. One of the things you never expect at that point of the story, and then come to realize that they make a perfect sense then and there.



1) The fight in the daylight in HLoD.

Their last fight as enemies, a fight that showcases their strengths and weaknesses, and the way they both know and use them against each other. Also, that they didn’t kill each other at that perfect opportunity.

2) The Intervention kiss

I cannot miss it - A very honest scene between those two, and a very honest and openhearted kiss.

3) The stairs scene in After Life

It is all in what they don’t say to each other here. They barely talk, especially Buffy, but it is a moment of a tentative, half-realized connection for them.

4) The destruction of the building in Smashed.
Hot? Duh! Wrong? Oh yes. Right? Very much so. (Have you noticed how laconic I am? I am trying to work here, too.)

5) The basement scene in the Chosen.

I think I love this scene more than the last one. The domesticity at the edge of imminent death, the easiness, the talking, Buffy’s ideas about oil and championship, Spike’s jealousy work-out and humbleness, the way Spike and Buffy tuned in each other, and the way Buffy was absent-mindedly stroking sleeping Spike’s hand… All of it for me works not as end, but as a beginning – of just life that could happen if.


Following the better examples I played with my layout. Nothing fancy, but I changed the background picture and colours, and you can see it here and criticize me. :)