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RESTLESS. The absolute most Analysable episode of a heavily Analysable series. It's perhaps the episode of Buffy that I enjoy watching the most because there are so many things to think about at once, and every time you watch it you see new things. I think the "every small detail is meaningful" approach of Buffy has been extremely influential on me in general, in my own writing I simply cannot help but overthink every single thing that I include. This is why I cannot comprehend the whole "sometimes curtains are just red" thing like that could never be me. I tend to believe good writers DO intend significance behind every single minor detail.

Anyway restless is truly the apotheosis of this. I LOVE dream sequences as a narrative device so an episode that is entirely dream sequences is... well, a dream to me. It's a study in Everything Has Meaning and is such an iconic & bold choice as a series finale (especially bc the season 4 villain is.... notably weak). The foreshadowing, the character work... it's a great conclusion to the overarching themes of S4 about the differences between the core scoobies and indicates that perhaps these weren't and will never be fully solved. Which imo is an interesting point to make in a series so heavily centred on the power of friendship.

All of these things that have been beneath the surface since the very beginning... Willow's impostor syndrome, Buffy's humanity warring against the darkness of her nature as a slayer, Giles's conflict between his own life and his fatherly role towards Buffy, Xander... Xandering (although a minor thing I love about his dream is Giles and Spike on the swings, which alludes to something definitely present but never made explicit- Xander's insecurity towards Giles. He KNOWS Giles sees him as inept, bumbling, annoying. his relationship with Giles is never as close as Willow/Buffy/Anya's are and that mirrors Xander's relationship to his father. Giles is never a father to him like he is to the others. Anyway.) it's just an example of writing that knows its characters SO well and not a single thing is out of place. Even the cheese slice guy simply representing the nonsensicality of dreams lends significance to the rest of it by contrast. Ugh I love restless 🫠

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Gonna tell my kids this was One Direction

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gays see something with "vampire" in it and hit reblog

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in primary school we had a creative writing assignment where we had to ‘write about a character in a new, strange situation!’ and i wrote about a squid that was somehow teleported from the ocean to the forest floor and slowly choked to death for two pages and i’ll never quite forget my teacher’s face because it turns out she wanted ‘this new school is scary, i hope i make friends!’ and not a graphic description of a squid dying

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convinced no one actually reads posts on here

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watching Seven Samurai

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Reagan, when she first met Brett: he's a problem, he's a traitor, he's a secret agent for the Illuminati, man I hate this guy.

Meanwhile Brett, writing in his diary after his first day at cognito Inc, kicking his legs in the air: Dear diary, Reagan looked at me today.

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