#buffy script

[oveliagirlhaditright]

ANGEL

I hear this place serves coffee. Thought maybe you and I should get some...

(nothing from Buffy)

...sometime.

(nothing from Buffy)

If you want.

Buffy considers him for a long moment, then:

BUFFY

Yeah.

Angel brightens.

BUFFY (cont'd)

Sometime. I'll let you know.

And she gets up and goes. Xander, Willow, Angel stare at her departing back. Xander kind of respects what she just did. So does Angel.

ANGLE - BUFFY - WALKING AWAY

Tracking backwards with her. Letting her grow into a tight close-up. So we can see how pleased she is. Then she walks out of frame and we-

FADE OUT:

END OF ACT FOUR

...

There's something about Angel respecting what Buffy did there that I kind of love, tbh, in some ways it's so ridiculous--they're both so ridiculous here--and yet somehow great, too.

I guess that Buffy's being strong, in a way? Or at least putting on airs of being strong?

I mean, this whole episode started with Buffy wanting to date Angel, of course, but him essentially turning her down (even though he of course wanted her, too), because with him being a vampire, he feared that things could get out of control. And he would be right. But Buffy, being unhappy with that--and feeling like he treated her like a kid there--retaliated by going out with that college guy... who was part of a cult, who then tried to sacrifice her and Cordy to a demon. So by the end, of course, Angel rethinks his earlier thoughts and Buffy gets what she wants. You'd think she'd jump for it, but no: she's playing it cool and making him work for it, actually.

Edit: Like, there's just something about this attitude about Buffy's that's why Angel loves her, actually. And really her alone, because no one else would make him respect them like this, probably. If you're not making Angel(us) respect you with your strength, he doesn't have time for you.

[5bi5]

[theoverlookedoneedits1997]

someone reblogged (ty) and mentioned in the tags (as they should) that the forehead kiss in Enemies was supposed to be a kiss on the lips. for anyone who didn’t know….

YES!!

it was supposed to be a KISS ON THE MOUTH!!

‘but then again i really miss (her) and it makes me real sad’

- buffy & faith

[littlenastieswewhispered]

i’m obsessed with this clarification with little eyebrow raise for emphasis. like oh you mean before buffy summers, my wife, asked me to move in with her? yeah i lived somewhere else before buffy told me to move into her house with her where she lives. i live with her now though. at her house. she asked me to.

and then buffy goes and calls his crypt COMFY<3 and his brain, absolutely on its last crackling little circuit, shorts out entirely.

[raisedbythetv89]

Soooooo when Buffy winces when she sits down in wrecked after fucking a house down with Spike just further reminding the audience of how throughly our girl finally got dicked down in the way she DESERVES……… do we think that was sarah’s addition orrrr was it in the script or was it a director’s note because literally any of the options is absolutely spectacular to think about 😹😹😹😹

[starstrider-productions]

Script Snippet no.6!

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[girl4music]

Xabrielle VS Spuffy: Correlations between Xena’s ‘Fins, Femmes & Gems’ and Buffy’s ‘Something Blue’

You know they re-wrote the script 48 hours out before going into production for ‘Fins, Femmes & Gems’ from Gabrielle being obsessed with sexual positions to Gabrielle being obsessed with herself - but the funniest thing about that is they still had Xena obsessed with fishing but Xena never needs Gabrielle around her as much as she does when she’s not obsessed with that.

“She’s come for me. I knew she would. She can’t live without me for a minute. Not that I could blame her.”

Obviously it’s a metaphor but I still think it’s hilarious.

The way it comes across is that Xena is obsessed with Gabrielle as well as Gabrielle… But it’s just hidden behind the metaphor of “fishing” together. And they always pull that one out in this show: they’re “fishing”.

And so my question is - if Gabrielle’s apparent obsession in the original script was sexual positions rather than just an obsession with Xena… Why is it Xena that’s the main factor there? Obviously it’s because the “non-spell” parts of them still came through just as it does in the re-written script for the actual episode.

I just found it funny how Renee immediately jumped to “being in love with Xena” when the obsession in the original script was just about sexual positions.

Why is Xena even relevant to that?

And in the re-written script, if the obsession is fishing.

Why is Gabrielle relevant to that?

The answer is because they’re already in love with each other and they’re the main factor because that’s who the obsession informs regardless of the spell cast.

In this episode, it’s not a direct spell meant to make the one under it fall in love with anyone. It’s just making them have an obsession about something or someone.

But with Xena and Gabrielle in both the original and re-written script,.. the main factor is each other regardless what they’re apparently “obsessed” with because they’re not actually under a spell with each other.

They’re for real and so the “obsessions” they have are only so desirable because of that reason. Each other.

The same way in BtVS’s ‘Something Blue’ the spell Willow cast was “why don’t they just get married?” and not “why don’t they just fall in love with each other?”

It’s just a natural consequence because they’re for real.

It’s really about removing the restrictions/resistances to the characters’ sexual and emotional inhibitions. Meaning if you give them a reason to gravitate towards each other that does not directly mean “I chose this”, they’ll go for it because then they won’t feel any guilt.

Why would they? It’s just the “spell”.

So with ‘Fins, Femmes & Gems’ both in the original and re-written scripts, the “spell” isn’t the driving force of what’s pulling Xena and Gabrielle towards each other. It’s the excuse. The driving force is their real love for each other and romantic attraction and unresolved tension because that’s what’s really bothering them.

So depending on how they approached it - it wouldn’t necessarily be an insult to queer people if they were allowed to produce the episode with the original script so long as they made it clear the “spell” wasn’t the main factor just as they did with the re-written script.

There are several times in the episode where their respective “obsessions” were completely forgotten about in the midst of the crisis of losing each other.

Obviously it’s because each other mattered more to them than some daft obsession spell they were under - of which only appears to be desirable to them because they have each other to be “obsessed” with them for.

It’s a metaphor… The “obsession” is really each other and I think that would have been the case no matter which script they decided to go with for the episode.

If Gabrielle was obsessed with sexual positions instead of herself. If Xena was still obsessed with fishing. So long as they still approached it the way they did in the re-written script - I think it would have been totally fine because even in the re-written script, it was pretty clear that these “obsessions” weren’t why they were so,.. so

MARRIED. That’s the only word I can use that justifies what’s going on in that episode. Their need for each other to be around because they’re already married.

Therefore, I think the comparison to BtVS’s ‘Something Blue’ is dead on. Because Spuffy don’t act that way because the spell forced them to get married. They act that way because they already behave as if they are.

It’s just more so because “it’s not us”/“we’re forced”.

‘Fins’ is exactly the same. Behind the metaphor or the excuse - it’s just 2 suppressed idiots in love that can let go of ALL sexual and emotional inhibitions and just be happy because in those moments they’re just “Xena” and “Gabrielle” and the plot/seasonal arc can TAKE A SEAT to allow for some crucial character stuff that needs to take some precedence after what happens.

Those kind of “love spell” episodes are worth watching because you are seeing what’s for real there with them.

It’s just so exaggerated because it’s a release for them.

The spell doesn’t actually matter. But without the spell as the excuse - they’d never go there with each other.

They’d never be brave enough to because of all the other shit going on around them or they’re enemies.

But it’s like when real romantic feelings are there - none of that is even a focus. None of that is even relevant.

Only each other. That’s how I see ‘Fins’ and ‘Something Blue’ because the spell cast is really only the metaphor.

What’s the real deal is why the metaphor is necessary.

The desire for each other and unresolved tension there.

If you can show that that’s the driving force and the main factor - then any “spell” episode - be it love, obsession or anything else - is successful storytelling and - if approached well - successful representation.

There’s major correlations between these two episodes because the “spell” is not why the characters behave as they do. But it is the reason why they would allow it in the first place and why they go way over the top with it.

As far as the characters are concerned - it’s a release of everything that’s pent up inside of and between them.

When you use a “spell” episode like that - and that ends up being what is interpreted out of it - it is successful. I mean technically Spuffy is just a “b-plot” of ‘Something Blue’ whereas Xabrielle is an “a-plot of ‘Fins’ - but nevertheless - what stands out is their odd behaviour.

It’s what people remember of the episodes themselves. But what’s not communicated is that behaviour is real because “we’re under a spell”/“we can’t be blamed”.

Yes, well that only stands when the spell is directly a love spell on each other. If it’s not - then it’s just void and the behaviour is a natural consequence of what is not being acknowledged and addressed in both the relationship and in the individual. So it’s a release for it.

In ‘Fins’ Xena figures out that the obsessions they had had nothing to do with the spell put on them but rather what it was that was bothering them deep down that they needed to get in touch with. It was about insight. Now if they were allowed to use the original script, then that insight could well have been that they were in love and were not letting themselves express it frequently. In that sense, it could have actually been a proper coming out episode that was very sincere in its intentional goal despite the “spell” factor because… I mean… I might be totally wrong about this but I don’t think anyone who watches ‘Something Blue’ - especially not on rewatches - believes that Willow’s spell was forcing Spuffy to kiss, so I don’t think that the spell in ‘Fins’ would have forced Xabrielle to “experiment with sexual positions” either - especially not if the obsession was really about insight because then the insight is that enough was enough. Either they come out to themselves and each other in how they really feel for each other and what to do about expressing those feelings physically or leave each other. And we all know there is absolutely no way the creators - not these creators - would have ever done the latter because despite not knowing the best way to go about handling it, they were all always on the side of the fans and shippers which is the only real striking difference between Xena’s ‘Fins’ and Buffy’s ‘Something Blue’.

Practically everybody in the writer’s room was on-board with Xena and Gabrielle. Not everyone was with Spuffy. But the jokes on them really because it was ‘Something Blue’ that even made Spuffy a twinkle in anyone’s eye because we had never seen either character so happy.

You know sometimes things don’t work out the way you want them. Other times they’re just a happy accident. A closer look at both Xena’s ‘Fins, Femmes & Gems’ and Buffy’s ‘Something Blue’ provides that of something which is missing in the TV art/entertainment of today.

FUN. CAMP. RELEASE. The other side of the spectrum where the plot/seasonal arc is not so important then. But the character representation and development is.

[sideartblog999]

The rest of the (seven!) pages of Complicated Girl are under the cut. (also script is in the alt text)

[disco-tea]

You know what’s crazy? Just absolutely bonkers about After Life? It’s the way the demon that Buffy’s resurrection created…the price for bringing her back…the one that taunts her about being “barely there,” just as it is…is described in the script as looking like a drowned woman. It’s a drowned woman dressed in white…

[oveliagirlhaditright]

ANGEL & CORDELIA

At the table. Cordelia says something. Laughs. Angel shakes his head - finally laughs, too. Maybe at her. Maybe at not. Cordelia looks radiant - in full flirt mode.

ON BUFFY

Who looks at herself. At the mess that Buffy is. She hesitates. Then starts to turn away.

...

So, what's interesting about this part of the Halloween script here, is that segment about whether you weren't supposed to know if Angel was laughing with Cordelia or at her, basically.

Because in the actual scene--the way that David played it--it definitely seemed like he found Cordelia's joke funny. Many people actually feel like that's one of the most genuine laughs we ever got from Angel, and I do get why.

Also, in the script, that whole part was before Cordelia's line about her Barbie dream car, which she did say later on in the script (that's not actually what Angel laughed at in the script. We don't know what he was laughing about at all there. Clearly in shooting--or in editing--they changed the order of things a bit.).

[blackcatfilmprod]

I finally got my second script book here.

[trash-and-trash-accessories]

I just wrote ten pages about a fucking stupid as hell topic. Ten pages of my notes is like an hour long video. And the topic is so fucking stupid. Only I am brave enough to cover this topic and say what needs to be said.

[littlenastieswewhispered]

buffy really said the culmination of my day is having a silly little encounter with spike, just feel out of sorts until i get to slap him around a bit. once a day i have gotta do my favorite hobby, get so frustrated by the vampire i keep as a pet i kiss him!

bonus:

[juniperhillpatient]

also I have to tell you guys how annoying & loud I am about my interests & how well my siblings know me because it made me laugh. me & my sister were listing our top 10 fictional characters & I was in my top 5 & paused for a long time & she sighs and rolls her eyes & goes “rose I know for a fact jet is in your top 5 don’t pretend he’s not it’s literally ok you already listed azula you can have more than one avatar character in the top 5” (I was trying to diversify it since I love a lot of media ok lmao). then later my parents were talking about rain wilson & his roles & my brother laughs & goes “well only rose will get this but he’s great as a fish boy” like yeah ok I get it I’m predictable & known lmao

[stellernorth]

phantom of the opera (2004) / buffy the vampire slayer “prophecy girl” (1997)

[heavenbesidey0u]

Eventually there will never be anything new and it will all be remakes and reboots and sequels and spin offs and new seasons with hour long episodes that release all at once so you can binge watch it don’t you love this don’t you feel nostalgic GIVE ME YOUR MONEY