Category Archives: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

No Good Deed (Part II)…

Posted on Saturday, 23 October, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

Angel seems to be a neverending arch of consequences and well-intended deeds that just can’t go unpunished. Angel is constantly making decisions that seem like the right thing to do at the time but always seems to turn up with … Continue reading →

No Good Deed (Part I)…

Posted on Friday, 22 October, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

It happens to be that one of the thing that I adore about the shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel is that they have a knack for spinning out the long-lasting effects of the consequences of the actions … Continue reading →

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Liar

Posted on Friday, 10 September, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

One episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that perhaps has the hardest tug on the cockles of where my heart used to be, gentle readers, is Season 3′s “Helpless”. Perhaps I am just all maudlin right now, but there is … Continue reading →

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Buffy is So Whiny…

Posted on Monday, 6 September, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

Except, anyone who has spent five minutes speaking to me knows that I don’t really think that at all. And yet, I find that is a really popular opinion, and it begs the question, why that is? Because I just … Continue reading →

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The Cautionary Sex Ed Tale From Season 2 of Buffy

Posted on Friday, 13 August, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

One of my friends, the Red Queen from Elizabitchez, told me once that she uses the story arc from Season 2 of Buffy beginning with “Surprise” to teach about sex ed and teen relationships. Or something to that effect. It … Continue reading →

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Xander Harris: Nice Guy (TM)

Posted on Sunday, 1 August, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

Joss is tricky. We really thought he had given us something completely fresh and new, and in many ways he had. He was used to that. He had written for Roseanne, which was ahead of its time, and in many … Continue reading →

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The Hellmouth Presents: Dead Guys On Ice

Posted on Friday, 16 July, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

In the way you would expect a two-part episode to be, Buffy, Season 2′s “What’s My Line” parts I and II have a lot to unpack in them. In the beginning of Part I it is Career Week at Sunnydale … Continue reading →

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When She Was Bad

Posted on Monday, 28 June, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

When Buffy Season 1 ended with “Prophecy Girl” we saw a lot of things happen. The Hellmouth actually opened, for the first of what will be many times (I really hope that isn’t too much of a spoiler for many … Continue reading →

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The Cosmically Forbidden Romance…

Posted on Saturday, 26 June, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

This is one of my favorite (and by favorite, I mean, really, I love a good romance story or sub-story, but do they ALL have to have apocalyptic consequences?) TV Tropes. The forbidden fruit. Angel stalks into Buffy’s life in … Continue reading →

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If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me

Posted on Tuesday, 22 June, 2010 by Ouyang Dan

Buffy, S1, Ep. 05 “Never Kill A Boy On the First Date” of my Summer (Season of for my Southern Hemisphere readers!) of Buffy blog-a-thon. I am not going to blog every episode that I watch, and I hope that … Continue reading →