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More Joy Day?

  • Jan. 13th, 2011 at 8:21 PM
will110
Some people on my flist indicate that it's More Joy Day. I'm not sure exactly what that means, but I know something that brings me lots of joy...

Spuffy door!sex!





Are you drowning or waving?
I just want you to save me.
Should we try to get along?

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samsom
Jan. 14th, 2011 02:27 am (UTC)
I'm pretty sure that scene is my MOST favorite in 7 years of Buffy. There is just NOTHING hotter.

While driving today, I was thinking about the point when Buffy fell in love with Spike. I was sure that even though the seeds were definitely sewn, it wasn't s6. But then I thought about this scene, and the way she just caresses the door with her gloved fingers, wanting but not wanting to want...it's not just despair driving her right then.

Aaaand then you posted a pic of it and I think I should take it as a sign that I might be right.
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gabrielleabelle
Jan. 14th, 2011 02:57 am (UTC)
Hmmmm...I typically don't think Buffy fell in love with Spike until S7. But my perfectly-timed posting of this awesome image is rather like a sign indicating otherwise...
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samsom
Jan. 15th, 2011 12:50 am (UTC)
A sign from the shipper gods, yes. *nods*
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blackfrancine
Jan. 14th, 2011 04:11 am (UTC)
I fully support this comment.
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(Anonymous)
Jan. 14th, 2011 05:07 pm (UTC)
Hm. The screenplay does say that she goes to him 'like an animal sensing its mate' - so I'd go with her wanting him on a very deep and primal level, but, intellectually, she's not there yet, because she's literally not really 'all there' that season and can't go further than purely just existing on an instinctive level. Only when she pulls herself out of that state can she process her feelings for him - cue season 7, Spike's return and all that jazz. My take on the matter, anyway.
B.
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samsom
Jan. 15th, 2011 12:57 am (UTC)
I think we're in agreement then. :)

I don't believe Buffy processed the idea of being in love with him in s6. Probably didn't even occur to her. I think 'being in love' is something you go through on a higher plane of thought and you're very right - she's not all there that season, certainly not in a place where she can even think in terms of being in love.

But on an instinctual level, she's drawn to him. Even when she was Joan, her instinct was to protect him and go with him. So while the words "in love with Spike" probably weren't in her headspace (understandably, since s6 was about her depression and NOT about what relationship she was in), I do think it was in her gut, deep down on that instinctive level. Like an animal sensing its mate. :)
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ceciliaj
Jan. 14th, 2011 02:47 am (UTC)
HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT

is my opinion.
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gabrielleabelle
Jan. 14th, 2011 02:58 am (UTC)
I beg to differ.

That is fact.
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dramapoette1
Jan. 14th, 2011 03:25 am (UTC)
I love this scene, which is made even more awesome by the use of Out of This World by Bush. I was obsessed with that song for about an entire month after I first saw this episode. One of the best uses of music and fitting lyrics in all of Buffy.
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gabrielleabelle
Jan. 14th, 2011 05:59 am (UTC)
Definitely so much. Buffy's usually good about music selection, but this song...this song. So perfect. It sticks with me.
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blackfrancine
Jan. 14th, 2011 04:14 am (UTC)
I love that you posted that little snippet of the lyrics! Because I was all OOH DOORSEX YAY. But then I read the lyrics and I was all GAH OH THE HUMANITY. THE ANGST. THE WANT.

OH MY HEART.
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gabrielleabelle
Jan. 14th, 2011 06:00 am (UTC)
No lie, the "Can we try to get along" just sums up S6 Buffy/Spike for me. I adore the lyrics, the music, the mood, the imagery. So perfect! *sighs like a fangirl*
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(Anonymous)
Jan. 14th, 2011 05:21 pm (UTC)
Love the imagery. The heart on the tombstone nearby makes it all the more tragic - like, it's there, but it's an unusual place for a heart to be (unless it's an American thing and I'm uninformed), and it's placed on something that screams 'death', but it's still there, and... Yeah.
The only thing that spoils the scene for me is the fact that they are, actually, touching different doors.
B.
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misskittydu34
Jan. 14th, 2011 04:14 am (UTC)
I love this scene SO much ♥ "Out of this world" fits perfectly with this moment.
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gabrielleabelle
Jan. 14th, 2011 06:01 am (UTC)
So agreed. :)
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ssddgr
Jan. 14th, 2011 08:23 am (UTC)
♥
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gabrielleabelle
Jan. 15th, 2011 01:03 am (UTC)
\o/
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aerintine
Jan. 14th, 2011 01:32 pm (UTC)
This joy is catching. I feel it. It's got me!
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gabrielleabelle
Jan. 15th, 2011 01:04 am (UTC)
Yay! Joy!
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angearia
Jan. 14th, 2011 02:49 pm (UTC)
This scene, like so many Spike/Buffy scenes, is profound. The music, the physicality of the actors... perfection.
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gabrielleabelle
Jan. 15th, 2011 01:05 am (UTC)
Yes, so very much. :)
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laughslower
Jan. 14th, 2011 06:14 pm (UTC)
THIS SCENE! THIS SONG! THIS SHIP! ♥

That pretty much summarizes my undying love for this moment.
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gabrielleabelle
Jan. 15th, 2011 01:05 am (UTC)
*nods*
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louise39
Jan. 14th, 2011 09:08 pm (UTC)
Love this...
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samsom
Jan. 15th, 2011 12:58 am (UTC)
OMG, can I steal this very pretty icon of yours??
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louise39
Jan. 15th, 2011 01:36 am (UTC)
Isn't it gorgeous! It's by vampkiss and I've had it for years. Notice the two different doors?
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gabrielleabelle
Jan. 15th, 2011 01:06 am (UTC)
:)
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hexebusterjaxon
Jan. 14th, 2011 10:33 pm (UTC)
One of my favourite scenes also. The song fits it perfectly. What did "anonymous" mean when they said "they are touching different doors" - a continuity error or is something else implied?
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samsom
Jan. 15th, 2011 12:48 am (UTC)
Apparently Spike's crypt has an outer door and an inner door. I watched the dailies on YouTube last night and was somewhat disappointed to see that the door Spike was caressing was NOT the door Buffy was touching. But it's a minor thing mostly, and doesn't lessen the impact of the scene AT ALL.
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(Anonymous)
Jan. 15th, 2011 12:52 am (UTC)
I meant it literally. Spike's cript has an outside door (the one that Buffy is touching) then a very small foyer, and then another door (the one that Spike is touching). I don't seem to remember which episode it was that I realised it, but you can see it quite nicely.
On the other hand, as far as this scene goes, I'd say it is a continuity error, since we're clearly meant to perceive them as touching the same door. Don't mind me, I'm just doing a bit of nitpicking. :)
B.
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hexebusterjaxon
Jan. 15th, 2011 09:57 am (UTC)
Well that is disappointing :( Takes away from the scene - a bit
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gabrielleabelle
Jan. 15th, 2011 01:06 am (UTC)
Heh. eowyn_315 wrote up some illustrated meta on how Spike has two doors. :)
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dragonflylady77
Jan. 15th, 2011 09:29 pm (UTC)
Spuffy door!sex is HAWT!!
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