Realized when I read over this that I never linked anyone as Warren. Guess there's no one I dislike so much that I'd both give 'em that name and actually link to their site.
Haven't used Xander or Spike either, come to think of it. Maybe I can auction off the rights. . .
Spike: The thing is. . . I had a speech. I learned it all. Oh, God. She won't understand, she won't understand.
First Evil (Warren): Of course she won't understand, Sparky. I'm beyond her understanding. She's a girl. Sugar and spice and everything. . . useless unless you're baking. I'm more than that. More than flesh. . .
First Evil (Glory): . . . more than blood. I'm. . . you know, I honestly don't think there's a human word fabulous enough for me. Oh, my name will be on everyone's lips, assuming their lips haven't been torn off. But not just yet. That's alright, though. . .
First Evil (Adam): . . . I can be patient. Everything is well within parameters. She's exactly where I want her to be. And so are you, Number 17. You're right where you belong.
First Evil (the Mayor): So what'd you think? You'd get your soul back and everything'd be Jim Dandy? Soul's slipperier than a greased weasel. Why do you think I sold mine? Well, you probably thought that you'd be your own man, and I respect that, but. . .
First Evil (Drusilla): . . . you never will. You'll always be mine. You'll always be in the dark with me, singing our little songs. You like our little songs, don't you? You've always liked them, right from the beginning. And that's where we're going. . .
First Evil (the Master): . . . right back to the beginning. Not the Bang. . . not the Word. . . the true beginning. The next few months are going to be quite a ride. And I think we're all going to learn something about ourselves in the process. You'll learn you're a pathetic schmuck, if it hasn't sunk in already. Look at you. Trying to do what's right, just like her. You still don't get it. It's not about right, not about wrong. . .
First Evil (Buffy): . . . it's about power.
From Lessons, the Buffy 7th season opener. And it started out so well, too.
Might work better on DVD; towards the end the scheduling was kind'a effed up (new episode, two weeks of reruns, new episode, rerun. . .), which might work fine with standalone episodes, but since there was an arc stretching across the lot. . .
Or I'm babbling.
Or this is similar to how I didn't really care for The Kindly Ones arc in Sandman, since I was still picking the book up monthly rather than reading it as trade paperbacks, and even Neil admits the story (and individual issues) were paced for collection.
Or I'm babbling.
Re-reading the older entries and (particularly) comments around here -- which feels oddly like revisiting a text, considering I wrote a lot of the crap -- I was bound to run into something unpleasant that I'd forgotten about.
And I have no idea how to do a post-mortem on the D*rr*n M*d*g*n invasion without sounding incredibly bitchy. Even for me.
Or, again, I'm babbling.
Did we leave enough of a corpse to perform an autopsy on? I didn't think so.
Do I get to vote on who you pick for Spike? Advise? Give some thoughts, perhaps?
A girl can hope, can't she?
I notice we also lack a Dawny.
Neo, see for yourself.
Or don't. Your life will be just as rich and fulfilling -- possibly more so -- if you don't.
VASpider, I trust your judgement. Suggest away.
Garrity, good point. Have anyone in mind?
The problem with Dawn is that, given her role as Hostage on the Hoof, to bequeath her name to any of our merry crew would be to imply that that individual is regularly captured and held by Neocons. That's a pretty horrid thing to wish on anyone.
First Evil: I've got something you want.
Buffy: (Finds Dawn still in the house, cocks head, looks confused.) Are you sure?
Oh dear lord. I've never seen so much Comic Sans MS in my life.
Odd that you should mention this seeing as though I just saw a commercial for the brand new "Radio Sunnydale" cd featuring music from "pivotal moments" from the Buffy series.
I know you'll just be rushing out to buy it.
Gee, thnx, Aaron, but I think I'll pass. I recall reading some of that away back, & realizing that the irate transperson he referred to in his own blog was -me-. As I teach my students, if you don't read critically you will write poorly & inaccurately. & I avoid reading dreck if at all possible- whether my students' or malsocialized bloggers'.
Hmm. Now I just have to come up with someone worthy of being named as the incredible hotness that is Spike.
Hmm hmm hmm.
Who could be Spike? Who is beautiful, perhaps a wee bit disaffected from the mainstream, looks mighty fine without a shirt, and daily graces us with our much-needed doses of sarcasm?
Where might we find such a person?
*blink blink*
I'm thinking the only problem here is that he can't blogroll himself. Or he could, but it would be either very pointless or a serious ontological wrinkle on the face of the universe.
By the by, I am just masochistic enough to have had my curiosity piqued by Aaron's reminder, so I googled D****n M*d*g*n and found his new blog. His recent (?!) post about his experiences here proves that some people are truly incapable of learning.