WATCH ALONG: Buffy S3 E17
Added 2025-03-06 14:56:05 +0000 UTC
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Always kinda thought he was her shiny new toy. He was *supposed to be* around their age but he carried himself higher than others, which made her want him (or something) Plus the fact she could rub it in Xander’s face. Didn’t make it any less grody.
Zombie
2025-03-16 23:11:35 +0000 UTCYes, it's like seeing your abuser again. When your abuser lives inside your boyfriend, that's gotta be rough.
Mitch M
2025-03-14 21:37:42 +0000 UTCCordelia's supposed to be the popular girl in school, but she's into some nerdy random dude that's always in the library? Might as well be Giles. It's kinda weird.
Joe Blankenship
2025-03-09 07:38:34 +0000 UTCFaith was like "what're we gonna do now?" to Buffy. And I said to my TV, I said "kiss" and then Faith kissed Buffy. That was pretty weird.
Joe Blankenship
2025-03-09 07:35:48 +0000 UTCI always got the sense that Wesley was in his early to mid-20s (22-24) at most. The show really frames him as someone fresh out of the Watchers' Academy with little real-world experience. Between bragging about being named Head Boy and the way he talks about his training, it all feels very recent. It seems like they were deliberately playing up the ‘young rookie stepping in to replace the seasoned veteran’ dynamic—old-school vs. new-school, experience vs. education—to create tension with Giles. But maybe I’m just trying to downplay the creep factor.
Doug's Night Terrors
2025-03-07 03:51:13 +0000 UTCThat is a full-grown man who is at *minimum* 30 years old. Even if you want to say "we're talking about the character, not the actor," you think a 22-year-old can be a full Watcher? C'mon.
Charity Konusser (the chonus)
2025-03-07 02:08:15 +0000 UTCSo… Angel and happiness. It’s not addressed specifically until way way later. “Angel” Season 5 to be exact. Long story short, perfect happiness is extremely rare.
Aaron Johnson
2025-03-06 23:49:21 +0000 UTCThere's a line in episode 20 that touches on this. It’s not exactly a spoiler, but I’ll keep it vague anyway.
Doug's Night Terrors
2025-03-06 23:14:04 +0000 UTCGlad to see you're sticking with Buffy! Love the show and your reactions. I don’t think it was just the kiss with Faith that gave Buffy the ick—it was seeing Angel go full Angelus. Even though it was just an act, watching him slip back into that role had to be unsettling, bringing back everything she went through the first time.
Doug's Night Terrors
2025-03-06 21:17:19 +0000 UTCIt's been estimated that Wesley was 22 at this point and yes Cordelia was 18, so there's no real reason they couldn't date.
Kenton Kruger
2025-03-06 21:11:28 +0000 UTCI was just thinking…it’s Senior year and Cordelia is probably 18 and Westley has nothing to do with the school system so legally he could date her, I guess. 🤷🏻♀️
Susan Holly
2025-03-06 20:29:04 +0000 UTCwell I don't watch "older classic movies" on Wednesday but thank you for the suggestion! I'll write those down
Ashleigh Burton
2025-03-06 16:07:59 +0000 UTCIs Buffy an “older classic movie”? If you want to find one, I would again suggest Sight and Sound’s best movie of all time, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Maybe you just do not like James Stewart.
Joseph Stevenson
2025-03-06 15:36:56 +0000 UTC
