Behold the self-pimp!
6 February 2006 02:40 pmI wrote another essay, one that I think you might find interesting: (Original post here.)
This thing has been eating my brain since Thursday - I hope it makes sense to you too! :)
Epiphany: I think I understand The First Evil!
This was all brought on by reading![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
deborahmm’s post on ‘Sleeper’ the other day. She was wondering why did The First use Spike to open the seal? Especially considering that he’d murdered all these people full of perfectly good blood. And Andrew and the pig? Yes it’s wonderfully comical, but why would the oldest baddest evil in the world try to get a kid to kill a pig?
Then I remembered the scene with Spike attached to the big wheel thingy, and The First says:
“I have to admit, I'm glad it worked out this way. I was going to bleed Andrew, but (sighs) you look a lot better with your shirt off.”
Now The First obviously wanted Andrew dead (since as we later learn that his tears could deactivate the seal), but why did it want to bleed him? Or rather, what was all the faffing around with the pig about? And also The First has loads of Bringers - they could have grabbed anyone off the street to bleed...
But then things suddenly started to add up - here’s D’Hoffryn in ‘Selfless’:
“Haven't I taught you anything, Anya? Never go for the kill when you can go for the pain.”
( Read more... )
ETA: Well knock me over with a feather! I think I actually converted someone to S7:
"Wow. Suddenly season 7 has stopped being lame and actually makes sense!"
Squeeeeeeeeee! ::dances::
This thing has been eating my brain since Thursday - I hope it makes sense to you too! :)
This was all brought on by reading
deborahmm’s post on ‘Sleeper’ the other day. She was wondering why did The First use Spike to open the seal? Especially considering that he’d murdered all these people full of perfectly good blood. And Andrew and the pig? Yes it’s wonderfully comical, but why would the oldest baddest evil in the world try to get a kid to kill a pig?Then I remembered the scene with Spike attached to the big wheel thingy, and The First says:
“I have to admit, I'm glad it worked out this way. I was going to bleed Andrew, but (sighs) you look a lot better with your shirt off.”
Now The First obviously wanted Andrew dead (since as we later learn that his tears could deactivate the seal), but why did it want to bleed him? Or rather, what was all the faffing around with the pig about? And also The First has loads of Bringers - they could have grabbed anyone off the street to bleed...
But then things suddenly started to add up - here’s D’Hoffryn in ‘Selfless’:
“Haven't I taught you anything, Anya? Never go for the kill when you can go for the pain.”
( Read more... )
ETA: Well knock me over with a feather! I think I actually converted someone to S7:
"Wow. Suddenly season 7 has stopped being lame and actually makes sense!"
Squeeeeeeeeee! ::dances::
