More squee! And a Spuffy thought!

[elisi]

Well, Christmas has obviously come early, because yesterday someone gifted me with more icon-space! Thank you so much anonymous benefactor! LJ-fairy? Christmas-fairy? Or... ::looks suspiciously at Anna and her magic wand::

Today we went to Impish Girl's pre-school/nursery to see their nativity play! Anyone who hasn't seen 25 3-year olds doing this hasn't lived! They were all just so cute!! And afterwards there was tea and cakes, and because about half the children are asian, and parent's brought the refreshments, I had Christmas cake and onion bhajis (sorry about spelling).

But - I also have a little thought to share:



Spuffy Thought

Now I doubt I'm the first one to notice this, but I felt like sharing anyway! We all know that heartbreaking moment:

Buffy: "I love you."
Spike: "No you don't."

I'm one of those who think that yes she meant it and yes he believed her. (See this post by the_royal_anna and this FitB by Kimi: The Way It Works - set just post-Chosen).

But that's not what I'm going to talk about. Because I discovered that there was a precedent for 'I love you' / 'No you don't'! And also that in this scene the denial doesn't mean disbelief. Let me show you - this is from the alley scene in 'Dead Things:

Spike: "You're not going in there."
Buffy: "I have to do this. Just let me go."
Spike: "I can't. I love you."
Buffy: "No, you don't."
Spike: "You think I haven't tried not to?"
Buffy hauls off and punches him in the face. Spike goes flying back into a couple of garbage cans, against the wall of the next building.
Buffy: "Try harder."

Buffy's denial is most certainly an instruction - a command even. And how interesting that this exchange comes at one of their lowest points and the mirror scene at their highest! I just liked the symmetry. Now go discuss! ;-)

Comments

[the-royal-anna.livejournal.com]

Oh! What a wonderful, cunning little point that is. ::sigh:: And what a gorgeous, rich show it was! These little things seem to crop up, and you're sure nobody put them there on purpose exactly, but it feels like some kind of magic behind it all knew just what it was doing. :) Thank you so much for pointing that one out! It's a lovely, succinct illustration.

And hee...that LJ fairy, she gets around. :)

[elisi]

I'm 99% sure that this point was in some e-mail I wrote you ages ago, but if I'm able to impress you twice, that works fine too! :)

And I was thinking exactly what you wrote - Joss was so very determined to use that exact wording... did he intentionally refer back to this scene?

And hee...that LJ fairy, she gets around. :)

Does that mean that i wasn't you? 'Cause I'm all confused! (And see - hot christmas icon!)

[the-royal-anna.livejournal.com]

whoops! My face is red. :) But if my hopeless memory means I get to enjoy things twice over, then yay! ::dances::

And ::giggles:: I can't speak for the LJ fairy, you know. ;) She's a law unto herself. lalalalalala

[elisi]

lalalalalala

Hee! ::lots of giggles::

(And I must get an 'I love Anna' icon!)