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[blue_lotus13]

Just watched the finale of "Buffy." It was taped for me when I was in Mongolia, but the tapes were all scrambled so I never got to see it. In a way, I sort of liked that I'd never seen it. I knew everything that was going to happen from reading spoilers online and livejournal, and I liked that there was one episode I'd never seen. I taped it from the "Space" channel last week and watched it tonight. I found it emotionally draining, but well done. I was disturbed by Anya's death and the casual manner it was dealt with, but felt the rest of it tied things up rather nicely.

I'm glad that I didn't watch it at the regular time, but watched it now when I'm a bit more removed from my feelings for the show. I could try to describe my emotional attachment to this show, but I'm not going to. I've realized that it was a constant in my somewhat chaotic life of the past few years. I'm sure that if I'd watched the finale when the episode first premiered, I would have been in tears. As it was, I was merely touched.

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[goovie.livejournal.com]

anya's death still bothers me. then again, a lot of things about the last season still bother me.

[bidetofevil.livejournal.com]

i went completely spoiler-free for season seven, and when i saw cleft-anya, i was shocked/stunned/hurt. physically, i was unsettled -- i i felt like i was going to hurl -- and emotionally, i was distraught. i knew the series was coming to an end, but anya dying, shit, i didn't need that. since her introduction in season three, she has evolved into one of my favourite characters, and seeing her get got in such a gruesome way... gah.... it was painful.

the first time i watched "chosen," it was on my computer the monday before it aired (thank you, bittorrent). i was going to watch the actual airing at a friend's "bye bye buffy" party/wake, but thanks to asshole roommates, that never happened. it would've been nice to share the end with a group of fellow buffy fanatics, but even the second time around, i nearly lost it, so it was good that i wasn't surrounded by a bunch of bawling girls :-)