Scenes You Have A Hard Time Watching

[The Girl In Question]

The balcony sex scene between Buffy and Spike in some ep in Season 6 (I don't remember which episode because my season 6 DVDs haven't been returned for months!).

The Gnarl demon eating Willow's skin. I agree that was completely disgusting and disturbing.

Spike and Buffy's behavior in LMPTM. How much more booty-backwards could these characters possibly be in this ep? I agree with Kaan that I loved the epsiode until the ending.

There are other scenes I don't like but these scenes I just can't...ugh!

[Silver]

I think the attempted rape scene for me. It felt so out context with the series, the violence and even killing was okay because that is what it's all about.

Also the death of Joyce in The Body but I think that was because my sister had died the year before.

[buffyfan21]

Apr 19, 2010 16:32:52 GMT -5 Eric said:

Apr 19, 2010 9:58:25 GMT -5 buffyfan21 said:

The Willow/Kennedy sex scene in Touched (it's Willow/Kennedy. Enough said. lol).

Yes, yes, a million times yes. In fact, how about all of Kennedy's scenes?

Agreed! LOL.

[Paul]

Apr 19, 2010 16:56:13 GMT -5 buffyfan21 said:

Apr 19, 2010 16:32:52 GMT -5 Eric said:

Yes, yes, a million times yes. In fact, how about all of Kennedy's scenes?

Agreed! LOL.

[Eric]

Apr 19, 2010 16:54:52 GMT -5 Silver said:

Also the death of Joyce in The Body but I think that was because my sister had died the year before.

I'm sorry. ):

I can agree that The Body is hard to watch when you've lost someone close. I guess it's sort of ironic that one of the best crafted and most critically acclaimed episodes is the one I always have to skip during rewatches.

Apr 19, 2010 16:56:13 GMT -5 buffyfan21 said:

Apr 19, 2010 16:32:52 GMT -5 Eric said:

Yes, yes, a million times yes. In fact, how about all of Kennedy's scenes?

Agreed! LOL.

:P

[buffyfan21]

Apr 19, 2010 17:58:59 GMT -5 Eric said:

Apr 19, 2010 16:54:52 GMT -5 Silver said:

Also the death of Joyce in The Body but I think that was because my sister had died the year before.

I'm sorry. ):

I can agree that The Body is hard to watch when you've lost someone close. I guess it's sort of ironic that one of the best crafted and most critically acclaimed episodes is the one I always have to skip during rewatches.

Same here. I always have to skip that one whenever I do a rewatch of season 5. :(

[Joe]

I dunno why but the beach scene in "Buffy vs. Dracula" always makes me cringe. Too many cheesy lines.

[buffyfan21]

Apr 19, 2010 17:06:50 GMT -5 Paul said:

Apr 19, 2010 16:56:13 GMT -5 buffyfan21 said:

Agreed! LOL.

Haha. Sorry, Paul. I know you are a Kennedy supporter.

[kaan]

Sam Finn

[buffyfan21]

Apr 19, 2010 20:18:16 GMT -5 kaan said:

Sam Finn

Strangely enough, Sam never really bothered me as a character. I do think Willow's reaction to her was funny, though. Pretending to be kind to her face but then bad mouthing her behind her back.

[kaan]

Apr 19, 2010 20:39:11 GMT -5 buffyfan21 said:

Apr 19, 2010 20:18:16 GMT -5 kaan said:

Sam Finn

Strangely enough, Sam never really bothered me as a character. I do think Willow's reaction to her was funny, though. Pretending to be kind to her face but then bad mouthing her behind her back.

Nah I never really hated her either. Just the fact that she was so specifically made to look good against Buffy, just annoyed me. I HATE it when they lessen one character just to bump up another. They did it constantly with Spike throughout the series, making him look cooler or more sympathetic compared to the others, which is probably why he's my least favourite character from Buffy.

[buffyfan21]

Apr 19, 2010 20:54:29 GMT -5 kaan said:

Nah I never really hated her either. Just the fact that she was so specifically made to look good against Buffy, just annoyed me.

Yeah. I can see that. It's like she had this too perfect vibe going, kind of annoying. She was nice but maybe trying too hard?

[elenasaur]

When Warren kills Katrina and then plots to pin it on Buffy. It's just a level of conniving and soullessness that I can't abide.

[kaan]

Glory crushing Tara's hand and mind-draining her.

[Tea - Total]

I didn't like watching Empty Places, when everybody was against Buffy motives in battle and suddenly everybody didn't trust her.
That scene was unfair all this time Buffy saved their life's many occasions and suddenly their don't trust her.
And it was Giles that made Buffy the leader bringing all the potential to Buffy, so what does he expect..
Buffy was just training them and giving them experience of battle to prepare them for their ultimate doom!.

[elenasaur]

Apr 23, 2010 2:07:48 GMT -5 Tea - Total said:

I didn't like watching Empty Places, when everybody was against Buffy motives in battle and suddenly everybody didn't trust her.
That scene was unfair all this time Buffy saved their life's many occasions and suddenly their don't trust her.
And it was Giles that made Buffy the leader bringing all the potential to Buffy, so what does he expect..
Buffy was just training them and giving them experience of battle to prepare them for their ultimate doom!.

I completely agree. I got so pissed off at everyone, because the only person to defend her was Spike. Buffy sacrificed so much to be the Slayer, and she was trying her hardest, and they suddenly decide to lose faith? It was like they expected to come out completely unscathed when they were battling the source of all evil plus an entire hellmouth's worth of turok-hans.

[buffyfan21]

Apr 24, 2010 17:39:42 GMT -5 elenasaur said:

Apr 23, 2010 2:07:48 GMT -5 Tea - Total said:

I didn't like watching Empty Places, when everybody was against Buffy motives in battle and suddenly everybody didn't trust her.
That scene was unfair all this time Buffy saved their life's many occasions and suddenly their don't trust her.
And it was Giles that made Buffy the leader bringing all the potential to Buffy, so what does he expect..
Buffy was just training them and giving them experience of battle to prepare them for their ultimate doom!.

I completely agree. I got so pissed off at everyone, because the only person to defend her was Spike. Buffy sacrificed so much to be the Slayer, and she was trying her hardest, and they suddenly decide to lose faith? It was like they expected to come out completely unscathed when they were battling the source of all evil plus an entire hellmouth's worth of turok-hans.

Agreed. I was pissed at everyone including Dawn. I mean, what authority did she have as the child to kick her older sister/legal guardian, and for all intents and purposes, mother figure out of her home?! Every time I see that I'm like "um, excuse me, do you pay any of the bills or do anything to support or contribute to the household?" I mean, it's just ridiculous. After all Buffy had done for her, including sacrificing her very life to save Dawn's and this is how she gets repaid?! And don't even get me started on the rest of the group. I am utterly amazed at how quickly they all seemed to forget everything Buffy had done for them over the years. Spike was right to admonish them for it and everything he said was absolutely true. I'm just glad someone around there had the sense to call them out on it. The only right thing Dawn did was tell Rona to shut her mouth. I have to admit I always cheer in that moment. lol. Dawn is redeemed a bit for me because of that, but not by much. And at least you can see that it plainly hurt her having to kick her sister to the curb. She refused to talk about Buffy while the rest of them were still talking smack about her even after she left. And Principal Wood suddenly being on Faith's side when he had known her for all of what? 2 seconds. His, "I believe Faith had the floor." How could someone dare to show such rudeness as a guest in someone's home? Which could be asked of all of them because technically, they all were. In fact, if it weren't for Buffy and her hospitality, the potentials and the scooby's probably would have found themselves out on the street, or worse, dead. Those that died wouldn't have even made it as long and as far as they did without Buffy's help. And let's not forget that the scooby gang themselves, Willow, Xander, Anya, etc, would have been dead long ago if it wasn't for Buffy. The way she gets treated in this ep is just outrageous and nonsensical, in my opinion. I am always bothered by the fact that Buffy did not stand up for herself here, but instead allowed her friends and everyone to trample all over her.

And when it turned out that Buffy was right about everything (which I knew from the beginning she was), did anyone bother to apologize, admit they were wrong? Ok, Vi and Amanda did. Maybe even Faith. Anyone else? I would have expected as much from the (mostly) bratty slayers in training, but Buffy deserved so much better from her friends.

So yeah. You can see I feel very heated about this scene/episode. I could actually go on for days. Years, and a million viewings later it still makes me angry. Ok, rant over. For now...lol.

[Randi Giles]

Apr 19, 2010 5:22:09 GMT -5 TheDancingSlayer said:

"Where the Wild Things Are"
... Pretty much that whole episode!

Well, just the Riley and Buffy scenes. They were so cheesy. And then the ones where their in bed was just ugh. They were just trying too hard to make it seem like Buffy and Riley was hotter than Buffy and Angel.

[kaan]

Apr 24, 2010 23:21:51 GMT -5 buffyfan21 said:

Apr 24, 2010 17:39:42 GMT -5 elenasaur said:

I completely agree. I got so pissed off at everyone, because the only person to defend her was Spike. Buffy sacrificed so much to be the Slayer, and she was trying her hardest, and they suddenly decide to lose faith? It was like they expected to come out completely unscathed when they were battling the source of all evil plus an entire hellmouth's worth of turok-hans.

Agreed. I was pissed at everyone including Dawn. I mean, what authority did she have as the child to kick her older sister/legal guardian, and for all intents and purposes, mother figure out of her home?! Every time I see that I'm like "um, excuse me, do you pay any of the bills or do anything to support or contribute to the household?" I mean, it's just ridiculous. After all Buffy had done for her, including sacrificing her very life to save Dawn's and this is how she gets repaid?! And don't even get me started on the rest of the group. I am utterly amazed at how quickly they all seemed to forget everything Buffy had done for them over the years. Spike was right to admonish them for it and everything he said was absolutely true. I'm just glad someone around there had the sense to call them out on it. The only right thing Dawn did was tell Rona to shut her mouth. I have to admit I always cheer in that moment. lol. Dawn is redeemed a bit for me because of that, but not by much. And at least you can see that it plainly hurt her having to kick her sister to the curb. She refused to talk about Buffy while the rest of them were still talking smack about her even after she left.

So yeah. You can see I feel very heated about this scene/episode. Years, and a million viewings later it still makes me angry. Ok, rant over. For now...lol.

Ok I hate that scene only because it was so badly written and executed. It was so OOC for the group to kick Buffy out of her home like that.

BUT they were building up to that scene for a long time. The Scoobies had to eventually call Buffy out on all her self-involved bs that was masking as leadership. One of the fundamental aspects of being a leader is listening to your followers and Buffy was not doing that. And when they did kick her out none of the Scoobies talked smack about her, only Rona and Kennedy iirc. And they tried to look for her the next day.

And of course Spike was the only one to 'stand by her' because he was the only one she had 'let in' throughout most of the season.

When Xander lost his eye Buffy could not even stick around the hospital because she just couldn't open herself to that pain. She sealed herself from her family and friends because she couldn't deal with the fact that they were all probably gonna die.

So yes, it was a bad scene, that desperately needed another rewrite, but it wasn't all just 'poor Buffy'.

[AngelFaith]

Apr 25, 2010 0:06:36 GMT -5 kaan said:

BUT they were building up to that scene for a long time. The Scoobies had to eventually call Buffy out on all her self-involved bs that was masking as leadership. One of the fundamental aspects of being a leader is listening to your followers and Buffy was not doing that.

I agree with you here. This scene never annoyed me the way it did other people, because I think that Faith, Giles and The Scoobies were right in calling Buffy out. Rona and Kennedy I want to kick in the head, but the others had valid points, and as kaan says they don't bitch at her or about her.

Apr 25, 2010 0:06:36 GMT -5 kaan said:

And of course Spike was the only one to 'stand by her' because he was the only one she had 'let in' throughout most of the season.

Plus Spike is in love with her and pretty much worships the ground she walks on. It comes down to the fact that (aside from Dawn maybe) he really doesn't care about anyone else in the house except Buffy. So the horror that has happened to everyone else (Xander especially) doesn't bother him and he defends Buffy without even thinking about them.

Apr 25, 2010 0:06:36 GMT -5 kaan said:

When Xander lost his eye Buffy could not even stick around the hospital because she just couldn't open herself to that pain.

I always thought she was really weak in the scene where she bailed on Xander. Yes, she feels bad, but Xander is supposed to be one of her best friends and he needs her there - he needs her support and she just bails and refuses to talk about it with Dawn.