The only part I had to struggle with was the ending.
Really? Because that's my favorite part - from the moment we see Buffy (S5) wearing a pink scarf and pink flowers in her hair, crouched atop the masoleum scanning her surrounding. (I LOVE the slightly movement of her head there and the fact that you included that.) She is absolutely a huntress there, almost animalistic in how instinctive it all is, (And yet, not "animalistic" either, or not only that, but informed by expertise gained from experience and intelligence.) And the fact that you cut that with the image of her from Prophecy girl, another of my favorite images of Buffy, is brilliant (I didn't realize that they were from two separate eps until she got off the ground and I could see her face better.)
And then Buffy the warrior (which again is an aspect of her that is underplayed in favor of "shippiness"), and that last shot, both self-satisfied and matter-of-fact, as purplefringe described it. The first half is nice but the second half of the vid is what compelled me to watch it twice in a row.
I noticed that except for the two images from Chosen at the beginning, I think it's interesting (and not accidental?) that all the images are from S1-5. That smile from Prophecy Girl, that easy confidence, is something that's going to disappear or become more rare as the show goes on. IMO S5 is the season that she "comes undone" and her self-confidence really unravels or diminishes: she only sees herself as competent in terms of slaying, but unable to even love despite the evidence to the contrary. (Fuck you, Riley) The tentative smile at the end of Chosen is entirely different from Prophecy Girl or even Anne, which is really heartbreaking.
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Really? Because that's my favorite part - from the moment we see Buffy (S5) wearing a pink scarf and pink flowers in her hair, crouched atop the masoleum scanning her surrounding. (I LOVE the slightly movement of her head there and the fact that you included that.) She is absolutely a huntress there, almost animalistic in how instinctive it all is, (And yet, not "animalistic" either, or not only that, but informed by expertise gained from experience and intelligence.) And the fact that you cut that with the image of her from Prophecy girl, another of my favorite images of Buffy, is brilliant (I didn't realize that they were from two separate eps until she got off the ground and I could see her face better.)
And then Buffy the warrior (which again is an aspect of her that is underplayed in favor of "shippiness"), and that last shot, both self-satisfied and matter-of-fact, as
I noticed that except for the two images from Chosen at the beginning, I think it's interesting (and not accidental?) that all the images are from S1-5. That smile from Prophecy Girl, that easy confidence, is something that's going to disappear or become more rare as the show goes on. IMO S5 is the season that she "comes undone" and her self-confidence really unravels or diminishes: she only sees herself as competent in terms of slaying, but unable to even love despite the evidence to the contrary. (Fuck you, Riley) The tentative smile at the end of Chosen is entirely different from Prophecy Girl or even Anne, which is really heartbreaking.