30 days of Buffy - day 2

[deird1]

Day 2: Favourite Episode

I'm going to call it a tie... between Who Are You? and Storyteller.

Who Are You? is a brilliant depiction of a villain gradually coming to realise what she's done with her life, and how much that's a bad thing, and to want something else but not quite know how to get there yet. Storyteller is... almost exactly the same thing.

Both are angsty as all get out.

And yet... both are extremely funny.

I love:
- Faith pretending to be Buffy in the bathroom mirror
- Andrew dreaming up dramatic introductions to his audience
- the stunning seduction of Spike
- the wondrous depiction of breakfast
- the whole Stevedore discussion
- the Trio flashbacks, with emphasis on Andrew's awesomeness

I also love:
- Faith beating the crap out of herself (...if that makes sense)
- Andrew turning the camera off

They are both extraordinary in how much is left unsaid and how much that doesn't matter, because the whole story is right there on their faces. It's just wonderful.

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Day 1: Favorite Season
Day 2: Favorite Episode
Day 3: Favorite Song Used In An Episode
Day 4: Favorite Female Character
Day 5: Least Favorite Female Character
Day 6: Favorite Male Character
Day 7: Least Favorite Male Character
Day 8: Favorite Friendship
Day 9: Favorite Romance
Day 10: Least Favorite Season
Day 11: Least Favorite Romance
Day 12: Least Favorite Episode
Day 13: Favorite Potential Slayer
Day 14: Favorite Female Villain
Day 15: Favorite Male Villain
Day 16: Episode You Like That Everyone Else Hates
Day 17: Character You Relate To The Most
Day 18: Character Who Didn’t Get Enough Screen Time
Day 19: Character You Like That Everyone Else Hates
Day 20: Best Spike-centric Episode
Day 21: Best Willow-centric Episode
Day 22: Best Xander-centric Episode
Day 23: Two Characters You Wanted To Get Together That Never Did
Day 24: Hottest scene
Day 25: Favorite Buffyverse Saying
Day 26: Favorite Scooby Moment
Day 27: Cutest Moment
Day 28: Character You Love To Hate
Day 29: Episode You Hate That Everyone Else Loves
Day 30: What You Think Made Buffy So Great

Comments

[rebcake]

Both of these are in my top 10. Which, admittedly, has about 21 episodes on it. Choosing between fabulous options is not my strong suit. ;)

[velvetwhip]

Intriguing choices there.


Gabrielle

[red_satin_doll]

WAY is one of my all-time favorite episodes , perhaps top 2 and Storyteller is...not. Because a little of andrew goes a LONG way for me, But the last scene of him turning off the camera is one of the single best scenes in the series imo. I'd never thought about the similarities between the two before, though. *ponders*