I think this was a success

The housemate and I just watched Superstar, and she requests I tell the Internet that she approves of this episode. Also, that she feels rather pleased with herself for spotting Jonathan on a cereal box (at Giles's place) and on a globe (in Xander's basement).

(Seriously, there was much chortling, snorfling, and snickering, laced with occasional guffaws. I kept having to pause so she could get control of herself again, over lines like, "I think -- for once -- we should follow her lead." [Riley])

(Also: in rewatches I keep marveling how hard the writers pushed Riley and Buffy's non-communication problems, from very early on. If it wasn't intentional that they get their first kiss in the episode without dialogue, then it was awfully fortuitous. And in this ep, this exchange:

BUFFY: I'm glad we talked this all out.

RILEY: Um... we haven't talked at all.

(And finally: I note that after Buffy moans, "Oh, Jonathan," in that very last shot with Riley, the shooting script has her say, "Just kidding" before the fade to black. I'm amused that they cut that.)

I think this was a success

The housemate and I just watched Superstar, and she requests I tell the Internet that she approves of this episode. Also, that she feels rather pleased with herself for spotting Jonathan on a cereal box (at Giles's place) and on a globe (in Xander's basement).

(Seriously, there was much chortling, snorfling, and snickering, laced with occasional guffaws. I kept having to pause so she could get control of herself again, over lines like, "I think -- for once -- we should follow her lead." [Riley])

(Also: in rewatches I keep marveling how hard the writers pushed Riley and Buffy's non-communication problems, from very early on. If it wasn't intentional that they get their first kiss in the episode without dialogue, then it was awfully fortuitous. And in this ep, this exchange:

BUFFY: I'm glad we talked this all out.

RILEY: Um... we haven't talked at all.

(And finally: I note that after Buffy moans, "Oh, Jonathan," in that very last shot with Riley, the shooting script has her say, "Just kidding" before the fade to black. I'm amused that they cut that.)

fic musings and a rec

Something about the five three sentence fics and the all-penguin Spuffy mpreg AU (hey, someone had to write it) I wrote this weekend seems to have knocked my fic-writing gears loose. This very moment I have four in-progress fics open in Word, including my genfic_minis piece, an expansion on an old drabble, and two Seraph-related thingies. Huh.

In other things, early-season Spuffy has been on the LJ radar the last few days, which means it's time to rec my very favoritest bit of S2 Spike-and-Buffy interaction, this untitled piece by hello_spikey in which Buffy kidnaps wheelchair!Spike as a tactical maneuver. Cue shared pain over unfaithful loved ones, plus lots of snark.

fic musings and a rec

Something about the five three sentence fics and the all-penguin Spuffy mpreg AU (hey, someone had to write it) I wrote this weekend seems to have knocked my fic-writing gears loose. This very moment I have four in-progress fics open in Word, including my genfic_minis piece, an expansion on an old drabble, and two Seraph-related thingies. Huh.

In other things, early-season Spuffy has been on the LJ radar the last few days, which means it's time to rec my very favoritest bit of S2 Spike-and-Buffy interaction, this untitled piece by hello_spikey in which Buffy kidnaps wheelchair!Spike as a tactical maneuver. Cue shared pain over unfaithful loved ones, plus lots of snark.