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May 2016

May 09, 2016

Why Seeing Red Is The Worst Episode of Buffy: Defending Spike Part 1

This is the first of a series of essays anonymously defending the character of Spike...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

My Vampiric Spirit, Confession, and Conversion

Author note: This is a guest post written by my friend Kristin from Austin...

November 2015

November 05, 2015

The Nature of Forgiveness in Buffy

The nature of forgiveness in Buffy-verse is complicated to say the least. Angel gets a...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

Once More With Feeling: Top 10 Buffy Episodes #1

Once More With Feeling is an episode that a lot of fans consider to be...

October 25, 2015

My 2-Year Buffyversary: Why Am I Doing the Countdown?

So earlier this month, I said that I was doing a Buffy Countdown because I...

October 23, 2015

The Gift: Top 10 Buffy Episodes #2

It's not easy for me to pick which episode of Buffy will go in the...

October 22, 2015

Becoming, Part 2: Top 10 Buffy Episodes #3

I just think...that when it's all over, it just comes back in flashes, you know?...

October 20, 2015

Fool For Love: Top 10 Buffy Episodes #4

I. Love. This. Episode. It's my favorite episode of Season 5 (my fave season) even though...

October 19, 2015

The Body: Top 10 Buffy Episodes #5

WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THIS SHOW ENSUE! Also, if you're a long-time fan of the...

October 15, 2015

Hush: Top 10 Buffy Episodes #6

Hush is a unique episode in the Buffy lineup. It's the only episode that was...

October 13, 2015

Band Candy: Top 10 Buffy Episodes #7

Band Candy is a fun episode to watch. The whole "adults acting as teens" has...

October 09, 2015

School Hard: Top 10 Buffy Episodes #8

If someone were to ask me what episode I would show to someone who's never...

October 08, 2015

Tabula Rasa: Top 10 Buffy Episodes #9

"Tabula Rasa" has a similar plot to "Something Blue" because the events of the episode...

October 06, 2015

Something Blue: Top 10 Buffy Episodes #10

On paper, "Something Blue" should have been a bad episode. It was written by Tracey Forbes,...

October 06, 2015

Top 10 Reasons October is My Favorite Month

Lots of people look forward to certain seasons. Schoolchildren count the days to summer. Many...

March 2015

March 10, 2015

The Strong Female Characters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I am biased more towards strong female characters. But the term "strong female character" has...

March 07, 2015

Superheroes and Saints: The Ordinary and the Extraordinary

What exactly do saints and superheroes have in common? For the most part, saints are...

December 2014

December 11, 2014

My Year In Photos: May

May was a majorly awesome month for many things, but one thing stands out even...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

The Villains of Buffy

The act of catharsis has two sides. One involves emotional empathy, the other is acknowledging...

October 26, 2014

Catharsis and Character Empathizing: The Heroes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer

I have gone into detail in other entries about how one aspect about Asperger's Syndrome...

October 25, 2014

How To Obsess Over Buffy The Vampire Slayer in 20 Easy Steps

In 1997, a TV show about a vampire slayer came onto the scene. It wasn't...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

The Patterns of Affinity in the Autistic Mind

So my dad was channel surfing through the news stories and my ear catches a...

May 2014

May 25, 2014

Comicpalooza. Nope, I Still Can’t Believe It!

So yesterday was awesome. As you can tell from the title, I went to a...

February 2014

February 04, 2014

True Love Tuesday: Why I Ship Spike/Buffy and Faith/Angel

In October 2013, I started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer to get myself hyped up for...

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