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October 2016

October 10, 2016

Do You Really HAVE TO Vote?

I've been quiet about the election because I don't like politics. I'm what you would...

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,...

May 2015

May 12, 2015

A Night at the Movies: Avengers- Age of Ultron

So yesterday, I finally went to the movies to see Avengers: Age of Ultron. Whenever...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Firefly Month: The Wisdom of Serenity, the Big Damn Movie

Ladies and gentlemen and Browncoats of all ages, we have come to the end of...

March 26, 2015

Firefly Month: Who You Are In the Dark in War Stories

The episode opens with Book and Simon debating on who the people that experimented on...

March 20, 2015

Firefly Month: Solid Ground and Synchronicity in Out of Gas

Out of Gas is unique in the sense that it's told in anachronistic order. I'll...

February 2015

February 28, 2015

Of Firefly and Morality: An Introduction

Whenever I get into one of those moods where I think "I don't want to...

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