“I look around at this world you're so eager to be a part of and all I see is six billion lunatics looking for the fastest ride out. Who's not crazy? Look around, everyone's drinking, smoking, shooting up, shooting each other, or just plain screwing their brains out 'cause they don't want 'em anymore. I'm crazy? Honey, I'm the original one-eyed chicklet in the kingdom of the blind, 'cause at least I admit the world makes me nuts.”-Glory One of the best monologues of the series.
After many rewatches, I finally caught on to something new in this episode. Buffy's speech to Willow (in Buffy's mind) is extremely similar to how Spike said he defeated the 2 slayers he fought. Every slayer is so overwhelmed with their responsibilities and destinies that they occasionally wish for it all to end. He just so happened to be the one fighting them when they let those thoughts overwhelm their fighting instincts and he was able to kill them. Buffy's speech echoes the same sentiment. For just one moment, she wanted it all to be over except in her case, Dawn would be casualty.
For as keenly observant as Spike is, he’s still a demon. What he sees as every slayer having a death wish, can be interpreted another way.“Death is her gift.”
@@robertmckenna3994 I think you missed a major part of the Spike scenes if you think that he wasn't both correct and that it was all connected to the same thing.
My favorite moment is Spike willing to take the pain when he just wants to slap Xander upside the head. The camera angle from behind as they both yell "ow," cracks me up every time.
Love this episode. Really shows Buffy's humanity in all its flawed Glory (pun intended). And the actress who played young Buffy perfectly portrayed her quirkiness and really sold me on the idea that this little girl really was Buffy. Nice reaction as always!
Willow is a wallflower: Shy, introverted, social with friends but shy around strangers. One that tends to be on the sidelines at parties or social gatherings. Avoids being the center of attention. Wait. So there is a connection between Glory and the doctor? Save the girl, save the world. Sounds familiar.
I wouldn't call Spike and Xander's interactions up till this point "starting off on the wrong foot" I think that's a bit of an understatement of their relationship. I've said it before but up until recently (meaning the last 2 or 3 episodes) what exactly is Xander supposed to like about Spike? The fact he's currently not trying to kill him and his friends? That's not a great basis for a strong relationship going forward.
If Xander can ever look past that torch he's been carrying for Buffy and look at Spike strategically, there's a practical use for Spike to be a part of the team. He proved with Drusilla exactly how far he would go for the woman he loves, from kidnapping Angel in order to make her strong again to turning against Angel in order to get Drusilla away from ground zero of Acathla or from Buffy killing her. So Xander can count on Spike protecting Buffy and her family to the end - which he proved when he didn't give Dawn up to Glory under her torture. Not to mention, Spike has the super strength the team's been missing since Angel left. So, honestly, if Xander can get over himself, he could admit Spike is an asset and also keep an eye on the "no soul" thing just in case the chip fails.
@@Kayjee17 The problem with this is Xander has basically no perspective on this. All of this stuff is stuff that the audience sees first hand. Xander doesn't have an in-depth insight into Spike's feelings about Drusilla and Buffy. All Xander sees is Spike either trying to kill them and/or obsessing over his friend. When I say what is Xander supposed to like about Spike I'm talking about from the perspective of the character.
I think Dak’s take on it is she was trying to relate Spike and Xander to a real-life relationship, just as she was comparing Buffy’s struggles to difficult issues one might encounter in real life. Sometimes in life we meet someone who just rubs us the wrong way and we don’t get on, as with Spike and Xander, but when stuff really hits the fan and we are brought together to help someone we both care about, we put our differences aside and choose to work together.
Spike is evil. He can't be trusted. He repeatedly hurts Xander and his friends. He deserves no chance. I'm 100% Team Xander when it comes to hating Spike. It has nothing to do with his past feelings for Buffy. Let me stress this again: Spike is an evil immoral selfish piece if crap. Just a few episodes ago he had a sexbot of Buffy crafted. This after knowing how it didn't work out Warren.
Posting my BUFFY REWATCH recap for ‘The Weight Of The World’. May contain spoilers. Buffy’s out of commission as she’s gone into a catatonic state. With the loss of their leader and time running out to rescue Dawn, Willow immediately takes the initiative to take command of the Gang, as she often does when Buffy is AWOL. Willow gives out orders to everyone, already having come up with a plan to save Dawn and to stop Glory in one fell swoop, showing she’s competent at leadership. At taking charge and executing a procedure while Buffy is absent. This is one of the reasons why I believe Willow to be an INTP in the Myers-Briggs 16 personality types system. INTP leaders often lead or manage out of necessity more than anything else. They will not take leadership unless they have to. And I can absolutely attest to that as I am an INTP myself. Whether Willow is one also is obviously debatable but I do believe so - not just because of this personality trait but a few other personality traits of hers too - as well as her being exceedingly academically and intuitively intelligent She observes things other characters do not and as such, has attention-to-detail where it counts. What I’ve noticed is in situations like this in the show,… as soon as Willow takes leadership, the Gang follow her lead instinctively just as they do with Buffy. But there is a HUGE difference between the two that many fans on here have pointed out. Buffy has no choice but to do it. Willow does. She chooses to do it. Thus, Willow always chooses to be the leader - but only in the absence of Buffy, And this is a very important detail to remember going into the start of Season 6 when Willow takes lead indefinitely.
Sure! To "win a kewpie doll" is a common English idiom in the US, meaning that one has won a modest prize. Kewpie dolls, from Wikipedia: "Kewpie is a brand of dolls and figurines that were conceived as comic strip characters by cartoonist Rose O'Neill. The illustrated cartoons, appearing as baby cupid characters, began to gain popularity after the publication of O'Neill's comic strips in 1909, and O'Neill began to illustrate and sell paper doll versions of the Kewpies. The characters were first produced as bisque dolls in Waltershausen, Germany, beginning in 1912, and became extremely popular in the early 20th century. The Kewpie dolls were initially made out of bisque exclusively, but composition versions were introduced in the 1920s, and celluloid versions were manufactured in the following decades. In 1949, Effanbee created the first hard plastic versions of the dolls, and soft rubber and vinyl versions were produced by Cameo Co. and Jesco between the 1960s and 1990s. The earlier bisque and composition versions of Kewpie dolls are widely sought-after by antique and doll collectors, who especially want those hand-signed by O'Neill. Kewpies should not be confused with the baby-like Billiken figures that debuted in 1908."
@@NerdySwede probably this: In the early 2000's, a pointing finger came to be an affectionate gesture in the USA: sort of a, "Yeah, you, you're cool." Using both hands is probably just extra emphasis, like "yay, you got it!"
