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Weather and Buffy
Jun. 21st, 2012 07:03 pm1. Another hot day...although still not as bad as KC summers. New Yorkers over-react to weather.
"OMG, it's 98 degrees today with a potential heat index of 105-110 in the city! I will never survive! Not for two whole days! Aaah!!"
Or
"OMG, it's 13 degrees, so cold, I can't handle it. I'll die."
Granted extreme temperatures in big cities that aren't used to extreme temperatures are a bit worse than elsewhere, but...one does wonder.
Having spent 17 years in Kansas, where the average temp in the summer is 95 degrees and actually that's fairly mild, we had one summer back in the 1980s in which it was between 100-110 every single day. And yes, it's humid in Kansas. During the winter? Average temp is 10 below 0 or in the teens. Had one winter in 1995 where it was 10 below or more for a month, got to the point that I just wanted to tell the weather man, look I don't need to know how many degrees below 0 it is outside, if it is below 0 - that means it's cold and I don't want to go outside.
NYC is relatively pleasant in comparison and mild. Most of June? 60s and 70s. This is the first real heat that we've had in a long time.
2. Mark Watches and his minions predictions for S6 entertain me. It shouldn't. But it does.
That's how pathetic my life is at the moment - I'm entertained, albeit mildly, by Mark Watches. He's off on S6, except for how Buffy get's brought back - ie. Willow has something to do with it, which is sort of obvious. He like everyone else on that site thinks there will be a new slayer in town or another slayer will be called. No.
Although to be fair, everyone or most everyone was confused by the whole slayer lineage bit. The line no longer goes through Buffy - it goes through Faith, so another slayer won't be called until Faith dies - this does not really get explained until S7. Although I think someone referred to it in S6, I honestly can't remember - haven't watched the series since 2008. My memory is good, but not that good, besides I have all this work stuff to keep track of. (What I often tell pedantic fans - I'm not a human index. Sorry. My memory is more scattered than that.)
Personally? I think they didn't have enough money to add another slayer to the mix and came up with the lineage mythology to get rid of that problem. If Gellar hadn't wanted to come back, there would have been a new slayer called.
*I don’t know that I like it, but Spike and Buffy will at least go on a date once.
Not exactly. Or I guess it depends on how you define date? In Life Serial she does sort of go out on a date with him...or at least he considers it a date. I'm not sure what she considers it to be. Their relationship is rather wonky in S6. I loved it - but I'm also obsessed with gender warfare in fictional storylines and gender power-dynamics. Some people were obsessed with the slayer mythology (oddly this never interested me, ( Read more... )
At any rate...Mark has no idea. Although he might. I'm thinking he may be a wee bit spoiled on Spuffy.
*Dawn will start learning magic from Willow. (I mean… what else can she do now that she survived? God, I hope no one else tries to use her as the Key again.)
I wish. But instead she became a kleptomanic and/or shoplifter and whined a lot about everyone ignoring her. Seriously that was Dawn's arc. I would have preferred more on the Key - but getting back to what I said about Whedon and mythology...
*There will be an episode devoted to Xander and Anya’s glorious wedding!
Yes. But glorious isn't exactly the word I'd use for it. But hey, on the bright side..
We will see both of Xander’s parents at the same time. This isn’t going to ever happen, is it?
Be careful what you wish for...because it does happen. Unfortunately. Poor Xander. Sigh.
Poor me. I did not like Hell's Bells. Actually my least favorite episodes from that season are:
( Read more... )
[Your Mileage Probably Varies].
Cordelia will crossover and appear on Buffy. I still want this to happen.
Sorry no. Besides being on separate networks...Gellar and Carpenter did not get along.
Rumor has it that Whedon leapt at moving CC to Angel because it resolved a backstage bickering issue.
1) We will hear Faith’s name once, but we won’t see her. Bah. Bring back Faith. I love her. 6/11
12) Spike will get the chip out of his head by the end of season five. Nope.
( Read more... )
Least favorite episodes of S7 include:
( Read more... )
"OMG, it's 98 degrees today with a potential heat index of 105-110 in the city! I will never survive! Not for two whole days! Aaah!!"
Or
"OMG, it's 13 degrees, so cold, I can't handle it. I'll die."
Granted extreme temperatures in big cities that aren't used to extreme temperatures are a bit worse than elsewhere, but...one does wonder.
Having spent 17 years in Kansas, where the average temp in the summer is 95 degrees and actually that's fairly mild, we had one summer back in the 1980s in which it was between 100-110 every single day. And yes, it's humid in Kansas. During the winter? Average temp is 10 below 0 or in the teens. Had one winter in 1995 where it was 10 below or more for a month, got to the point that I just wanted to tell the weather man, look I don't need to know how many degrees below 0 it is outside, if it is below 0 - that means it's cold and I don't want to go outside.
NYC is relatively pleasant in comparison and mild. Most of June? 60s and 70s. This is the first real heat that we've had in a long time.
2. Mark Watches and his minions predictions for S6 entertain me. It shouldn't. But it does.
That's how pathetic my life is at the moment - I'm entertained, albeit mildly, by Mark Watches. He's off on S6, except for how Buffy get's brought back - ie. Willow has something to do with it, which is sort of obvious. He like everyone else on that site thinks there will be a new slayer in town or another slayer will be called. No.
Although to be fair, everyone or most everyone was confused by the whole slayer lineage bit. The line no longer goes through Buffy - it goes through Faith, so another slayer won't be called until Faith dies - this does not really get explained until S7. Although I think someone referred to it in S6, I honestly can't remember - haven't watched the series since 2008. My memory is good, but not that good, besides I have all this work stuff to keep track of. (What I often tell pedantic fans - I'm not a human index. Sorry. My memory is more scattered than that.)
Personally? I think they didn't have enough money to add another slayer to the mix and came up with the lineage mythology to get rid of that problem. If Gellar hadn't wanted to come back, there would have been a new slayer called.
*I don’t know that I like it, but Spike and Buffy will at least go on a date once.
Not exactly. Or I guess it depends on how you define date? In Life Serial she does sort of go out on a date with him...or at least he considers it a date. I'm not sure what she considers it to be. Their relationship is rather wonky in S6. I loved it - but I'm also obsessed with gender warfare in fictional storylines and gender power-dynamics. Some people were obsessed with the slayer mythology (oddly this never interested me, ( Read more... )
At any rate...Mark has no idea. Although he might. I'm thinking he may be a wee bit spoiled on Spuffy.
*Dawn will start learning magic from Willow. (I mean… what else can she do now that she survived? God, I hope no one else tries to use her as the Key again.)
I wish. But instead she became a kleptomanic and/or shoplifter and whined a lot about everyone ignoring her. Seriously that was Dawn's arc. I would have preferred more on the Key - but getting back to what I said about Whedon and mythology...
*There will be an episode devoted to Xander and Anya’s glorious wedding!
Yes. But glorious isn't exactly the word I'd use for it. But hey, on the bright side..
We will see both of Xander’s parents at the same time. This isn’t going to ever happen, is it?
Be careful what you wish for...because it does happen. Unfortunately. Poor Xander. Sigh.
Poor me. I did not like Hell's Bells. Actually my least favorite episodes from that season are:
( Read more... )
[Your Mileage Probably Varies].
Cordelia will crossover and appear on Buffy. I still want this to happen.
Sorry no. Besides being on separate networks...Gellar and Carpenter did not get along.
Rumor has it that Whedon leapt at moving CC to Angel because it resolved a backstage bickering issue.
1) We will hear Faith’s name once, but we won’t see her. Bah. Bring back Faith. I love her. 6/11
12) Spike will get the chip out of his head by the end of season five. Nope.
( Read more... )
Least favorite episodes of S7 include:
( Read more... )