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btvsats20in20 - actually ahead of deadline!
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ETA:*Orange and Cat5 (Angel!Pig) reserved for Gabrielle and are NOT snaggable. Sorry.
Resources:
Screencaps and movie posters from Bloodqueen, Screencapped and SMG-France.
Textures bycolorfilter, scoobyatemysnax and lookslikerain. Angel wing by Kyle Butler
Alts/extras:
1 - 6
7 - 13
14 - 18
19 - 23
I'd love to do this episode another round because there is SO much going on in this episode and so much fantastic imagery that I can't begin to cover it with one round. OTOH, I forgot how CREEPY this episode is, and how emotionally harrowing. REALLY creepy.
I tried as much as possible to emphasize the "victims" here, rather than the perpetrators; but also show how the victims fight back and resist victimization in their own ways. The moment depicting in the Truth icon when she sees through Hyena!Xander's facade ("Now I know") is one of my favorite Moments of Willow Badassery (TM). I remembered that Bob Flutie died terrified, eaten alive; I'd forgotten that before that he chased the pack down in a genuine rage because they killed the school mascot, and dragged them into his office, determined to put a stop to their rein of terror. Buffy manages to fight off Hyena!Xander if just barely escaping being raped or worse; then quips about it to Willow afterwards:
"He tried his hand at felony sexual assault...it's safe to say that in his animal state his idea of wooing doesn't involve a Yanni CD and a bottle of Chianti."
On a side note: it's interesting that in the episode that focuses on hierarchies and bullying in high school, Cordelia and the Cordettes are nowhere to be found. It's interesting to consider where she would have fallen on the food chain if she'd been in the episode. Was Charisma Carpenter unavailable the week they filmed that episode?
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* Gabrielle has first dibs on the Orange and Cat5 (Angel!Pig) icons;these are NOT snaggable.
But all other are entirely snaggable or make suitable gifts *lol*. Please give proper credit and do not claim as your own; do not post to other websites or archives without asking first. Comments and feedback are always appreciated!
** Crossover, AC1, Alts 20 - 23: Possession starring Sarah-Michelle Gellar as a woman whose brother-in-law body may or may not contain the soul of her comatose husband after both brothers are involved in a car accident. Think a cut-rate version of Jonathan Glazier's flawed masterpiece, Birth (2003).
***Crossover, AC2: Scream2 featuring SMG in a small role as the trope Buffy is meant to subvert: the helpless blond girl in the alley (or in this case, sorority house). Watching "Buffy" crying and begging for her life while being chased by a psychopathic killer is surprisingly unpleasant, btw. (Just saying.)
btvsats20in20 - actually ahead of deadline!Beta: The erudite, eloquent, extraordinary and irreplaceable
velvetwhip.ETA:*Orange and Cat5 (Angel!Pig) reserved for Gabrielle and are NOT snaggable. Sorry.
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| Orange* | Unusual Crop | Truth | Sepia+Profile | Retro |
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| AC 1** | AC 2*** | AC 3 | AC 4 | AC 5 |
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Resources:
Screencaps and movie posters from Bloodqueen, Screencapped and SMG-France.
Textures by
colorfilter, scoobyatemysnax and lookslikerain. Angel wing by Kyle ButlerAlts/extras:
1 - 6 7 - 13 14 - 18 19 - 23I'd love to do this episode another round because there is SO much going on in this episode and so much fantastic imagery that I can't begin to cover it with one round. OTOH, I forgot how CREEPY this episode is, and how emotionally harrowing. REALLY creepy.
I tried as much as possible to emphasize the "victims" here, rather than the perpetrators; but also show how the victims fight back and resist victimization in their own ways. The moment depicting in the Truth icon when she sees through Hyena!Xander's facade ("Now I know") is one of my favorite Moments of Willow Badassery (TM). I remembered that Bob Flutie died terrified, eaten alive; I'd forgotten that before that he chased the pack down in a genuine rage because they killed the school mascot, and dragged them into his office, determined to put a stop to their rein of terror. Buffy manages to fight off Hyena!Xander if just barely escaping being raped or worse; then quips about it to Willow afterwards:
"He tried his hand at felony sexual assault...it's safe to say that in his animal state his idea of wooing doesn't involve a Yanni CD and a bottle of Chianti."
On a side note: it's interesting that in the episode that focuses on hierarchies and bullying in high school, Cordelia and the Cordettes are nowhere to be found. It's interesting to consider where she would have fallen on the food chain if she'd been in the episode. Was Charisma Carpenter unavailable the week they filmed that episode?
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* Gabrielle has first dibs on the Orange and Cat5 (Angel!Pig) icons;
But all other are entirely snaggable or make suitable gifts *lol*. Please give proper credit and do not claim as your own; do not post to other websites or archives without asking first. Comments and feedback are always appreciated!
** Crossover, AC1, Alts 20 - 23: Possession starring Sarah-Michelle Gellar as a woman whose brother-in-law body may or may not contain the soul of her comatose husband after both brothers are involved in a car accident. Think a cut-rate version of Jonathan Glazier's flawed masterpiece, Birth (2003).
***Crossover, AC2: Scream2 featuring SMG in a small role as the trope Buffy is meant to subvert: the helpless blond girl in the alley (or in this case, sorority house). Watching "Buffy" crying and begging for her life while being chased by a psychopathic killer is surprisingly unpleasant, btw. (Just saying.)
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Date: 2015-10-16 06:09 pm (UTC)BTW and shameless self-promo alert: I think you might also like my caged Xander icon for Whedon_elite
http://whedon-elite.livejournal.com/446406.html
(I have color alts of that but I have to keep them tucked in private until after the voting and then I'll flaunt them.)
aw the poor guy
Right? I feel bad for him - and he'd just been nice to Buffy a few moments earlier so I feel bad for her too. (That's also one more person she wasn't able to save or protect because one girl can't be everywhere. But that's gotta take it's toll - all the ones you knew but couldn't save never mind all the ones you didn't know about.)
The Slash one is totally awesome.
I couldn't resist that one. :D
"Crossover" is breathtaking.
Wow! Thank you so much that just makes my day!