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GIVE IT TO MEEEEEEE SPUFFY FOREVAAAA | Buffy Reaction 6x6 7 8

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SoraMiyano

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@cedricdallaire3324
@cedricdallaire3324 11 ай бұрын
This musical is the reason Riverdale and sabrina and all these flop shows tried because Buffy made it epic.
@gaz0428
@gaz0428 10 ай бұрын
the difference is the writers on Buffy knew how to pull it off. that being said i haven't seen riverdale, and couldn't get past season 1 of sabrina.
@enicole1203
@enicole1203 11 ай бұрын
People don't ever seem to talk about the fact that in a room full of Buffy's friends, the only one who stopped her from spiraling into death was Spike
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
They appeared to be too shocked to stop her
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 11 ай бұрын
Spike, besto character
@RLucas3000
@RLucas3000 9 ай бұрын
@@SoraMiyanoThe Buffy musical episode is THE best episode of any Tv show ever, and that can be empirically proved by the fact that it’s been performed live many thousands of time (many of which were taped and are here on KZfaq). If you really don’t see any of that, you should : 1) probably rewatch the episode with your prejudiced blinders removed , or 2) watch other reactors react to the episode, or 3) just give up watching the rest of Buffy. I’ve loved your reactions up to this point, but as someone else said, fans wait years just for reactors to get to this episode, and even guys who hate musicals end up loving this musical. Edit: Just saw your future self, so if you’ve hated this episode for two years, I guess there truly is no hope.
@enicole1203
@enicole1203 11 ай бұрын
Welp you just broke my heart. 😂 I seriously wait actual years for reactors to get to this episode so they can love it with me... and I thought with you loving musicals like me...😭😭😭 I have to fundamentally disagree with you about this being a shoehorned in musical. Because unlike musicals where people sing and dance for no reason, there is an in-universe logical cause for this to happen. Everything stays in line with the plot, and some of them really do have lovely voices - but they're not *supposed* to be good singers, this is a weird supernatural thing happening to regular people - everyone in town, who of course are not professional singers. Some will be good singers and some won't because it affects everyone, that is the -entire- point of this plot.😂
@visarr
@visarr 11 ай бұрын
She was so busy being cringed that she missed the plot. Amazing to be 6 seasons in and still doesn't trust the show.
@odinthorson1830
@odinthorson1830 5 ай бұрын
This has to be the worst reaction in history! One of the best episodes of the series. I was literally yelling at the screen. Ughhhhhhh!!
@mixedbouquet1
@mixedbouquet1 4 ай бұрын
I stopped watching just to come read comments. I was hoping to find that she starts to understand and enjoy it, but it's clear she missed the entire point of this episode. YES, some of the singing was cringe. It was supposed to be! The lyrics told the whole story! This was one of the most meaningful episodes even if one doesn't like non professional singing. She didn't give this a chance. 😢 Will move on and look for more reactions.
@mediablindspots
@mediablindspots Ай бұрын
This feels a bit like people saying that the Empire strikes back wasn’t too good because it didn’t get into the character development of Anakin. At a certain point, some people have generationally missed the boat because they didn’t have good friends who could usher them into the series.
@mediablindspots
@mediablindspots Ай бұрын
This is the worst I’ve ever seen
@tsunami-lightwave9395
@tsunami-lightwave9395 11 ай бұрын
This isn't just a musical episode, it is THE musical episode. Unlike the crude attempts made by other series where it felt like the writers were just trying to be trendy and jump on the band wagon, and where the case would just sing various pop hits, THIS episode was one of the very first to do something so novel as have the entire episode be a musical AND it has completely original songs which are specifically written to advance the narrative and the character arcs. What's more, it was framed to actually make sense within the mythology of the Buffyverse so it doesn't even feel like a gimmick for ratings. Every song is critical to the story line and every narrative thread of each of the characters is advanced in this episode. The fact that they are not professional singers just makes it all the better. Absolutely brilliant writing. (Interesting side note: Anthony Stewart Head clearly has some real musical ability and a great voice. His brother is Murray Head who sang the 80's hit "One Night In Bangkok" from the musical Chess)
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
It does make it better that most of them can’t sing very well because the characters aren’t singers just as the actors aren’t. It’s supposed to sound off. It would feel even weirder if they all could suddenly sing extremely well.
@blackkatt777
@blackkatt777 11 ай бұрын
What?! His brother? Never knew that. Nice fun fact. I absolutely concur everything you said about this episode, because I said it myself. I was actually yelling at her on the screen. Like, "shut up about your cringe factor and listen to the damn lyrics! It's moving the story arcs on." And, "don't you dare pass it off as just another show with a musical episode, when this was done first. . And successfully. It never felt silly like it was going for pure cheesey. There was the tongue in cheek humor and self aware, in order to just get the obvious out of the way...that it's a musical with non musical actors. She said Tara couldn't sing...just how strong was that wine, cuz she was trippin'. Not only could she, but Marti and David did a fine job. Now it was obvious that the Demon playing actor was from broadway. He was brilliant. For a few yrs., I thought he was the actor who played Kyle Barker from Living Single, because he had his mannerisms and kind of sounded like him too.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
@@blackkatt777 it’s likely Sora didn’t realize that Marti and David had cameos in the episode. That usually has to be pointed out to first time watchers and reactors. Have no idea why she thought Amber Benson couldn’t sing. Maybe she doesn’t like classical soprano voices.
@jasonthegreat49103
@jasonthegreat49103 8 ай бұрын
All of this. I cringed every time she said cringe. This episode is a masterpiece. Even though Anthony, James, and Amber have probably the best voices in the cast, nobody was bad or off key. Alyson and Michelle have a bare few singing lines in the episode and it's clearly not in their wheelhouse, but they don't sound bad. They are still in key and it doesn't really hurt the overall song. Sara, Emma, and to a lesser extant Nicholas I thought all did very well despite not being Broadway types. They all rose to the occasion and turned in solid performances.
@mediablindspots
@mediablindspots Ай бұрын
It’s weird to see all these people who actually appreciate the show sharing information on a channel of someone who obviously doesn’t
@marekkozub8957
@marekkozub8957 11 ай бұрын
I'm not a fan of musicals, but I love this episode. It's one of the best of the entire series. Lyrics play a crucial role there. Also score is really good and catchy.
@mediablindspots
@mediablindspots Ай бұрын
It’s because it’s not a TV musical, it’s the TV musical. It’s like when the guy invented the first moving picture.
@ODragonwing
@ODragonwing 11 ай бұрын
Anthony Head isn't the only singer in the cast. Amber Benson and James Marsters are singers as well. Sweets the demon is also played by the time Tony winner Hinton Battle.
@gaz0428
@gaz0428 10 ай бұрын
I was going to say the same thing. 🖤🖤
@nansyraccoon7095
@nansyraccoon7095 10 ай бұрын
She didn't get it because of her prejudice about all musical episodes... That's sad and disappointed me so much :C
@mediablindspots
@mediablindspots Ай бұрын
Exactly! What’s up with “oh yeah, Tara is singing”!
@mediablindspots
@mediablindspots Ай бұрын
I have watched so many “Once More, With Feeling“ KZfaq reaction videos (I know, get a life).. That said, I do have this experience under my belt: nearly everybody either burst into tears, and/or praised Amber Benson’s incredible vocal, when Willow and Tara do their song number. This content creator ain’t it.
@mediablindspots
@mediablindspots Ай бұрын
Ditto that for every emotional moment, except maybe a couple
@MyFeuerFrey
@MyFeuerFrey 11 ай бұрын
This is literally the reason every single show ever tried to do musical episodes after (and half the reason shows attempt various genre bending episodes). Because this one specific one worked. To this day this, alongside Hush, is considered one of THE best episodes of Buffy let alone television overall of all times with everything from directing to song lyrics being near perfect. The reason Riverdale, supernatural, etc even tried anything like a musical, the reason something like glee ever existed is because this episode got almost universal critical acclaim and was nominated for multiple awards in spite of having been a huge risk to take. The soundtrack of this actually charted and there have been live showings and singalongs of this episode to this day. It's still considered as extremely influential moment of television so calling it shoehorned is certainly a take. Almost Armond White level take. Not to mention that A single musical episode singlehandedly advanced every single character subplot in the show and the lyrics do tremendous job in characterization. Also what? Amber Benson is literally a professional singer lmao.
@mediablindspots
@mediablindspots Ай бұрын
This is my last time doubling down on the content creator, but: Do you have a shred of empathy and a sense of joy, a capacity for mirth, much less a basic appreciation of unparalleled dialogue, or an artistic acknowledgement of all of the musical and stage elements coming together to make this happen?
@lindabell6638
@lindabell6638 11 ай бұрын
This is THE musical episode of all time!!!
@DavidWright1138
@DavidWright1138 11 ай бұрын
You know when a little kid somehow gets fed a brussel sprout and then refuses to eat anything green afterward, or complains incessantly about green food? Same energy. Arguably the best, one of the first musical episodes on television. Normally good, fun reactions, but D-.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 11 ай бұрын
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@transmatized
@transmatized 10 ай бұрын
very that
@Anthonylokison
@Anthonylokison 11 ай бұрын
I watch a lot of reaction channels that have or are watching Buffy and this is one of the episodes I look forward to watching the reaction to the most. Wow, you are the only person that has reacted to this episode (#7 the musical) in a negative way, of all the die hard Buffy fans that have reacted to the musical episode, here on youtube, who all loved it, you are the only one that I have seen use the word "Cringe" (which is such an over used word with todays youth). This is one of my favorite episodes along with a lot of other fans. I watched this episode 21, almost 22 years ago when it first aired, there were some TV shows that tried musicals before Buffy that failed big time Buffy was the first TV show that had positive reactions for it's musical and since then other TV shows have tried because of Buffy. "Once More, with Feeling" was nominated for Outstanding Music Direction in the Emmy Awards. The episode was also nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation in the Hugo Awards. For me the only Embarrassing part of your reaction was watching you Cringe. God I hate that word, and everytime I hear someone use it I can't help but feel Embarrassed for the young person using it which is Ironic because Embarrassed is the definition of that word but I am not gonna use the word. But at the same time you are entitled to your opinion and I am not gonna give you a thumbs down for it.
@x-man9473
@x-man9473 11 ай бұрын
Fan Theory didn't like this episode either.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 11 ай бұрын
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@quentinbrown9635
@quentinbrown9635 11 ай бұрын
I only just came across this video and started watching especially for the "Once More...With Feeling" reaction. But I cringed at the reaction. Ugh.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
You were cringing at Sora cringing 😬
@alooncnej4696
@alooncnej4696 11 ай бұрын
The musical episode is so important for the characters development, writting and storyline. The most because a lot of foreshadowing. I don't care all the cast sing well, it is funny and they show all their emotions and feelings. No other musical episode was better than this.
@alysharichards3757
@alysharichards3757 11 ай бұрын
I’m only 12 mins in but noooooo don’t hate this musical.. not other musicals but THIS one.. 😂😂
@legolasgrunblatt3409
@legolasgrunblatt3409 11 ай бұрын
Sorry, but I don't get it. There is not just Anthony S. H. who can sing professional. Amber Benson had a really great voice. She sounds totally musically trained. Also James Masters. And that the music is maybe not your style, says nothing about the quality.
@rfresa
@rfresa 10 ай бұрын
Lol, Once More With Feeling is the whole reason I watch reaction videos! I was rewatching the songs on KZfaq when I got my first recommendation.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
Reaction videos mean peoople react what they feel, not what you want them to feel :)
@peterrabbitn787
@peterrabbitn787 6 ай бұрын
​@@SoraMiyanotrue.. but when you react to something one should pay attention to the things being said here sung. You just talk over all and do not comment on the actual storyline or things being said. You just say how you dislike musical episodes in general. It is okay to say it and we want to know as it's your opinion. But if you are only saying one thing for the whole episode over and over it makes people disappointed as they want to hear your thoughts on the episode as there is so much character development.
@aperson4640
@aperson4640 10 ай бұрын
Imagine being so cynical about the singing that you can't even hear the words or apparently tell good singing from bad singing. I've never seen anyone hate Tara's "I'm Under Your Spell, " number. Most people describe her voice as angelic yet here we are. The first person ever to make the "I just pooped in my pants" face while watching Amber Benson sing.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
I hate the ‘Under Your Spell’ number but certainly not because of Amber’s wonderful singing.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
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@Gwenhwyfar7
@Gwenhwyfar7 10 ай бұрын
I don't know what you are talking about. Almost everyone could sing at least a little bit. It's my favorite Buffy episode and my favorite musical episode.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
And you are entitled to your own opinión. As i am
@MrLorenzovanmatterho
@MrLorenzovanmatterho 11 ай бұрын
Why do other shows do musicals? They're trying to be as good as Buffy was.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
Or Xena
@MrLorenzovanmatterho
@MrLorenzovanmatterho 11 ай бұрын
@@Girl4Music Oh hell yeah, The Bitter Suite, Xena did get there first
@xxSydneyFox
@xxSydneyFox 11 ай бұрын
This is not a musical episode. This is THE musical episode.
@eduardofilippi7698
@eduardofilippi7698 11 ай бұрын
Man... one video for this sequence is kinda wow.
@goldenageofdinosaurs7192
@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 11 ай бұрын
Joss will give you what you want, but never quite how you want it…
@JacopoBasanisi
@JacopoBasanisi 10 ай бұрын
25:00 that is exactly the reason we all like the musical episode. Once you stopped being embarrassed by something different and started paying attention to plot and lyrics, the reaction became bearable. Remember, this is one of the favourite episodes of the show, many of us watch only this episode for many reactors, so you'll receive some criticism from a new audience.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
So much so i ve decided to stop posting buffy/angel reactions alltogether lmao
@JacopoBasanisi
@JacopoBasanisi 10 ай бұрын
@@SoraMiyano I'm sorry to hear that, don't let a bunch of people with too much free time ruin your experience on the web. Also remember, every bad comment is still +1 view for the algorithm
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
@@JacopoBasanisi true but i don't really care about the algorithm haha KZfaq doesnt pay me and also i have been stuck or shadowbanned for a while so 🥹
@FulcanMal
@FulcanMal 6 ай бұрын
3 minutes and 48 seconds. That how long I lasted listening to the negative attitude towards the musical episode. During those 3 minutes you describe how bad every other musical episode is, so much that you aren't actually reacting to what you are watching enough to see how much better it is.
@smylyface
@smylyface 11 ай бұрын
I can't even watch this. If you would stop complaining and listen to the lyrics you'd realize that this episode is one of the most important plot development episodes in the entire series. Your bad attitude towards this episode is worse than your constant screaming into the mike. I'm done.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 11 ай бұрын
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@antoniolamounier
@antoniolamounier 11 ай бұрын
Okay, another reactor who doesn't like the musical. Bummer. Well, at least your reaction wasn't disrespectful like failwhale's, and your reasoning (you enjoy musicals, but not musical episodes because the actors in a non-musical series usually can't sing) is fair. Some notes: - Anthony Stewart Head is great. James Marsters is very good. - Amber Benson has a good voice and so does Emma Caulfield. I'm glad they both got to shine in this episode. - SMG and Nicholas Brendon struggle the most, but they both clearly took lessons for this and keep it in tune. - Also, SMG is AMAZING in the acting department. I think she was so worried about the singing that she completely brought her A game and killed it. This is one of my favorite performances from her in the entire series. - Michelle T. does a good job with the dancing. - Buffy's first number is so cute. I'm sorry you were cringing. - Buffy's first verse in Walk Through the Fire is *so* important and you were talking all over it about Giles' number. - Your reason why you don't like random musical episodes is one of the reasons I enjoy this one so much: the characters are the ones singing and not everyone is a singer, so quality will vary. SMG actually considered having someone else sing Buffy's numbers, specially the last one, but once she read them and realized how important they were for Buffy's arc, she knew she had to do it. I'm glad it's her singing, no matter how much of a singer she isn't. - Then again, I'm NOT the biggest musical fan, and this one works for me because it's completely character driven. All in all, like I said, even though I'm upset you didn't enjoy this like 99.9% of the Buffy fandom would want you to, at least you weren't disrespectful and had a good reasoning behind your reaction. :)
@antoniolamounier
@antoniolamounier 11 ай бұрын
Also, I loved your new glasses from the future.
@enicole1203
@enicole1203 11 ай бұрын
Lol failwhale will sometimes just totally swerve you with his weirdo opinion there was a S7 episode where he had an opinion that I in my nearly 30 years as a Buffy fan have NEVER heard anyone have.😂😂 I can't be mad at it but sometimes it's like "what?! How could you hate the musical? How could you think THAT about that scene??!" 😂😂😂
@antoniolamounier
@antoniolamounier 11 ай бұрын
@@enicole1203 now I'm curious. Which scene and opinion are you talking about?
@enicole1203
@enicole1203 11 ай бұрын
@@antoniolamounier I thinking Sora finished the series so I should be safe but if not, *SPOILERS AHEAD* The one where our girl gets voted off the island by the others and told to leave. He took the crowd's side. Every *single* person I know who has seen the series was on Buffy's side there.😂
@antoniolamounier
@antoniolamounier 11 ай бұрын
@@enicole1203 what? Lol. I'm glad I didn't watch that one.
@Will-nn6ux
@Will-nn6ux 10 ай бұрын
It's sad that the crap musical episodes in other shows that were copying this one primed you to dislike this from the start ('I hate musical episodes!'), and it's hard to come back from a bad first impression even when rewatching.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
That’s the thing. Musical episodes have gotten such a bad reputation lately that even the quintessential musical episode can be looked upon unfavourably based on preconceived notions. Makes me wonder what Sora would think about Xena’s ‘The Bitter Suite’ which aired before ‘OMWF’ and was the first musical episode. It’s not as popular as ‘OMWF’ but it is just as acclaimed. And they’re actually very similar to be honest.
@fabianhebestreit3240
@fabianhebestreit3240 10 ай бұрын
@@Girl4Music Bitter Suite was not the first musical episode, I Love Lucy already did musical episodes 40 years before Xena.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
@@fabianhebestreit3240 yes but that’s not a dedicated TV show. That is a musical in itself, isn’t it?
@fabianhebestreit3240
@fabianhebestreit3240 10 ай бұрын
@@Girl4Music What? I have no idea what you mean. I Love Lucy was a regular tv show.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
@@fabianhebestreit3240 I don’t know either. Ignore me.
@PatiAnn
@PatiAnn 10 ай бұрын
😂😂😂. I guess ur gonna rewatch that a million times
@MsKimifer
@MsKimifer 10 ай бұрын
I was so excited 😢
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
You can still be. Just because i had a different opinion than yours doesnt mean anything
@trufamilybromontqc
@trufamilybromontqc 11 ай бұрын
This episode❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ love The reaction sora❤
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
thank you ​💜​
@coldservings
@coldservings 9 ай бұрын
The great thing is that they make the musical _work_ in the context of the show. It's not like the typical musical where folk just start singing and dancing for no particular reason.
@Duke00x
@Duke00x 12 күн бұрын
The reason all those shows have a musical episode is because of this episode (s6 e7). Xena and Hercules had each dine one before this to some success but this was the one that really got popular and showedfir sure it can work. So technically you have Buffy to blame fir all those musical episodes you don't like.
@priceless2423
@priceless2423 7 ай бұрын
Such a shame you didn't enjoy the musical episode. It's many fans favourite ep
@PandezPanda
@PandezPanda 10 ай бұрын
Headphone warning at 31:41
@PandezPanda
@PandezPanda 10 ай бұрын
Loved the reaction tho! :D
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
The warning is in the very begining of the video 😂
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
@@PandezPanda thank You 💜
@grrrrbabyverygrrr8165
@grrrrbabyverygrrr8165 11 ай бұрын
Your scream scared yhe crap put of my poor cat lmao
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
woops
@grrrrbabyverygrrr8165
@grrrrbabyverygrrr8165 10 ай бұрын
@SoraMiyano it's OK, she forgave you pretty quickly and went back to sleep.
@blackkatt777
@blackkatt777 11 ай бұрын
You mocked and hated on one of the most beloved episodes of this season?! Once More With Feeling is easily a fan favorite for this season. It kicked the story arcs into high gear. ...And then that epic kiss...the fandom lost our minds. And to have to wait a week for the follow up from that ending was torturous. Consider yourself spoiled... Well, if you watched Wandavision when it first aired, then you know how it made social media go off...not to mention it was covid quarantine time too... We didn't have online social media like that. Just thinking how that was just in the early 2000's..wow. Technology has definitely sped up in such a short time.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
It’s SORA’s reaction! Why do you want her to react to something the way YOU think and feel about it? That’s not an honest reaction. I love ‘OMWF’ but I have absolutely no issue with Sora reacting negatively to it because she’s not me and I am not her. I admire honest reactors.
@blackkatt777
@blackkatt777 10 ай бұрын
@@Girl4Music i wasn't being accusatory, I was teasing. Maybe I should have put a winking smiley face at the end of that to show I was polking fun. It's sometimes hard to interpret someone's humorous inflections on what they write unless they add an emoji from time to time.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
@@blackkatt777 probably for the best
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 9 ай бұрын
Seriously @Girl4Music thank you 😭​
@killianlpc
@killianlpc 11 ай бұрын
In All The Way, again we can see the tensions between Tara and Willow reaching new levels. Willow is gradually becoming totally addicted to magic, and the look that both Giles and Tara gave Willow was very telling. Xander eventually tells them of the impending marriage, which somehow gets overshadowed in the story here as we focus on Dawn. Dawn is course growing up now, and is very much under peer pressure from her friend. The date with the two guys is interesting in that when they go to the old man's house we are convinced it is him who is bad, only for one the guys to be a vampire and bite into him, replicating the very first scene in BTVS E1 S1 where Darla is the vampire and we were led to believe it was the boy she was with. Some funny comedy relief when they are all standing in a circle in the park, and the Vampire says 'are we gonna fight', and Buffy says 'did anyone come here just to make out' and the couple put their hands up. The juxtaposition of Buffy/Dawn interesting too, with Buffy acting like Joyce was towards Buffy. I have to say at this point in the show I was really missing the Oz/Willow relationship, as it was so innocent and never had any arguments etc, things of course are very different now, with constant bickering and mistrust with Tara. Dawn of course has her coming of age moment here with her first kiss and dusting her first vamp. The groundwork is continually being laid by the writers for the episodes ahead. The fact that you got to this point for Once More With Feeling without being spoiled for this episode is amazing. A lot of shows that do musical episodes never get it right, and it offers very little to the plot. This however is the exception. Not only is this an innovative episode in term of plot and foreshadowing, it's a damn good 'musical'. The songs are really good and well structured, and just work so well in the episode. There is also great comedy in the episode with the lyrics. Of course the massive reveal for the group is Buffy telling them she was dragged out of Heaven, Spike already knew this of course. Spike getting fed up with singing is very funny towards the end, but what an ending when Buffy follows him. It was brilliantly done, and now with Buffy and Spike kissing, the whole direction of the show takes a strange turn with some brilliant, but disturbing episodes to follow. It's a great episode with brilliant innovation, but still feel it is somewhat overrated by Buffyverse fans compared to other episodes in the show. Tabula Rasa was a great innovative episode with comedy overload. There was foreshadowing here from S4 finale Restless with Giles and Spike saying he was his son etc. We see Willow again going to the dark side with addiction to magic for her own selfish purposes, mirroring serious drug addiction. As they all have no memories this lends itself to great comedy. A brilliant use of Michelle Branch's gorgeous ballad Goodbye To You that was specially recorded for this episode. Willow is her own worst enemy devoured by her love and lust for Tara who feels total betrayal after what Glory did to her mind in S5, it's almost a metaphor for coercive control, and of course we see 'Spuffy' is now very real. One very funny bit is where Buffy and Spike are in the graveyard, and Spike says' maybe I'm a vampire with a soul', and he 'helps the helpless' the tagline of course from the show Angel. Just a brilliant innovative episode..
@RLucas3000
@RLucas3000 11 ай бұрын
I personally don’t feel 6-7 is overrated. It’s the single best episode of ANY TV show ever. My proof? It’s been presented live 1000s of time’s all across the country. Name any other episode of any other TV show that can come close to that in any way.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
I’d post my BUFFY REWATCH recaps but since this is 3 episodes in one video I’m going to just leave it. I do have quite a bit to say about the Willow/Tara situation going on though. Something else I want to note about Willow and Tara’s confrontation in ‘Tabula Rasa’ is that Tara tells Willow - rightly so - that what Willow did to her was akin to what Glory did to her as far as violation levels go. Accurate somewhat because the emotional and/or mental state is still being altered and therefore mental and bodily autonomy is taken away with both. But I would rather say (and this is why it’s so bloody horrific for me) that what Willow did to her was actually more akin to what Tara’s “family” did to her. See - Tara’s father made up a lie based on a family legend of the women in their family being witches that Tara was part-demon or would turn part-demon at the turn of 20 years old. He says that the magic Tara has or can do is rooted in that fact. It obviously was a form of gaslighting to try to convince Tara that she was or would be an evil demon because it wasn’t the reality and wouldn’t be. Tara spent her whole life up until the climax of the episode ‘Family’ believing that she was something other than human and something more than just a witch (which isn’t necessarily non-human). Glory never attempts to gaslight Tara to believe anything. The act of “brain-sucking” her gives her the gaslighting effect anyway because Tara was made to believe that she was bad for feeling the way she does. Which - at that point - was crazy, i.e. mentally ill. Not able to distinguish between what was reality and imaginary or at least could no longer really understand the difference as if she was a 2 year old. But the intention in itself was not to gaslight. It was just to harm psychologically because Glory is an actual evil demoness. That of which Tara was terrified of not just because Glory is able to brain-suck people, but also because she represents something Tara has spent practically her whole life believing she would be. See Tara is so terrified of and is effected the way she is by Glory brain-sucking her because she’s already essentially lived what that would do to her emotionally. Cut her off from the relative safety and security of being aware of herself and her abilities. This is what her “family” originally did to her. Gaslight her into thinking she wasn’t what or who she really was. First of all, human. Second of all, a witch. And what Willow does in making Tara forget their fights about her using too much magic by using magic… is essentially gaslighting Tara to believe they’re all good. That nothing bad is happening between them. That there is no conflict, no issues to sort out, no worries, and certainly no abuse - either of her or of magic. In Willow’s head, she considers a magic mind-trip a fix for their relationship breaking down over their unresolved differences. A reconciliation in a sense. Even though Tara has not come to that decision on her own. Even though Tara is not aware that there needs to be one. It’s not stated but Tara is essentially mentally forced to believe that everything is completely a-okay. They’re happy, they’re in love, they’re on equal terms. In what we see as Willow erasing Tara’s memories of one fight actually has much more serious implications because there is emotional stimulus being altered and mental and bodily autonomy being disregarded or taken away. Essentially, Tara is experiencing the Glory situation and the ‘Family’ situation all at the same time. Tara is lied to about her relationship status with Willow not by Willow simply telling her it’s all good. But by Willow mentally forcing Tara to believe that it is through mental inebriation. And this all occurs simply by saying the word “forget” and waving her hand over a bramble flower. Most, if not all, of the following chaos for the couple are the consequences to just enacting a memory erasure spell one time - of that we know of because it’s not just about missing a memory. It’s about altering the mentality and emotions of the individual that has already made it pretty damn clear what they think and how they feel about a conflict that you have obstructed that individual from accessing. I know I go on and on about this situation and you’re all probably like “Geez change your tune already. It’s not like Willow is the only one that uses magic to get her way”… It’s true. She’s not. But there’s a distinct difference in that the others that do only do it the once and never attempt anything like it again OR are bad guys - who you would expect it from anyway. We are lumping in Jonathan and Amy and Faith in predominantly the “bad guy” category right? I know they’re also several shades of morally grey as well but for the most part - they’re bad people doing bad things. They’re not our main protagonists/heroes like Buffy and Willow and Xander and Giles is. They’re not necessarily expected to have any character development as far as differences in morality although they all do - which again, makes the BUFFYVERSE leagues better than most TV shows of the current visual art/entertainment paradigm which don’t give recurring characters much development, if any at all. Willow is, for the most part, someone you would expect to grow in morality the more you see her, the more you interact and engage with her on the screen. Someone you would expect would learn from their mistakes and would have some awareness of their flaws enough to make changes. Someone who would possess emotional maturity and intelligence as well as the vast academic and mental intelligence she starts off with. There is much more cause for concern with her than there ever is for the recurring characters. Especially when it seems that the people Willow hurts the most are the people that she claims to love the most and she doesn’t have a “soulless” excuse for it. And don’t get me wrong - I love talking about all of this and debating and deconstructing her very compelling character arc. But at the same time it is very concerning and I do wonder how she even stayed alive in the end because aside from written plot armor, she was primed for death as potentially the one core Scooby that would never make endgame. It was either going to be her or Xander but for opposite reasons.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
I agree with you 100%!!
@willsofer3679
@willsofer3679 11 ай бұрын
This is only the second musical episode, ever, after the Xena one. That's if you don't count that one episode of I Love Lucy. Joss Whedon wrote the screenplay, music, and lyrics. Every single musical episode after this is quite literally just copying Buffy's success. I think it's still considered the most critically acclaimed of all of them as well, to this day. Maybe if you had known that, you would have felt a bit differently after watching it. Or maybe not. But this was revolutionary for tv at the time.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
And ‘The Bitter Suite’, which came before ‘Once More, With Feeling’.
@willsofer3679
@willsofer3679 11 ай бұрын
@@Girl4Music That's the Xena one, right? That's actually the one I had in mind. :) Technically, there was one before it, on The Drew Carey Show, but they just break out into song and dance for no reason. So like the Lucy one, I'm not including it as a full "musical episode". Xena is pretty much the one that pioneered it, and Buffy kind of perfected it, in my humble opinion.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
@@willsofer3679 yeah. ‘The Bitter Suite’ is one of two Xena musical episodes.
@transmatized
@transmatized 10 ай бұрын
xena also had two musical episodes (one of which I think was very good)
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
@@transmatized yep. ‘The Bitter Suite’ and ‘Lyre, Lyre, Hearts On Fire’. The former is exceptional.
@rubyybluu
@rubyybluu 10 ай бұрын
i know there’s a lot of people hating in the comments cuz of your thoughts on OMWF, but i really hope you keep posting reactions!!! you’re one of my favorites to vicariously rewatch through lol. but don’t feel pressured if you’re really not feeling it anymore
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
Thank you
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
Sora’s already finished the show anyway. Posting for KZfaq isn’t a necessity.
@robertmckenna3994
@robertmckenna3994 11 ай бұрын
You were not kidding about the yelling. 😱🤫
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
Never
@robertmckenna3994
@robertmckenna3994 10 ай бұрын
@@SoraMiyano 😂
@Sunakta
@Sunakta 11 ай бұрын
I've never watched this channel before but I clicked cause It's Once More with Feeling. And then had to pause and stare for a minute because of the giant Kurama poster. He is my favorite anime character. Just wanted to vibe with a fellow fan
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 11 ай бұрын
Mine tooo!!! Been in love with him since i was a child haha have a little tattoo of his face too
@Mortigantoj
@Mortigantoj 10 ай бұрын
One of the best episodes of anything ever written. One of the worst reaction vids ever made 😕
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
Well… that’s because it’s a REACTION.
@Mortigantoj
@Mortigantoj 10 ай бұрын
@@Girl4Music The whole reaction was "it's a musical, cringe"
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
@@Mortigantoj and? If that’s how they genuinely feel about it then it doesn’t matter. That’s an honest reaction. Would you rather they have fabricated their feelings instead? In the same way that it’s valid for you to not like the reaction, it’s valid for Sora to not like the episode.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 9 ай бұрын
Thank you :') @Girl4Music
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 9 ай бұрын
@@SoraMiyano no problem. Tired of seeing this shit.
@alicequinn505
@alicequinn505 11 ай бұрын
Ha, You're just drinking it up, aren't you (thumbnail reaction)
@DesperateeHousewives
@DesperateeHousewives 3 ай бұрын
Are u coming back? We miss you and usually i never post. Kisses from Paris.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 3 ай бұрын
Aaaw thank you 🥹 with Buffy and Angel I dont think so. I'm posting them on patreon in the $1 tier. The mean comments really drove me away
@DesperateeHousewives
@DesperateeHousewives 3 ай бұрын
@@SoraMiyano oh :( i’m so sad but i understand. Maybe i’ll sign up on patreon 😽
@valinny8571
@valinny8571 11 ай бұрын
Wow three reactions for the price of one! Sorry you didn't love OMwF. I get it,to each their own, I don't always love what the majority loves and I didn't love it the first time I watched because I had seen the show out of order so I didn't know the characters or storyline. But of course I have adored it after I'd seen the series in order. One,I love that they acknowledge their singing which I don't think any other tv show has done(correct me if I am wrong someone) and two, the storyline moves the plot ahead, that is HUGE! Plus great catchy tunes, it was perfect.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
Schmigadoon! havent seen season 2 but loved season 1 hahaha
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
Xena too. Well… at least the first musical. The second one was… alright. But your typical concept of “battle of the bands”. It’s fun for the cast of course but not much else. It’s the dramatic opera that was the phenomenal one and easily my favourite episode.
@rfresa
@rfresa 10 ай бұрын
Headphone warning! 31:45 and 46:49
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
the warning is literally in the begining of the video lol
@alicequinn505
@alicequinn505 11 ай бұрын
Would totally watch another rewatch with analysis of the lyrics! 1:25 I think it's both, girl 20:15 Lmao I _like_ their more down to earth style of singing (and the kissing :p), they're so much like their characters, and it helps you learn about what the characters are like, what they would sing about, and even the genre, like Anya and Xander's charleston, and Giles' ballad. Love him in Repo, and agree it was a bit boring, but it's honestly the depressed thing he was feeling at the time and what he wanted to say to Buffy. 21:33 He _is_ in a rock band! Or was, or whatever, it was a little band. 33:39 Excuse me??
@ernesthakey3396
@ernesthakey3396 5 ай бұрын
Giles left...and came back again...and left...because Anthony Stewart Head wasn't spending enough time with his ramily in England...
@maidden
@maidden 2 ай бұрын
I feel so bad for people who watched the cheap imitation musical episodes that other shows tried to make because they always suffer and cringe through The One Good Musical Episode That Started It All when they don't need to. Your nails are amazing. Drusilla levels. That's the highest compliment I can bestow.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 2 ай бұрын
That's a really nice compliment thank you 🥰
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
I’m not anti-Willow. I love Willow. She’s my absolute favourite character in the Buffyverse. What I am anti of is her behaviour/attitude throughout much of her arc - especially Season 6. And I’m anti of it in such a way where I’m calling it out and condemning it. Not in such a way where I’ll never want to think or talk about it. Evidently that’s not true. In short - objectively - I love that Willow is morally grey in her characterisation. But - subjectively - I am very against her actions and choices for the sake of throughly explaining why they are wrong/negative/evil. That of which you’re more likely to see and expect a villain/antagonist to do, not a hero/protagonist. What makes Willow’s entire arc profound is that she gets to be BOTH as a UNIT. As in - at the same time. What TV female characterisation do you know of that even allows that as an option, let alone actively chooses to represent and develop it on-screen?
@sirmoonslosthismind
@sirmoonslosthismind 11 ай бұрын
i don't always like buffy, but i always support her. i always like willow, but i can't support her this season.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
@@sirmoonslosthismind I love Willow and I almost always can’t support her
@x-man9473
@x-man9473 11 ай бұрын
@@sirmoonslosthismind Buffy's the worst part of her own show. I don't see how people could support her. Her behavior just gets worst and worst each season.
@sirmoonslosthismind
@sirmoonslosthismind 10 ай бұрын
@@x-man9473 what are you talking about? buffy's consistently the best person in her friend group, and she has to deal with way more than anyone else, more than anyone should or could.
@paulinerobertson6836
@paulinerobertson6836 10 ай бұрын
@@sirmoonslosthismind exactly. I don't always agree with Buffy either but to act like she's some horrible person is silly lol but x-man just whinges in every comment section about how much he hates her 😂I couldn't watch a show where I hated the main character, every single character on this show has flaws. Very strange.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
Willow and Tara - The rape/sexual assault that is never called out because it's a musical number. For anyone that has not seen beyond Season 6, DO NOT READ THIS! Major spoilers are in it. This is a very controversial post about rape/sexual assault. So if this subject is triggering for you, DO NOT READ THIS! I’m warning you. It’s pretty damn graphic. I have serious issues with watching the Willow/Tara musical number 'Under Your Spell' in ‘Once More, With Feeling’. I don't find it sweet or romantic or cute like many other Tillow shippers do. I'll explain why. Given what we know from the previous episode where Willow did a spell to take away Tara's memory of them fighting about her using too much magic, as Tara puts it, (when she finds out for herself what has happened and confronts Willow about it) it was a violation of her mind. But if you watch the ending of that musical number - it's also a violation of her body because that scene is meant to be a simulation of sex, or more specifically cunnilingus. This means Willow took advantage of Tara while she was under her spell. And while it might be so that she never intended to when she did the spell, the fact that she goes ahead and performs cunnilingus on her - with the magic spell fully functioning I might add -… That’s not sweet or romantic or cute. It's disgusting. It's rape/sexual assault. Not a lot of people realize that about it. I can't help thinking about that every time I watch that musical number scene in ‘OMWF’. It's not consensual sex. It appears to be so since Tara does indicate that she wants Willow to go down on her in the scene. Giving her that lustful look while singing the line "I can feel you inside". But you know that if she had remembered what had happened with them the episode before she certainly wouldn't want Willow to do that. She wouldn't even be in the same room as Willow. She'd be too angry and disappointed in her to even want sex at all. So she hasn't given true full consent. And Willow knows this. She knows the situation wouldn't happen if that spell wasn't on Tara. Yet Willow goes ahead with performing. She takes advantage. And I can't appreciate the musical number the same way other shippers can because of this. It feels wrong to me to celebrate it as a 'Tillow shipper moment'. The underlying darkness to it ruins it. And I just wanted to express this. I love the relationship between them and I genuinely do think it is well-written. I just don't always think it is healthy. This would definetly be one example why and it’s entirely on Whedon for not taking such a situation seriously. How I define "rape" and "sexual assault": Rape = Non-consensual sexual intercourse (i.e. penetrated/penetrating without full consent from party that is penetrated/penetrating - including oral penetration). Sexual assault = Non-consensual sexual contact with and use of the body (i.e sexual stimulation/touching without full consent from party that is sexually stimulated/touching). There are several things needed in sexual situations to be said to have been given full consent by all parties that are participating. These are the most important: 1. Full information (including information that would change or negate any party's desire and willingness to perform or receive) 2. Full awareness (all parties must be awake, alert, conscious and knowing fully what is going on in their immediate surroundings) 3. Trust (absence of condition where there is a feeling of either fear or guilt such as; domestic violence, black mail or societal pere-pressure) 4. Mental and emotional stability (drugs and intoxicants affect this the most and therefore shouldn't be used unless all parties fully agree to the use of them beforehand and during) 5. Reciprocated willingness and desire (all must want it all throughout the experience) 6. (This is the BIG ONE) - Informed decision (all parties must be able to decide when, where, why, how, what for and who with.) Taking any of this decision-making away from any party performing or receiving is flat out a human violation. Meaning: absolutely no "surprises". Even if it's used to make it seem or appear more "romantic". FLAT OUT NO!
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
Willow took Tara's memory away for the one incident that made her angry with Willow. Then she chose to perform cunnilingus on Tara while she was under the affects of the spell that made her subservient to Willow's emotional and sexual needs as she can't remember that she was angry with her for abusing magic and therefore would never be willing for Willow to sexually stimulate her at any point in any way until they resolved the fight and her anger dissipated naturally. This means Willow disregarded Tara's autonomy. And even though Tara made an informed decision, she still didn’t know all of the information. This is what made it rape/sexual assault: Tara did not have full information. If she did, that would have changed or negated her informed decision to have sex. She would not have asked for sex and she would not have given consent if Willow asked for sex instead. What Willow does to Tara is the magic-equivalent of drug-induced date-rape. Basically she slipped Tara a magical roofie. It's Whedon's fantasy of lesbians "getting it on" without knowing or caring about the serious implications behind it. It's inexcusable and has to be called out for what it is. So I am doing that here and anywhere that I can because it’s a non-consent situation overlooked. The fact Willow performed cunnilingus on Tara while she was under her spell would mean that Willow took advantage of her. Tara did not have full information so she never fully consented to doing that with her because we know if she did have full information she wouldn’t have been willing to do it. She’d still be angry. That’s the point I’m trying to make about it being rape/sexual assault. Tara is mind controlled in such a way where she cannot give true full consent because her capability and capacity to give true full consent has been taken away from her by Willow. Willow altering and erasing her memory means that she is not fully informed so she cannot fully consent. I understand that Tara is the one who propositioned Willow for sex but that’s no different to a drunk/drugged person propositioning a date-rapist for sex. That’s usually how they get away with it happening in the first place. They’re not who ask for or initiate it to happen. But they are the one who intend and methodically plan it to happen. I’m not saying Willow was doing that but she clearly didn’t have a problem with performing on Tara while she knew she was under the influence through a memory erasure spell. Tara is under the influence through magic just like someone who was drunk/drugged would be under the influence through alcohol/drugs. This makes it date-rape. As it turns out, it’s not just me that thinks this way about this scene in ‘OMWF’. After Ellen does as well. This is an excerpt from an article written on it: “But Willow brings Buffy back from the dead. Her use of dark magic and reliance on spells become a growing source of tension. And Willow crosses a line by using a spell to wipe their arguments about magic from Tara’s mind. They have sex while Tara’s memory is modified - sex that Tara, informed by her memories, would likely not have consented to. This ground-breaking lesbian romance becomes an abusive relationship that, arguably, culminates in rape. Abuse can happen within lesbian relationships. But it doesn’t happen nearly as often as abuse within heterosexual relationships. The overwhelming majority of intimate partner violence is enacted by men against women. Therefore, it feels grossly unfair that Whedon chose to make the first lesbian couple on his show - the first lesbian couple countless viewers saw on-screen - into an abusive relationship. Although Tara leaves, Willow faces no real repercussions for her abusive behaviour. Her friends don’t shun her. Whereas everybody is rightly horrified that Spike tried to rape Buffy, nobody expresses that same disgust about Willow raping Tara. And Tara comes back, half a season later. This impunity is more a product of male fantasy, inspired by Whedon’s own ability to get away with mistreating women with less power than him, than an accurate reflection of how lesbians treat one another or are treated by our peers.” Source: Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered: Willow and Tara 20 Years On.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
Not giving or not being able to give true full consent in any way, shape or form makes it rape/sexual assault. It doesn’t matter what the circumstances are or who it is that participates. If any party cannot fully consent, then they are not having a fully consensual sexual experience. They are being raped/sexually assaulted. If any party say ‘No’ or are not able to say ‘No’ when they want to or their capability to say ‘No’ has been taken from them, then it is rape/sexual assault. It can’t and shouldn’t be excused or glossed over or made into a “shipper moment”. That’s why I take such serious issue with the Willow/Tara situation. It’s not that Tara doesn’t say ‘No’ to it happening, because obviously she asks for it to. It’s that she doesn’t realize that she wouldn’t ask for it if she could remember that she was angry with Willow. If she had FULL INFORMATION prior to having sex with her. Therefore, it is not true full consent. Not at all because Willow has sex with Tara while she is unknowingly drugged by magic. And since the writers depict magic as a literal drug in Season 6, there is no other way to look at it or perceive of it. I’d have no issue with the sexual situation if Tara wasn’t under that Lethe’s Bramble spell. The reason why I do is because the spell extricates important information from Tara’s mind which would change or negate her willingness and desire to sexually receive and her girlfriend’s right to sexually perform on her. There are MASSIVE controversial issues when it comes to the theme of consent in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and Willow is one of the main characters that is a frequent offender of these controversial issues all throughout the show. I have written a lengthy analysis on it that I believe gives an explanation as to why she is like this titled: ‘Willow Rosenberg and her relationship with consent - An essay on the theme of ‘consent’ in ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ (BUFFY REWATCH - S01E01/E02 - Welcome To The Hellmouth/The Harvest)’.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
Then there’s how this looks from Tara’s perspective and what she experiences from the taking of her memories because what gets taken away from her isn’t just her memories but also her mental and bodily autonomy and personhood that’s attached to her memories. Therefore, her capability and capacity to make informed decisions and to give/not give consent to the contact with and use of her body while her memory of information that would change or negate her giving/not giving her consent is missing. The great irony of ‘Under Your Spell' is that the song is all about how love has made you free to be yourself when you singing the song is something you wouldn’t do if you were actually being yourself. The striking difference of ‘Under Your Spell’ being about how Willow helped Tara come out of her own shell and step into her own light juxtaposed with it also being about how Willow chooses to mind control Tara and take her capability to be who she really is away whether she intends to do that or not. How the whole thing is a huge deception which culminates in the horrific act of physical rape. Think about the reprise of ‘Under Your Spell’ with the line: “Willow, don’t you see? They’ll be nothing left of me.” This is referring to if Willow continues to take Tara’s memory away every time Tara disagrees with her abuse of magic. It’s as Tara says - “fixing (me) to (your) liking”. Turning her into a docile lamb. Controlled. Submissive. Compliant. Obedient. Dutiful. Subdued. In other words: as she was in her upbringing - a ‘Cinderella’. That’s what Willow wants from Tara. She says as much in ‘All The Way’ when Tara asks her what she wants her to do; “just sit back and keep my mouth shut?” and Willow replies with “well, that would be a good start”. What exactly do you think that means? Because to me it means that Willow doesn’t want an equal partner with her own autonomy and personhood. She wants and intends to dominate Tara and their romantic/sexual relationship as domestic partners. And this is made so much worse for me by the fact that she actually physically rapes her while she is also mentally raped. People don’t see it this way because the supernatural is involved and it’s always high stakes and written drama in this show anyway. But looking at it from the perspective that it’s not a TV show (which is essentially what Season 6 tries to make you feel…) and you now have the horrific situation of mental and physical date-rape. The understanding that Willow first rapes Tara’s mind via forcibly and clandestinely penetrating it with magic and then rapes her body while the flower’s affects are still fully functioning in her anatomy. I’ll never be able to get passed that the same way I cannot get passed Spike’s attempted rape of Buffy. Yet only ONE is seen and called out for what it actually is even though Tara was successful rape. Why is this? I’ll give 5 reasons: 1. They’re both women. And if a woman is the rapist, it’s generally not taken as serious as it is if it’s a man that is the rapist. The victim is also a woman so it’s perceived as “her fault”. Implying the incorrect and insulting notion that a woman cannot rape someone. 2. It happens during a sweet, romantic and cute musical number that’s about how one of the couple feels about their partner and how they and their life has changed for the better because of that person now being in their life. So it doesn’t look egregious. 3. You do not see it explicitly happening on-screen. It is just heavily implied by way of the victim levitating off the bed and then the scene cuts out at the “climax” point and immediately cuts in to it being referenced by another character as a joke. Not to mention the lyrics are suggestive of cunnilingus: “Surging like the sea. Pulled to you so helplessly. I break with every swell. Lost in ecstasy. Spread beneath my Willow tree. You make me complete. You make me-.” It’s obvious what’s happening without seeing it. You know exactly what is going on there. 4. The victim appears to give consent by asking for it which is often the way it is with date-rape. The rapist either doesn’t ask or doesn’t initiate. The victim does. This is often intended by the rapist but not all the time. Just responding is enough to call it rape because the rapist is aware that the victim is drugged and instead of rejecting the victim, they reciprocate. 5. The date-rape itself was gentle and loving much like the Angel and Buffy statutory rape is - not rough and violent like the Spike and Buffy attempted rape is so it doesn’t look bad. Physically forced rape/sexual assault tends to look worse than any other kind because you see the victim struggling against their rapist. Even though force is not what makes it rape.
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 11 ай бұрын
What is failed to be recognized by the writer is that it is rape/sexual assault regardless. Any sexual situation that happens where any party did not or cannot fully consent is rape/sexual assault, harassment or abuse. Willow/Tara’s sexual situation is a double-layered rape/sexual assault because Tara is not aware that she cannot fully consent to sex. She can’t fully consent because she isn’t fully informed. If she was fully informed she would not ask for sex because any desire or willingness to have sex is immediately changed or negated the moment she becomes aware. The whole situation is disgusting. It’s absolutely horrific and evil. And if it were me in Tara’s situation in those episodes - I would never ever get back with the person who did this to me again no matter what circumstance it was in. But she does and that really did undermine Tara’s character in my eyes. I’m a shipper and I’ll always be a shipper but that rape/sexual assault was unforgivable and unredeemable in my opinion. I take a lot of issue with these non-consensual sexual situations in this show but the one I call out the most is the Willow/Tara situation and the reason why I do is because it never is by the show writer. What is, is the mind rape. Not the body rape. Of course, Tara herself doesn't call out what Willow did to her as rape/sexual assault. She’s only upset that Willow violated her mind - not her body along with it. And then she gets over it rather quickly and is stoked to get back together with Willow a few episodes later. The writer is entirely at fault for this. Who is the writer for ‘OMWF’? Whedon is the writer! He is at fault for it! It just makes me wonder just how many times did Willow put a spell on Tara without her knowledge and consent? And I don’t just mean memory or mind controlling spells. Love spells? Augmentation spells? How often did she ignore or disregard her autonomy? How often did she alter or erase Tara’s personhood? How often was she physically intimate with her while her personhood was altered or erased? And how often, once Tara learned the truth, did she think and worry about it? Because I know I certainly wouldn’t be able to trust Willow at all again. That would be a betrayal of trust so deep to me that I’d have to remove her from my life permanently because I couldn’t live my life plagued by the constant anxiety that the love of my life took my personhood from me and may still be doing so while they are still a part of my life. Especially because my self-worth or self-value is grounded in my ability to express and assert myself as an individual. In being able to be ME in all that I am and do in every conscious waking moment of living. I place such an importance on my personhood and autonomy that if there was someone in my life that I loved and that claimed to love me back that actively attempted and successfully took that from me even just the once and I came into awareness of that betrayal of trust… they’d never be allowed to see me ever again. Never again would I let them near me or who I love. That’s an insanely abusive thing to do that should not just be forgiven and forgotten just like that. How on Earth is Tara able to forgive Willow after that happens twice to her? Or however many times it does because we actually can’t be sure of that to be honest. I would hope those were the only times but given how she never hesitated the first time we see her do it and she was just so quick to do it again the very next episode, it’s more-than-likely that she did it frequently. How can she possibly let her back into her life again? I couldn’t. For the life of me I couldn’t. There is so much mental, emotional and physical violation that Willow does to Tara in just these three episodes alone (‘All The Way’/‘Once More, With Feeling’/‘Tabula Rasa’) that is already enough to outdo every other main protagonist’s wrong or questionable actions in the entire show. And please don’t get me wrong,… I think this arc for Willow Rosenberg is absolutely fantastic for representing a morally grey/ambiguous female character from a fictional standpoint. But from a realistic standpoint - I’d avoid somebody like her like the fucking plague if I knew that this was what she was capable of doing to me. If this is how abusive and evil she could be to me. Great for accurate representation of abuse. Great for storytelling. Great for compelling written drama. But absolutely horrific for real life interactions and relationships. And the constant abuse of Tara Maclay just goes to show you that if this is how fictional female characters can be treated by Whedon, just how on Earth does he treat women in real life? I know this is really longwinded. But it has to be said. What Willow does to Tara is no different than what Warren does to Katrina or what Spike does to Buffy. What makes it seem different is that the sexual situation is not physically forced on Tara. It appears to be loving and gentle. It appears to be sweet, romantic and cute. But when you really come to understand the serious implications behind Tara being under Willow’s spell at the time, it definitely is not a consensual sexual situation. And therefore it’s absolutely disgusting that Willow does that to Tara. To the love of her life. To her significant other. For me, the fact it is filtered through the “shipper” lens makes it even worse because it is glorifying and celebrating a sexual situation that should not be happening between them while one of them is magically inebriated or drugged. There you go. That’s how I really think and feel about this entire Willow/Tara ‘Under Your Spell’ situation. Most that watch it only view it as a mental violation because the writing only calls it out as that. But now there is much more awareness and education on rape/sexual assault and what constitutes as giving/not giving true full consent. I recommend reading my analysis on Willow Rosenberg and her relationship with the theme of consent. It explains why she ignores, disregards and takes the capability to give true full consent away. Willow is very quietly morally grey all throughout the show and I love her character for that. I love her for representing that moral ambiguity that very rarely seems to exist for female characters in TV art/entertainment. Season 6 reveals Willow’s abusive, sadistic and dominant nature in all it’s ugly ferocity that has existed since she was introduced in ‘BtVS’ but was just deeply repressed without any real power to act it out. I don’t know about you guys but I would definitely say that Willow mentally and physically raping her girlfriend is the worst thing that she ever does in the entire show. Any time this subject is brought up from this point onwards I will link directly to this post because it coherently and thoroughly explains my stance on Willow/Tara’s situation in ‘OMWF’ and the serious implications behind Whedon living out his “lesbian porn” fantasy through them in this musical number.
@AlxMar5
@AlxMar5 11 ай бұрын
Agreed. Same with the Faith/Riley/Buffy thing. At least she was established as a villain, but Faith used Buffy's body without Buffy's consent to have sex with Riley without his consent, and it really wasn't brought up properly as rape when it happened.
@wesdean9128
@wesdean9128 4 ай бұрын
Maybe if you weren't talking quite so much you'd have heard why they sang that last song. "Say you're happy now once more with feeling"
@carlnOrco
@carlnOrco 3 ай бұрын
Let them react how they want too ,they haven't seen it like us and the have to speak so its commentary and they don't get striked by KZfaq. Now shes not posting on KZfaq anymore ,be more kind with KZfaqrs .
@trufamilybromontqc
@trufamilybromontqc 3 ай бұрын
She has to talk over it lol . On KZfaq you need to have a commentary reaction over the show or movie you're reacting too or she would get copyright . Do you imagine ,never seening the show and you need to react to it ,do commentary over it and pay attention to something you've never seen all at the same time ,plus shes not English. Take it down a noch will ya, let reactors be their selves before the all leave KZfaq.
@beriliumsphere107
@beriliumsphere107 11 ай бұрын
I just wish she would let us enjoy it at least
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
you mean in MY REACTION? Go watch the episode on your own. Literally what the actual fuck
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
@@SoraMiyano yes, people do forget that it’s someone’s REACTION. Why do they expect reactors to react the way that they want them to? That defeats the whole point of it being A REACTION!
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
@@Girl4Music i swear sometimes i just don't understand the world hahahah
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
@@SoraMiyano there was a reactor that reacted very negatively to my favourite ‘BtVS’ episode ‘Restless’ and I’ll admit - I was disappointed - at first. But then I processed my thoughts about it a later and realized “Wait, hang on,… why should I be disappointed when it’s THEIR reaction, not mine?” They shouldn’t react to it the way that I want them to react to it just because it’s MY favourite episode. The reaction would be pointless if they did because it’s not honest. In short - I had a spurt of consciousness evolution. Now it doesn’t bother me at all if a reactor reacts negatively to something that I like or care about. It’s them being an honest reactor and I have more of an appreciation for that over the ego validation.
@transmatized
@transmatized 10 ай бұрын
BOOOOOOO 🍅🍅🍅🍅
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
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@trufamilybromontqc
@trufamilybromontqc 3 ай бұрын
Does a reactor that has a different opinion about an episode , need to have that comment?! Does it affect you that much ,that she had a deferent opinion? If so go outside ,you need it.
@erich7558
@erich7558 2 ай бұрын
It was painful watching you cringe and talk about it. A short remark or two early on and then let it go would have been less painful. This was an essential episode. So much was revealed in the lyrics to the songs.
@Turalcar
@Turalcar 9 ай бұрын
19:13 "Keep going, you're cute" If not for the teensy issue of informed consent
@willsofer3679
@willsofer3679 9 ай бұрын
Yeah, wtf was that?
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 7 ай бұрын
its called fantasy
@trufamilybromontqc
@trufamilybromontqc 3 ай бұрын
I actually miss you're buffy and angel reactions. And the negative comments about this reaction , don't mind them. I don't like the musical either even tho buffy is my favorite show . People take this so personal just because you have a different opinion as theirs .
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 3 ай бұрын
Yeah, with Buffy is always been very delicate 😂 and I'm not one to hide the way I feel
@trufamilybromontqc
@trufamilybromontqc 3 ай бұрын
@@SoraMiyano don't ever do❤️✊be yourself ❤️
@yannhollister9091
@yannhollister9091 11 ай бұрын
Annoying /cringe reaction, i had to stop and dislike the video midway
@jevonk
@jevonk 11 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
congrats? you're the winner of this week's challenge i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/020/941/gavin.jpg
@nansyraccoon7095
@nansyraccoon7095 10 ай бұрын
Ты кринжевала только из-за своего предрассудка, что все музыкальные эпизоды кринжовые и ужасные. Если бы ты позволила себе расслабиться и просто похихикать (как это сделали и создатели, они не делали этот эпизод на серьезных щах, они просто прикалывались...), то тебе бы понравилось гораздо больше. Конечно же, ты понимаешь больше всех тех, кто присуждал награды этому эпизоду хD Но... каждый имеет право на свое мнение...
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
Everyone have the right to their own opinions indeed!
@ernesthakey3396
@ernesthakey3396 5 ай бұрын
They did one more number because the demon said "once more with feeling" - he left a little mojo behind to give them one more number. :) I'm really glad you rewatched OMWF twice to at last catch the lyrics - the lyrics were VERY key to character development as everyone revealed a bunch of things they were keeping secrets. I personally am not a fan of mysicals in general whether as episodes of shows or movies or theater productions. But unlike most musicals, in this one (A) there was an in-universe explanation, Sweet's demon magic, and (B) the plot reveals were important to the progression of the various storylines. Being able to appreciate the development is good, even if it took a few tries - thank you for giving it a 3rd try. ❤️‍🩹
@mediablindspots
@mediablindspots Ай бұрын
I have to say, this wasn’t very fun to watch, as a fan of watching people react to the Buffy musical. You started out by saying that you had an expectation of not liking it, because shows do musicals wrong, apparently not realizing that all those crappy musicals were because of the unparalleled musical that everyone else copied… Then you dismissively talked over incredible scenes until you finally figured out it was pretty good. Blasé all around… I shall not invest further time in this reaction series when it comes to Buffy
@rookie1178
@rookie1178 5 ай бұрын
This is this worst reaction video to Once More With Feeling I have ever seen. She was so busy hating the musical she literally missed every bit of vital information that was being sung about! That takes real talent, or maybe she was just drunk, who knows
@ankelbarajas4396
@ankelbarajas4396 10 ай бұрын
I'll never understand why people like the creepy stalker vampire
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
Because its a creepy stalker vampire, its not real. Its a fantasy we'll never get to live but in shows
@TheGeekHeroes
@TheGeekHeroes 4 ай бұрын
Came here to see a first time experience of "Once More with Feeling" and Im out. What a negative cringy response from the get go.
@trufamilybromontqc
@trufamilybromontqc 3 ай бұрын
Not everyone has the same reaction and not everyone loves musicals . don't be so hard on her.
@rakyachad9490
@rakyachad9490 11 ай бұрын
Why do you talk over the songs? if you want to say something than pause the video. You made me cringe the whole reaction.
@SoraMiyano
@SoraMiyano 10 ай бұрын
Then exit the video and dont watch i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/020/941/gavin.jpg
@Girl4Music
@Girl4Music 10 ай бұрын
A lot of reactors get blasted for doing that too. *sigh* you really can’t win, Sora. Good thing you’re not trying to, eh? 😜
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