Miss Kitty Fantastico

One of many havens for Buffyverse related images on Tumblr, this one specifically for nonphotoshopped screen shots.

Caution: The images may contain minor to mild spoilers such as character development changes, but I will try to refrain from posting 'major' plot changes so as to make the page friendlier to the casual viewer.

Caution: Comments made by other people under Notes may contain spoilers.

Starfish & Coffee: March Madness

willowmaclay:

So today I’m actually feeling pretty fucking good. I feel probably the most feminine I’ve ever felt in my entire life, and this is after probably the worst bout of dysphoria I have had in my entire life yesterday. Anyways, I kind of feel happy for the first time in a while. I’m seeing my therapist in about a week and I’m going to try to get an appointment set up to see a gender therapist shortly afterwards, because I suppose that is the safest way to start HRT. Let’s hope my regular therapist knows a gender therapist and she can help me out a bit. Either way I think my regular therapist, who has been helping me with mostly school issues, can maybe give some sort of helpful advice as well. I still need to tell my dad that I’m transgender, but I had a pretty civil discussion with him today about other issues and he said I would always have a place to stay. I hope he feels the same way in about ten days :D . I really don’t know why I’m posting this. I guess to give an update in written form after my coming out to my mom and stuff for the twenty or so people that actually follow me on tumblr. Anyways, love you all

<3

Willow Catelyn Maclay

oh yeah and the title. My bracket is kind of fucked. I guess I won’t be winning the office pool. Go Kentucky!


I’ve never reblogged anything before - as I like to focus on my own Buffy posts -  but I thought now would be a good time to change that. My incredible transgender girlfriend (aka the greatest girl I’ve ever known) has a Tumblr blog of her own and we both think it needs more Followers.

She named herself after Buffy characters, how is that not awesome?

I’ll always love you, Wil.

201, “Judgment”
The second season’s opening sequence, introducing The Host/Lorne.

Season Two Opening Credits
The widescreen really suited this series.

Season One Opening Credits
Episodes 111-122

101. “City of”
Angel and Cordelia

Season One Opening Credits
Episodes 101-110

419. “New Moon Rising”
Willow and Oz

Requests

I feel I’ve now built up enough Followers to make this post. If you have any specific moments/scenes/dialogue exchanges you’d like to see here on this blog, then just send me the request through the “ask me anything” menu and I’ll try to post it as soon as I can. Please include the exact episode that it appears in. I should be able to find it easily beyond that.

Oh, and as a little bit of news, I recently got the Angel complete series DVD box to go along with my Buffy one, so I was thinking of starting some Angel-series posts in the near future.

419. “New Moon Rising”
The level of acting shown in Benson’s facial expressions alone was always incredible. She could convey so much by seemingly doing very little.

419. “New Moon Rising”
I could fill this entire blog with Alyson Hannigan and Amber Benson and would never tire of the entries.

Alyson Hannigan Title Cards, Seasons Six and Seven

Alyson Hannigan Title Cards, Seasons One-through-Five

shawteelookinguncomfortable asked: I think you're absolutely right. Putting aside the fact that Tara was and is my all-time favourite character, she was so integral to everything. Willow's character development, even Dawn's to some extent. And 'Family' is proof of how part of the group she was. I mean, she was even friends with Anya! She was so part of the main cast, it's unbelievable that she didn't get a full salary. She deserved way more!

I have nothing to add; I just like this comment so am going to publish it. Oh, I suppose I’ll add this: “Family” is one of my favourite episodes of the entire series, and I think it’s one of the least talked about Joss-directed episodes. Oh, and Amber Benson getting more money?,  something I’d stand behind. I’ve been following her career as a writer/novelist, and in a recent podcast, she talks about how being a novelist provides only a small fraction of what someone would make on a TV series, even in recurring role. It has to be a career you genuinely want because you enjoy what you do. I’d love to see her land something in her career that would provide her with more luxuries in her life. If you read her blog, you’ll see she really does just more or less live the normal life (the occasional fancy meetings and TV one-episode guest spots aside); being a cult celebrity doesn’t pay the bills in itself.

In reference to the Amber Benson post

It was nice to see a lot of different comments coming through, both in re-blogging and directly to my inbox. I won’t be responding to them individually because of the overlap. But yeah, I do totally get the reasons why she wasn’t made into a regular cast member. *Caution: major spoilers after the break.

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I realize that there is the issue of money, as main stars get higher salaries than recurring guest stars, but I always felt that Amber Benson should have been in the main cast from the season five premiere onward. Tara was just as vital a character to the group as Anya was. Although I’m not sure if money here was even an issue; she could have just taken Marc Blucas’ spot after he left the series part way through season five.