Watching "Wrecked..."

[fenderlove]

I've been rewatching BtVS episodes in French to help me in my language class, but... My God, was the final scene in "Wrecked" the most out-of-place thing ever? I don't know why it never bothered me so much before, but Buffy, sitting on her bed surrounded by garlic and clutching a cross to her chest, just seems utterly ridiculous. If she was that worried about Spike descending into her bedroom like a ghoul, I would have been holding a SuperSoaker filled with holy water and a crossbow (given the fact that de-inviting him would be out of the question with Willow going through the magicks withdrawal). And when have any of the shows vampires really been afraid of garlic anyway? Spike eats pub food; there's bound to be garlic in that. I sorta want to know what would have happened if he had come by...

Spike: "Hey, Buffy, are you trying to make your bedroom smell like the Olive Garden? I love that place. It's like eating in the kitchen of a delightful Italian stereotype. If you want to go, I've got coupons clipped fresh from the PennySaver-"

Buffy: "Go away! Can't you see that I'm trying to keep you away from my vagina?!"

Spike: "Oh, God, is there garlic in there too?"

Comments

[erykah101.livejournal.com]

Here via Sueworld's rec. I thought the same thing at the time but then I figured Buffy was having a panic attack and not thinking at all straight, so I wrote this.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/480185/1/Falling_Faster

(possibly should have a depression trigger warning on it)

But I think you're right, that would be Spike's exact reaction to it (and I love your scene! :D ). It's a silly thing for her to do, that's why I don't think it's meant to be funny. It may be instead a reaction to experiencing a surprising jolt of happiness and instead of embracing it, she's trying to shut it out because it's scared her. But it's happiness, and so she doesn't really want to. She's therefore picked something she really knows wont actually work.