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

[kats-meow.livejournal.com]

BWAHAHAHAHA!

Yeah, now that you mention it, that was pretty random. I think what the "message" was supposed to be was that she didn't trust herself to stay away from him and still wanted him anyway, so she was using very half-hearted attempts to keep him at bay. It's funny you mention the garlic, I have a scene between Spike and Fred where he claims that garlic might do in some "poncey bugger" of a vamp, but not him. Any spicy buffalo wing worth its garlic salt would have done him in years ago if it was really that much of a threat.

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

Heee, Spike and Fred are adorable. I can imagine that Fred might be very interested in vampire biology. ^_~

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

I remember the first time I saw that episode and said to myself "...the hell? Since when has garlic ever been mentioned as a Whedonverse vampire repellent, and why is Buffy acting like a frightened, frail widdle thing who thinks Spike's going to crash through her window and maul her to death, and although Blue Oyster Cult's 'Don't Fear the Reaper' would be a PERFECT kick-ass song for this scene...the scene itself is really stupid."

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

The thing is that, if Spike wanted to follow her home, he would have had opportunity helping her get Dawn home from the ER (just like he was helping take her to the ER from the alley). He would have had a great excuse to stick around "for Dawn's sake" in case that demon or his otherworldly buddies tried to show up again. However, he obviously either leaves once they get to the ER or he leaves once they get Dawn home. Could be that *gasp-shock-horror* Spike actually recognized that Buffy needed some space to deal with her injured sister and magick-addicted best friend; you know, that kind of reality Spike described Buffy not realizing that they lived in right before they found Dawn?

[ms-scarletibis.livejournal.com]

Now that I've had some time to ponder it, did Dawn stay overnight at the hospital? Or at lest was there for several hours? I wonder why she wasn't there with her sis as opposed to hiding her in her room.

Then I thought, Spike was probably with Dawn, and Buffy assumes he'll stop by her room next, but then he never shows, which is why she decides to keep the lighter in the next ep, having had the chance to miss him.

At any rate, stupid scene is stupid.

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

According to Buffy when she talks to Willow in Joyce's old room, Dawn is in her room, sleeping off the pain meds.

[ms-scarletibis.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay. Been awhile since I've seen that ep.

I read a fic once that addressed this to a degree...that Spike purposely stayed away from her because she "smelled." But I agree with you--Spike can't possibly have a problem with garlic and eat the food that he eats.

<--wonders how long she kept that stuff up before feeling ridiculous.

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

Also, Fred would eat the garlic.