Having not been acclimated to the Buffyverse separated my relationship between the characters in the show and the lives the have led and because of the killing of the ascended mayor, will continue to lead. I enter with no misgivings about their character flaws, no judgment on their past actions, but fresh eyes on a culminating moment in the world of the show. The first minute that drew my attention was the conversation between Buffy and Faith through their minds as they lay broken and bloodied in the hospital beds after their epic fight. The interconnected relationship they share not only as slayers but as women cut from the same cloth, binds them and Whedon is able to share a consciousness among them. They talk the same way, the camera moves between one another, same angle, medium close up. He puts Faith in a position of power or even on a platform at this moment for not only the next parts of the episode, by telling Buffy the mayor’s weakness, but to control part of the extended universe of the show, hinting to a countdown for “Little Miss Muffet” and “730” days. This is a rare moment in film, characters usually give a dying wish or last words of advice but not all spoke already from the grave, or from a coma. The music plays on, grandstanding for a moment to show the importance of this exchange. I believe Whedon, as we discussed in class, unsure of the extended life of the series, but confident in the fandom relationship to the show was able to present an “Easter Egg” or sorts to blossom the relationship between the world of the film and the fans that search tirelessly for answers to riddles and hidden gems within not only the storytelling but the encapsulated world that is the Buffyverse.

Jacob Sam

5/17/15