UNEDITED: Buffy the Vampire Slayer 6x10 Reaction
Added 2023-11-15 02:44:03 +0000 UTC
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I’m in Texas and yes, my eyelids sweat!! Sorry for the lateness of the reply. I’ve been super busy at work and am now binging all your reactions (which I enjoy very much)!
Teresa Schultz
2023-12-14 13:36:00 +0000 UTCWhen you said that you didn't think Willow would take Dawn to Rack's, sadly seeing people bring kids, even really young little kids, with them to a dealer's place was not entirely unheard of. It always used to make me so mad, like mess up your own life but don't be bringing your 2 year old child into a place like this.
Claire Eyles
2023-11-15 15:41:15 +0000 UTCBack when the show first aired I can almost guarantee that "Willow prostitutes herself for magic drugs" was on no one's bingo card. And yes that is what that "I'm just gonna take a little tour" scene was. If Rack looking like he was deriving sexual pleasure from the energy exchange, and Willow crying under the shower afterwards wasn't already a dead give away, Rack calling Willow "Strawberry" was kind of a clincher. Strawberry is an old LA street slang term for a prostitute (and before someone says, "that's not what prostitution is", which has happened before, I'm a recovered heroin addict and former street prostitute; if I would've been arrested for it then it's prostitution). Also I know Rack's place is meant to look all seedy and stuff, but the first time I watched this episode I remember just thinking, "Okay, dodgy place is dodgy, but wow they actually have lounges to sit on? This is the cushiest looking drug den I've ever seen." Apart from that the relatability of this episode, and just Willow's entire story arc in general, is way high for me. Like swap 'magic' for 'many other drugs eventually leading up to heroin' and you've basically got a chunk of my life story (albeit with some differences of course). I do remember cheering for Dawn when she slapped Willow in this episode. Willow absolutely deserved that, hell so did I back when I was still in addiction and really not a very nice or trustworthy person. Yeah addiction can take you to some dark places, and turn you into someone you don't even recognise anymore. Glad to be out of it, 21 years clean this year.
Claire Eyles
2023-11-15 15:21:41 +0000 UTC
