▻ ▻ thread of iconic buffy the vampire slayer speeches

1.12 prophecy girl - "giles, i'm sixteen years old. i don't wanna die."

2.07 lie to me - "yes, it's terribly simple."

2.14 innocence - "but if it's guilt you're looking for, buffy, i'm not your man."

2.22 becoming, part 2 - "it doesn't stop. it never stops!"

3.08 lovers walk - "love isn't brains, children."

3.20 the prom - "buffy summers, class protector"

4.01 the freshman - "you're my hero"

5.07 fool for love - "every day you wake up, it's the same bloody question that haunts you: is today the day I die?"

5.16 the body - "but i don't understand!"

5.17 forever - "who's gonna take care of us?"

5.22 the gift - "be brave. live."

6.03 after life - "every night i save you."

6.03 after life - "this is hell."

[insert every solo song from 6.07 once more, with feeling]

6.22 grave - "i love crayon-breaky willow and i love scary veiny willow"

6.22 grave - "i don't want to protect you from the world. i want to show it to you."

7.01 lessons - "it's about power."

7.02 beneath you - "can we rest now? buffy, can we rest?"

7.10 bring on the night - "i'm standing on the mouth of hell and it's gonna swallow me whole. and it'll choke on me."

7.12 potential - "you're not special. you're extraordinary."

7.20 touched - "i love what you are. what you do. how you try."

7.22 chosen - "slayers, every one of us. make your choice. are you ready to be strong?"

~~ end of thread ~~

ok nix that. here's where i put the glaring omissions...

5.12 checkpoint - "power. i have it. they don't."