This “Buffy”-skeptic has been live-tweeting the entire series and her journey is epic
There are a few iconic shows that seemly everyone watched and only a select few were unable to get into. The Wire, Prison Break, Two and A Half Men — and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Before there was Twilight, Buffy was kicking ass and lovin’ on certain brooding vampires. Devon Maloney, a writer for publications such as Pitchfork and Vuture, recently decided to give this show another shot. For the fifth time.
attempting ONE MORE TIME to get into buffy. pray that the fifth time's a charm
— devon of nine (@dynamofire) July 28, 2016
Apparently the first four didn’t stick. This time around, Devon decided to live tweet her journey and let us know her thoughts as the show progresses. Now, if you were a Buffy fan growing up you know that the show had dips and questionable arcs but you loved it anyway. Hearing an outsider point those flaws out is not only entertaining, it’s outright perfection.
Buffy is cave-exploring with a demon battle axe and a tote bag
— devon of nine (@dynamofire) August 15, 2016
I mean, come on! That’s Twitter gold! As someone who got into Buffy purely on the basis of needing to see David Boreanaz‘s face, the show was full of exciting moments and twists. Some things were very questionable like:
And a drowning ghost kid, cool
— devon of nine (@dynamofire) August 15, 2016
While others were spot on.
"Is there anyone who HASN'T slept together?" this woman asks, as Xander and Spike make super awkward sexy eye contact
— devon of nine (@dynamofire) August 26, 2016
There was so much sexual tension, ass whooping and magical happenings going on that you almost forget this was based off a movie about a cheerleader who kills vampires at her school dance. Lucky for us, Devon is able to bring back all of those WTF and OMG moments on twitter.
And it’s especially great to watch her get more and more addicted:
holy shit did angel just make a joke
do i like this show now
— devon of nine (@dynamofire) August 2, 2016
Okay, in all seriousness though, "Passion" (S2E17) is a good-ass episode of television, straight up. Even with the floppy disk element.
— devon of nine (@dynamofire) August 3, 2016
OK it's now the parents-turn-into-kids ep & suddenly i want to do unspeakable things to giles?? help is this curse cross-universe contagious
— devon of nine (@dynamofire) August 4, 2016
And of course you’ve got to love when she hits the musical episode:
"THEY GOT THE MUSTARD OUT"
— devon of nine (@dynamofire) August 22, 2016
Well, despite the initial skepticism, it looks like our beloved Buffy reeled in another hopelessly obsessed fan at last. Hopefully she decides to also dive into the amazingness that is Angel because we are not ready to stop laughing at and with the show.