tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913356479406165601.post5810275311335351494..comments2024-01-15T02:19:13.716-08:00Comments on Fragments Of My Imagination: I Only Have Eyes For YouMark Fieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16661801011668244109noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913356479406165601.post-81783261451435344632021-01-04T09:31:15.702-08:002021-01-04T09:31:15.702-08:00Great episode. It really shows both the duality an...Great episode. It really shows both the duality and universality of emotions. At any given point we could be in the place of James or Grace. <br /><br />Spike standing up at the end is a great moment, and more consequential to the persistence of Spike and Dru on the show than one would guess at first glance (if you recall what happens during the finale... it happens fast since there are other more important things going on haha).Shaun M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913356479406165601.post-83486855220301747592013-01-11T20:22:51.605-08:002013-01-11T20:22:51.605-08:00Grace forgave James as an act of grace. So when sh...Grace forgave James as an act of grace. So when she possessed Angel and he forgave Buffy, that too was an act of grace.Mark Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661801011668244109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913356479406165601.post-27604407165830941552013-01-11T20:14:31.186-08:002013-01-11T20:14:31.186-08:00I love this episode so much, but reading this made...I love this episode so much, but reading this made me think of something that had never crossed my mind, quite biasedly so! I never even though of buffy being guitly in their relationship. Granted that I was very young at first watch I mean I am only eighteen now but yeah I just, these things are clarifying everythings so much its unreal!...... Oh befire I forget, im most likely just being stupid here but I dont get the relevance of the teachers name being grace, care to fill me in? :-D Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913356479406165601.post-8252691616648636832012-06-01T12:54:22.932-07:002012-06-01T12:54:22.932-07:00Angelus himself states that Buffy's making him...Angelus himself states that Buffy's making him feel human again is not something he can forgive. So, I agree that this episode is very fitting for both of their situations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550060758900308947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913356479406165601.post-13979707484403492002012-02-03T10:42:05.211-08:002012-02-03T10:42:05.211-08:00God I love this episode. It is so heart breaking,...God I love this episode. It is so heart breaking, yet also healing. She needed to hear Angel's forgiveness and have some closure, and I think the audience needed it to. After the events of Passion, we especially needed to remember Angel as he was, even if only for a moment. <br /><br />SPOILER <br /><br />Of course, this had the additional benefit of making the events of Becoming so much more tragic, as we had a more recent memory of the goodness of Angel, right before he was truly resurrected and sacrificed.Aerylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442074043571201717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913356479406165601.post-78082213277395690882012-02-03T08:39:56.663-08:002012-02-03T08:39:56.663-08:00One of the most shocking and effective moments for...One of the most shocking and effective moments for me, from the "reverse dialogue," was when Buffy calls Angel a "bitch." Somehow that one utterance works so well with where the Angelus arc is at this point - including in all the ways Mark outlines above. It's so striking, but it's also one of those great Whedonesque moments where all the inversions and reverses tell us more about a given character than she can tell us about herself.<br /><br />MILD SPOILER<br /><br />In a very different way the technique works very well again in S04's "Who Are You."aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511776738005115468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913356479406165601.post-34835993829962919812012-02-03T07:00:59.774-08:002012-02-03T07:00:59.774-08:00Thank you. I really appreciate it.Thank you. I really appreciate it.Mark Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661801011668244109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913356479406165601.post-78924586988927161532012-02-03T00:02:40.955-08:002012-02-03T00:02:40.955-08:00This was one of the first Buffy episodes I ever sa...This was one of the first Buffy episodes I ever saw, and I was hooked. The repeated dialogue suddenly got so poignent and heartbreaking when it was finally spoken by Buffy and Angel. I didn't even quite understand what had happened previously, but the emotions and the twist were really impressive to me, so I decided I needed to start watching. What a great and lucky choice on my part, eh? ;-)<br /><br />I love that you pointed out that the teacher was named "Grace." Once you say that, I suddenly did a face-palm...but of COURSE that was intentional! Perfect. Thanks for another great insight into the metaphorical messages in these episodes. <br /><br />I'm really enjoying this series, Mark...and I was already impressed from reading your commentary at the AV Club.Celianoreply@blogger.com