Buffy The Vampire Slayer - 7x22 - Chosen - Speech

[@dinothunder629]

is buffy where the common phrase "slay queen" comes from?

[@MrWesley316]

No that’s Beyonce lol

[@Charlie-xu4fw]

@@MrWesley316 No, it's drag culture.

[@tnp1047]

Yes, it is.

[@portalpony477]

LOL These comments are the best

[@daileighnovember]

Lmbo idk but its def appropriate.

[@Rie_TheQueen]

When I tell you this speech actually made me believe that I could be a slayer Sarah Michelle Gellar is an underrated actress

[@blueblackyellow]

Marie Benton I'm a slayer today because of this moment.

[@Kay2be2mr]

I think that was the point. We all have the ability to be slayers in life. Just gotta believe in yourself.

[@haydenmusicacademy7502]

Agreed - Sarah was brilliant in this role and in delivering this amazing speech. Joss said in the commentary that the speech was actually much longer when they taped it but they had to trim some of it out of the aired episode as the show was running long, yet despite the considerable length of the speech Sarah did it absolutely perfectly in one single take. Afterwards the entire cast & crew gave her a well-deserved ovation.

[@____0____]

It was and continues to be an amazing show imo (I rewatch episodes pretty often). I hope the reboot keeps up the relationship building between the main characters as a main aspect of the entire show - the way the original did it was perfect imo!

[@DerekThomasLirio]

@@____0____ The only sitcom reboot that has been acceptable and comparable to the original has been fuller house. I hope, if they do a reboot, it's quality and not filtered garbage like most.

[@josephine4s]

"Make your choice! Are you ready to be strong?" I think that line, finishing her speech, represents one of the most quintessential things that BTVS has to offer. We overcome by choice, and we overcome together.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Don't be naive. Life is not a TV show. Not everything is up to a choice, and we are most definitely NOT "together". Illness is not our choice. Abuse, corruption, war. We don't have power over lots of things, we didn't chose lots of things that plague us, not everything can be "overcome" and most of us ARE alone in this.

[@cputrbug]

Almost 20 years later and this speech still gives me chills.

[@mgc26133]

good god has it been that long! omg

[@55Quirll]

None of the writers could the speech like this or the speech of Picard on the loss of our freedoms or Gi'kars freedom speech. The writers of today are just woke and don't know what it means to empower others. Very sad for todays people.

[@a.j.pearsall623]

Same I watched it the other day and it gave me renewed chills

[@narutotrickzxtv3D]

I swear between the writers and Sarah's acting chops every time Buffy had to make a big grand speech I promise you that I felt it, I believed it, I was in awe and I swooned like crazy...apart of me wants this franchise to come back and then the other part just wants it to be left alone considering the current state of Hollywood but this show will forever be timeless to me truly iconic.

[@darrinwebber4077]

Yeah... I know the feeling... Geta me all misty eyed n all... I hate it!...lol... Great show! Still a favorite to watch via KZbin clips. Great cast. And usually great writing.

[@billywatson9821]

Agreed!!

[@teresapappas9773]

Best speech ever! Go Buffy!!

[@fantasticmrfox9291]

I'm a big softie but that scene when the girl blocks the slap still makes me shiver

[@Bfolks84]

That girl went to my acting studio... she was working as the receptionist the year I started. ( while also training herself). She had just filmed that episode of Buffy a few months prior to me meeting her.

[@katiekat470]

I never realised that was a slap. I thought she’d just fallen over, wow

[@rwwilson21]

That scene was the last scene ever shot of the show.

[@kyleellis1825]

I both love it and worry about what it means for that girl. I really hope she didn't hit the guy to hard and kill him(not for his sake, but for hers).

[@mione12gft71]

@@rwwilson21 the last filmed scene was the ending scene

[@tsukigalleta]

I always feel like crying during this speech, no matter how many times I watch it

[@barbarascutt792]

tsukigalleta me too

[@neftaliortega697]

🙋 x3

[@dinahwestallen]

Same

[@vivianmontgomery9082]

Me too

[@ineidamedina5807]

Facts

[@tanyakopel]

Anyone who could cry while watching this speech, WILL cry!

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

Lol!!!

[@princelevi3733]

Everytime

[@dreamclouddiva95]

Every. Single time.

[@gadgetzloops7319]

I remember watching this when it aired. I'm a 41 year old guy now, and someone is yet again cutting onions in front of me

[@TheSykoRC]

Gadgetz Loops at least I‘m not the only guy here... with something in my eye... ;)

[@lvis11tj7]

When the little girl batting gains the power and just smiles......the chills it sends.....this is one of the greatest speeches of all time and I am a Doctor Who fan as well

[@112428]

I was kind of disappointed it didn't show her hit the ball. I would've loved to see a baseball hit with Slayer super-strength.

[@leighannmcwhinnie5678]

lvis11tj7 love you are a doctor who fan too!! Btvs best empowerment show ever!! Same with doctor who x

[@rwwilson21]

every time I see the clip of that speech, I always think "she's gonna fucking destroy that ball"

[@malissahyatt2425]

@@112428 I know...SEND THAT BALL TO PLUTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robby1816]

She's playing against other little girls. She's not being oppressed, nor abused like others in the montage. She's about to crush all the hopes & dreams of any non-slayers on that field.

[@chrispeplinski7306]

Buffy gave some of the best speeches.

[@geekista]

When all the potentials became slayers, that awakening is the most intense, the most beautiful scene of the show. It is truly beautiful. I choose to believe that this speech is for all of us, we all have power, we all can stand up for ourselves, we are all our own heroes, this is why BTVS will always be a masterpiece to my generation, it was the very first show (if not the only one back in the day) that taught us girls that we can be whatever the hell we want to be

[@sandiego2380]

'that taught us girls we can be the hell we want' o p fricken lease! watch 1:55 and wait until you realize this 'girl' is not competing against sexist boys or men or defending herself. She is competing against other girls who are less fortunate than her because she for reasons got blessed with super powers and they didn't. So much for empowering girls, all I see is giving one girl an unfair advantage and crushing other girls' dreams, so in other words you are only a special 'girl' if you are lucky to get the power. Like Anya stated, Buffy isn't better than the rest, (girls), she is just lucky why do you have to specifically limit Buffy's speech to 'girls'? Just because the slayer happens to be female? there are also boys in this scene, and Buffy is also talking to them, not just girls. And the show is also loved and watched by boys who can just as much be inspired to be whoever they want. That said, women always whine that boys always get to shine and be encouraged to do whatever they want, name one show that specifically says boys can be whatever they want because they're boys. There are no shows! I'm a boy and I have never had any show that specifically taught me I can become whatever I want because I was born a boy. Stop acting like we still live in the stone ages. That said, you have had plenty of shows, movies by that point that already showed strong girl characters and teaching girls they can become what ever they want. En0ugh with pitying girls already!

[@robertaltamirano9867]

Still gives me goosebumps.

[@palacioed17]

I get chills every time she says : "are you ready to be strong?" 😭 😍

[@dazlovescarter]

i love this speech its my fav out of season 7 becuse of seeing all the girls all over the world getting the power and becoming slayers, i love the one who blocks being hit and just stands looking at her hitter and the little girl playing basebal, that smile at the end after she was so nervous to play.......just awesome

[@alysiamerdavid-wasser9165]

darren mclean HUH???? What???????

[@blpalv15]

Imagine all of the slayers being awakened around the world who were like that abused girl. No more punching bag for them

[@briannastultz6924]

The little girl playing baseball is my favorite part!

[@sandiego2380]

@@briannastultz6924 oh you mean your favorite part where she unfairly gets super powers and crushing other less fortunate girls' dreams? lmao so much for empowering girls.

[@sandiego2380]

wait until you realize that little girl is gonna crush other girls' dreams because of her unfair advantage of being blessed with super powers. This is putting a smile on your face? The message that these girls can't win unless they have super powers? This is sad.

[@redwillow79schippers94]

I still tear up when I watch this beautiful speech. We really need to use the power we all have, stand together and fight.

[@trevorcook8374]

Buffy: But this woman right here? Is more powerful than all of them combined. Will: ...hai...

[@calsh14]

That girl and her damn speeches. 😭😭😭 #emotionalaf

[@Colorfulmind1]

AND THAT IS HOW YOU MAKE A SPEECH 👏👏👏👏

[@deadtroll242]

This episode and this speach always bring a tear to my eye! I love it so much! Yes I am a grown man of 43 years and I will say I lo ve and have loved Buffy since the first day it aired! Joss Can write!!!

[@chessenthusiast]

I just a few months ago finished a rewatch of the entire series. Man, that ish holds UP. The best show from the 90s/2000s era, imo.

[@judycampbell6139]

This was my favorite show, ever. She taught me to stand up, be tall, ( Im short) and stand for something. Long Live BtVS!

[@bagheerathelion9701]

when if first watched it, when i was 12, during this speach i stood up all dramatic like i had been chosen god i love this show

[@mmhlecker]

What a beautiful message for young girls and women!And to end a series....still timeless😍

[@sandiego2380]

lmao this is a horrible message to young girls! It shows you girls can only win if you get an unfair advantage, super slaying powers. watch 1:55 and you'll realize this girl is gonna crush other less fortunate girls' because she was blessed with super strength and they weren't.

[@mainie_videoediting]

I don't get why some people dislike season 7, it had all the best speeches. this, spike's you're the one speech, her bring on the night speech and the power speech from season 5 are my favourites. plus I LOVED the fight scene with caleb.

[@alucinado1021]

Most eps were kinda lame except for conversations with dead people (the first showing up to Willow was great), bring on the night, with the primitive vampire, selfless (it was very funny), get it done (the origin story of the slayer), and the final eps

[@catarinemarques231]

I dislike it just because of Empty Places

[@stephenmitchell9520]

And wheelchair battles!

[@isaacortiz4617]

Mainly because it's the last season.I wanted season 10.😑

[@sandiego2380]

I dislike this speech for the reason that they had to make it into a making girls victims men sexist with the crap of 'a bunch of sexist men decided to make a girl the slayer'. No one asked for this, why make the men the devils and the poor girls who were chosen, the victims? I dislike ' 1:55 and wait until you realize this 'girl' is not competing against sexist boys or men or defending herself. She is competing against others (presumably) girls who are less fortunate than her because she for reasons got blessed with super powers and they didn't. So much for empowering girls, all I see is giving one girl an unfair advantage and crushing other girls' dreams, so in other words you are only a special 'girl' if you are lucky to get the power. Like Anya stated, Buffy isn't better than the rest, (girls), she is just lucky I dislike that this is not empowering women and teaching girls they can be whatever they want but that it actually teaches girls you are only special if you happen to be lucky like Buffy. All these girls that we see are all winning with an unfair advantage. What good of a message is that? Why not make these girls become successful by their own strength not by strength that s blessed to them? So much for empowering girls, when all i see is quite the opposite.

[@seanel76]

GOOSEBUMPS!! One of the best speeches and endings in television history.

[@samanthak9078]

this is an inspiration for dealing with trauma. thank you

[@athena450]

buffy literally liberates herself from the loneliness and burden of living under a patriarchal system by empowering thousands of girls around the world to fight with her... iconic

[@ajl2232]

True. It also shows how these powerful men were pimping and sacrificing women instead of having men take the responsibility.

[@briannabombshell1921]

She was relieved from that burden the second another slayer was activated due to her dying.

[@benjaminreyes3624]

@@ajl2232 so the men should pimp men? Maybe nobody should be pimped in the first place lol What happened to women being powerful? If they are infact powerful then they should be the slayer

[@patrickstivers7387]

@@benjaminreyes3624 You whiffed so hard on what you thought was a grand slam that you hit yourself in the head with the bat.

[@benjaminreyes3624]

@@patrickstivers7387 are women powerful or not? If they are.. then they can be the slayer. You know I'm right haha

[@Joi4Madonna3mpress]

1:14 this woman is more powerful than all of them combined... Willow: always has been, always will be my fav.

[@Lookatmeshine]

I love yellow crayon breaking willow and scary veiny willow.

[@Joi4Madonna3mpress]

So if I'm going out, it's here. If you wanna kill the world... well then start with me.

[@mrseddiediaz]

Her reaction is adorable. :)

[@AxEWorlD]

The S7 monologues though!!!!! Some of them legit had me in tears.

[@yevgeniyaleshchenko849]

True...

[@Nostrhomo]

Goosebumpies. Every time.

[@cecilybarron515]

Makes me tear up every single time. Crazy how almost 20 years later, still brings that emotion out.😢❤❤❤❤

[@BooneErica]

Exactly 😂

[@jarwong3991]

oh man, such a powerful scene. i never get tired of watching this.

[@o0MELLY0o]

I always come to this when I am feeling down.........

[@samanthak9078]

This is one of the most powerful things I've ever seen

[@astaciamckinnis3969]

I enjoy listening her speeches

[@Brian5mb]

Even tho I wish Buffy ended with the gift, in season 5, this always gives me goosebumps. I feel imbued with slayer powers every time

[@kayjay1196]

We need her.

[@chrispeplinski7306]

Yes we do. This speech is more important than ever before.

[@nightslayer6951]

That was one powerful speech 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@alysiamerdavid-wasser9165]

makes me cry EVERYTIME. :,)

[@AdriannaNealey25]

Amazing powerful speech

[@houseofmatrix6174]

Buffy speeches are iconic

[@DoggosintheHouse]

There are so many truly great speeches in Buffy over the course of the series.

[@ashleyduffy2088]

Man, after this speech, I'm ready to fight!

[@seanroche2358]

This is so means so much right now.thankyou,

[@teapots4103]

I SERIOUSLY would love to see that big girl's slayer montage...that would be fucking rad.

[@multiplesifl]

That softball player's smirk says, "I'm going to knock this damn ball straight into the next county. And I won't even have to try."

[@sandiego2380]

wait until you realize this girl is gonna crush other girls' dreams and ambitions whenever she competes against them because she has an unfair advantage. yes and this teaches girls you can only win if you get an unfair advantage. Poor girls can't succeed unless they have help be it from men or be it from super natural forces. Like Anya stated, Buffy isn't better than the rest, she is just lucky.

[@hectorherrera989]

Are you ready to be strong? Like damn!!!! Yes!!!!!!!!!

[@novemberssun9188]

I cried like a baby when this hit

[@elizabethjanetugby4695]

This speech is on my bedroom wall and in my self care box! Made it into a challenge for myself too.

[@Xxmilkshake202xX]

I wish Kennedy would have died. Bring back Anya. #BiggestRegrets

[@MareoYapp]

Xxmilkshake202xX Get over it

[@roberterlandson8234]

Xxmilkshake202xX willow already lost Tara

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

Kennedy and Willow did break up in the comics, then Willow went out with a demon

[@Lookatmeshine]

Jareth The Goblin King that kinda makes me happy. Kennedy was annoying.

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

+angelstouch92 Yea and then she broke up with the demon for some reason, I'm gonna hve to read again

[@SoapNugget]

"I am going down into the hellmouth and I am finishing this once and for all!" That line gives me so many chills!!

[@candicabaniss2560]

the hairs on the back of my neck still stand up when I hear this.

[@richardchong357]

I’m sad Amanda didn’t survive the final battle.

[@briannastultz6924]

Even now, all these years later, this speech still has me in tears.

[@Rickyralph]

Great beautiful moment

[@kevind3619]

Look at buffy man so inspirational.

[@sls4tlw]

still my favorite speech from buffy

[@AdriannaNealey25]

Same here

[@jennaramos1229]

love willow being put on the spot lol

[@mrseddiediaz]

Her reaction is adorable. Lol

[@shooterqqqq]

You're not strong if you blame others for your troubles. You're weak if you're afraid to expand your potential. Some are not afraid to die but terrified to live. Failure should be a first step and not a last.

[@StivenBonillaNY]

Excellent and Incredible

[@Book_Dragon2562]

As a kid watching this, I loved this speech and this ending. As an adult…not so much. Its still very well written and very well acted. But I’m old enough now and experienced enough now to recognize that this decision, while necessary to win the war, was not an entirely good or fair thing. It had unforeseen consequences, as many of these type of radical changes do. Not everyone with potential reaches it. Not everyone capable of power is capable of controlling it or using it for unselfish purposes. Not everyone who can fight wants or is willing to. Buffy changed these girls lives forever and even though she called it a choice, it wasn’t really. Once the scythe was used, those girls no longer had a choice in whether or not they had that power. Only if and how they would use it. And there was no guarantee those girls would become the chosen one or that they would become the right kind of person for that position of power and responsibility.

[@DeevolutionClasses]

That's why in Angel season 5 (the season runner after the end of Buffy) a Psycho Slayer was tracked down by Missionary Slayers Troupe trained by Buffy. Cause yes, she knew that she awakened a thing for some who may not be ready BUT the BIG CHANGE it's to not being the only one and it's like being a witch and having a coven. And actually the purpose isn't selfish: it's to win the war for the end of the world. If she didn't propose this choice they might be dead and again ... It's a Fantastic Tv show we shouldn't think to much for that and dony compare with real life. What's fictional should rest fictional from my POV 🤗

[@sandiego2380]

this speech also sends a horrible message that nobody seems to realize. first of all the whole 'let's make the men the evil sexist jerks and pity the poor girls' once again making women create a victim mentality, no one asked for this, why once again condenm the men? Second, look at all those girls who felt the sudden slayer strength within them. This is teaching girls that they can only succeed IF they are lucky to be blessed with super strength. Look at the girl at 1:55, she is competing most likely against other girls and go9ing tocrush them because she was blessed with an unfair advantage and they weren't. So much for empowering women when all i see is this teaching girls you can't succeed unless you are blessed with outside forces that gain you an advantage.

[@PalmurcioWorld]

After all these years still relevant

[@AlexanderWright1]

I so loved the whole of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This is one of the reasons why.

[@ginmar8134]

"Are you ready to be strong?"

[@WillRennar]

1:45 - Most satisfying part of this whole scene to me.

[@alanhaynes9672]

Buffy after season 3 was literally like watching the Star Wars prequels. Just not the same

[@camilarizzo506]

I'm glad the camera focused on Kennedy and Rona when Buffy mentioned the people who didn't want her to be the slayer. The two were rude to Buffy and always questioned her authority. None of them deserve that power and their very presence made the show unwatchable. The worst part, in the end Amanda dies and these two haters survive.

[@Brilleetoile]

You know what ? That's what I always said. Never understood Whedon's choice to keep them alive, worse replacing Tara with that bitch for Willow. Honestly those potentials were a big slap to us fans.

[@cheyennecedeno6867]

Right on!! Amanda was the only potential I actually enjoyed watching. She was given a little more, an episode displaying whom she is. Yeah, not lying Dawn there wasn't fun (never a fan of hers). But necessary for Amanda to be shown rightfully as the potential.

[@sandiego2380]

I will never forgive Rona's disgusting 'the witch is gone' or something like that when they fricken threw Buffy out of her own home.

[@peterrafferty5673]

My favorite bit of the montage is when the girl blocks the punch y

[@RetroRobotRadio]

No slayers would be called for hundreds of years thanks to this. Great job!

[@kachi2782]

fun fact, the last little girl with the baseball bat is Hayden Panetiere.

[@yinloveyang]

😮Awesome i liked her in Heroes! ❤

[@osnapitzrenan]

I get chills EVERY TIMEEEE

[@deedledave9826]

Season 7 was wildlings uneven but Buffy really stuck the landing with the series finale. A fitting end to a hugely influential series.

[@TheHalloweenKing]

When going to war both Buffy and Angel would pick spike out of everyone to fight side by side because he’ll never back down from any fight and he’ll have your back always.

[@star68438]

This speech made me cry.

[@DerekThomasLirio]

I've been speaking in public since I was in high school. I've spoken to classmates, coworkers, auditoriums full of people, rooms full of wealthy people. I've always been told I'm a memorable speaker. I'd be lying if I denied that hearing things like this didn't influence my speaking abilities.

[@ryanrovaris8175]

I make the right choice I am the vampire slayer I have the power just like your power buffy summer I am ready to be strong

[@rcmanization]

good speech. It's just a shame that the end to the show featured all the slayers beating those OG vampires up super easily....despite the fact that Buffy was having huge troubles winning against just one of them a few episodes earlier.

[@koppsr]

still cant understand how they could ve taken this off air and let other, wayyy lamer shows run indefinitly.

[@BooksfromaBiGuy]

It wasn't canceled, so it wasn't "taken off the air." They ended it on their terms lol

[@koppsr]

NekuTheBOOKlocke​​​​​ Actually Sarah Michelle Gellar didnt want to play Buffy anymore. They left the end of season seven the way it is, to keep their chance on a possible next season, which came in the form of whedons comics. So yes, the DID take it off the air, but in agreement with the actors and joss whedon. so much for "lol". ;)

[@BooksfromaBiGuy]

Except it is still an lol, since there was never a chance for another season. I know Sarah wanted to leave, I read the interview where she discussed it in a magazine back in the day. Because of this, everyone decided to end it. Joss had ideas for other stories that yes, did get turned into comics, but those were never plans for a real season 8 on TV once they decided to end the show. Your original post was about it being taken off the air, which it wasn't, everyone ended it because they were ready to end it. So my point still stands. You may be thinking of Angel, which they ended the way they did just in case it was canceled but HOPED it would get another season.

[@koppsr]

NekuTheBOOKlocke i guess we ll have to agree to disagree on this matter ;-) but thats ok for me. What would the world be like if we all agreed to everything ;-)

[@fianle]

If Sarah didn't want to play as Buffy anymore that's closer to them ending on their own terms rather than them being taken off the air. Taken off the air generally implies that the network is forcing them to end their show rather than an actor saying they don't want to play as the lead character anymore. Those other "lamer" shows run for as long as they do because they bring in enough viewers and the actors are fine with continuing to portray their characters.

[@matteonovelli5184]

Stranger Things is so Buffy related: with the opening of the upside down, like the Hellmouth, we have to wait for 11 training new potential telepath kids for the battle? Stranger Things 5 could be like Buffy Season 7 with over power budget. But the screen play of Buffy is pure GOLD.

[@Prisoner_849]

They are the army of the Valkyries.

[@Randjtoday]

That get me every time, wow.

[@youtubecommenter37]

Buffy should have opened the seal to the hellmouth, marched them in, and then seal them inside but not before she shouts “THATS FOR KICKING ME OUT OF MY OWN HOUSE, BITCHES” And then her and spike ride off together. Laughing.

[@cmm5542]

Glad you're not the one with the power. The world would be a frightful place if the people in charge actually thought wholesale slaughter was a fair penalty for just kicking someone out of power.

[@alexioslouis7069]

Loved it even now -2020

[@rus3613]

Everytime ❤

[@michaelcain9324]

A truly great gotcha/flashback. ❤

[@LadyVenomWay]

I'm ready!

[@PaxtonRavenscroft]

LOVE.

[@CalifScots]

About the only problem I ever had with this is I hope they had someone already watching these potentials. If suddenly all these girls around the globe wake up faster, stronger, but without any guidance or direction it could lead to some bad situations.

[@DeevolutionClasses]

That's why Buffy tracked them all over the world if you knew from Angel season 5 we learned that Buffy & Dawn are in Italy, Xander in Africa, Willow & surely Kennedy in Brasil to train all of them 👐🏾

[@ben10the10]

Imagine what would happen if so many women instantly became so much stronger than men. I honestly don't know if we would make it out alive after everything we've done to them over the millennia.

[@sandiego2380]

what exactly have we done to them?! Lots of them had the best of their lives.!

[@becky2235]

Look at history ​@@sandiego2380

[@threshingsong]

I cried a lil bit

[@thomashogan9196]

Just remember spiderperson, with great power comes great responsibility.

[@ZeldaEd123]

*Sniff* It still gets to me.

[@ryanrovaris8175]

You know buffy summers I like your speech about choices about slayers everyone of us all my friends and my sister are chosen to becoming a vampire slayers I been chosen to becoming a leader of the vampire slayer we are warriors the slayers and the hunters we can take all the vampires turn into dust

[@xyPERSON]

I have to agree with comments about how frustrating and maddening this final season was. After everything Buffy did for these ungrateful terds they turn on her and kick her out of her own house?! Faith especially pissed me off getting on her high horse after all of the misery and pain she caused. Oh...and don't get me started with Giles, Willow, and Xander who were her closest friends. Honestly I didn't care much at all for any of those new characters because they were pretty much a bunch of whiny, selfish, inconsiderate brats. Ironically though I did come to like Spike especially since he was the only one on Buffy's side which is something I thought would never happen.

[@cmm5542]

Why does everyone overlook everything Buffy's friends did for HER? Willow, Giles, and Dawn work thankless research jobs day and night so Buffy doesn't have to do that grind. Xander repairs everything for free; saved Buffy's life at least twice; and the world twice single handed (The Zeppo and Dark Willow). Buffy shows them no appreciation or consideration, and won't even delegate responsibilities to them that they are clearly well equipped to share with her and she can't handle alone. She needed to be called out and reminded just how much she needed those friends she had completely disregarded and disrespected in order to win the war. It was frankly pretty big of them to still take her back as leader when she didn't even apologize. 'Oh, I didn't stand aside and let you get killed.' 'You deserve to be the leader again!' Thankfully, that's not how the REAL military works. You have to earn your stripes, not claim them as a right. And promotion is given to those who do desk jobs as well as front line, because they are equally necessary and they deserve the same respect.

[@xyPERSON]

@@cmm5542 First of all it was never their decision to make whether or not she should lead. Obviously, she was the only one equipped to lead because you see where following Faith got them. Sure her friends did things for her but to blame her for their misfortunes was wrong in every way. Dawn even had the nerve to say it was her house too. Really? Did she pay the bills and mortgage? Keep a roof over their heads? She did not even have to pay rent which is something Buffy should have made her do.

[@cmm5542]

@@xyPERSON It made no SENSE for Faith's plan to fail and Buffy's to work. In the real world, leaders have to go on evidence and strategy and chain of command and delegation - all of which Faith did RIGHT, and then the writers pull a deus ex machina (which is VERY poor writing) to make sure she fails and Buffy's unsubstantiated gut instinct wins. That is NOT how you run an army or win wars: Buffy's foolhardiness had absolutely NO RIGHT to work except that the Buffyverse can bend logic and reality to make sure she wins every single time. It got old pretty fast. Clearly you don't understand inheritance law if you think Dawn should pay rent to live in a house that is half hers. Joyce left it to them both. Even if Dawn is a minor, Buffy has no right to take that away from her. Dawn was brilliant to remind Buffy that no, not everything in the world is hers just because she's the Slayer. Other people own things and have rights to be considered and are not just Buffy's minions to do and die whenever she tells them to. If she wants to lead, she is obligated to consider her followers' welfare. It's military obligation. And they are still living in a democracy. Was Joss Whedon trying to tell us that his idea of 'goodness' is dictatorship and not democratic values? True leaders do NOT decide for themselves that they get power. Whoever's decision it is to make, it is certainly not Buffy's. 'If you thought you were ready for the power, that would prove you had no right to it'. Leaders are voted for or appointed or otherwise chosen by their followers. People who grab power for themselves, regardless of their motives, are tyrants. It's a fact of history. I did not like Buffy in Seasons 6-7 at all.

[@Talisguy]

@@cmm5542 We've seen season 6. Frankly, they're not done paying off their karma for their complete failure to help Buffy through her suicidal depression or crippling debt. Willow wasn't doing a whole lot of grinding to support her during that particular crisis, while still staying at Buffy's house, eating her food and nearly getting her sister killed. ...Season 6 and 7 are not favourites of mine, because they have two major problems: one, everyone is an asshole (except Tara), and two, character actions feel motivated by the need to create drama or set up story beats, not by what makes sense for that character in the situation in which they find themselves. Buffy wasn't proving to be a good commander, I agree - but they jump straight to mutiny without ever bringing up their concerns to her first, that I can remember, and their choice of Faith felt incredibly contrived. Xander has military training and has been a capable commander in the past, Willow usually steps up to lead whenever Buffy is out of commission, Giles is the most experienced person in the room and has the most knowledge of the supernatural and of how to train Slayers, and even Kennedy has basically been working as Buffy's drill sergeant, she knows the Potentials and she'd basically been training for this job for half the season. They all make more sense than Faith from the perspective of the Scoobies, whose character arc was largely out of their sight and who, before going to jail, was a murderer with severe rage and impulse control issues and a total unwillingness to think anything through before she did it. We know from her development on Angel that she's not necessarily a bad choice, and, frankly, I'd pick her over Kennedy, but it's not like *they* really know that yet. She's picked for drama, not because it actually makes sense for these characters to choose her at this point in the story.

[@DV-tx6ol]

I say MY power, is OUR power.

[@chrisgenson2278]

1:46 Oh son, you done f^

[@DevTheDandy]

She’s my superhero ❤

[@jameskuyper]

I wonder, just how far did she hit that baseball?

[@rubyanne4909]

When Buffy says, "I know a lot of you wish I hadn't been either," talking about being there. It was kinda satisfying to see Rona and Kennedy squirm just a little. They were angry because of what went down in the vineyard, and of course, they had every right to be, but they were probably against Buffy the most. Even faith leading the charge was dangerous. In the end it showed that no matter who was charge could still possibly have the same outcome. Heck, even before Faith took the girls to find the weapons, she made Giles, Dawn, Xander, Willow, and Anya go look for Buffy. She wouldn't let them help.

[@Puggalug]

In all fairness, your line “they thought Faith leading the charge was going to be much better” was stifled quickly in the next episode. That is, Amanda kept muttering, “We’re being punished” and Buffy replied how it was a trap, and Buffy too could have easily fallen for it. That’s why I have to disagree with your “they quickly learned” claim, because the next episode literally addressed that.

[@rubyanne4909]

@Puggalug and I understand that, overall, I think what I was saying was that no matter who was leading the charge, it ended the same way.

[@laura333ify]

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