Welcome to the Riley fan club!

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UPDATED: Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:29
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FRAY101

Monday, July 18, 2005 3:57 PM

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Originally posted by fantasticlaughingfairy:
Much better looking than David Boreanaz (after Buffy s2 - he went all old and fat, and started tucking his shirts in in that weird way that made him look even more old and fat).

Funny isn't it? Angel stayed all purty looking for 200 years - meets Buffy and it all goes to hell! Just compare how he looks in Season 1 of Buffy, heck even Season 1 of Angel, to the end of that show. Boy did he change....

Riley was all cute, and muscular and...OK, shall stop now.

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EMBERS

Monday, July 18, 2005 4:09 PM

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Originally posted by evagatesgreen2:
Did they hate Parker half as much as they hated Riley?

Oh I LURVE Parker!
I want to start a Parker fan club!
I couldn't believe that they wouldn't have let Parker be included in S7...at least show him being crushed by a building or something...
:(

FRAY101

Monday, July 18, 2005 4:35 PM

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Oh I LURVE Parker!
I want to start a Parker fan club!
I couldn't believe that they wouldn't have let Parker be included in S7...at least show him being crushed by a building or something...
:(

This is some kind of sick joke right? Please...

The only good thing about Beer Bad was Willow getting one over on Parker. And as this is the I Love Riley thread, who didn't cheer when he knocked him out?!

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JAINA

Monday, July 18, 2005 5:24 PM

i felt sorry for marc blucas. the buffy/angel fandom was so huge he had big shoes to fit into, but i never saw him as an angel replacement and so sad when riley and marc left.

though ... his return in as you were was piss poor. not marc himself, but the episode. t'was awful

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GROUNDED

Monday, July 18, 2005 7:49 PM

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though ... his return in as you were was piss poor. not marc himself, but the episode. t'was awful

So awful...which was surprising since it was written by Doug Petrie.

JAINA

Monday, July 18, 2005 8:46 PM

i know. you can usually rely on him.

as much as i do love riley i dont think he should have returned. it wasn't right for him to return. he was very hurt, and well, i wouldnt think that he'd just pop up like that. and the thing i hated was him being married. he was torn up about buffy!

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CHRISISALL

Monday, July 18, 2005 9:40 PM

If I can find S5 used for a reasionable price, then yeah...
I just don't see how they can top S4!

You know I will...Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Monday, July 18, 2005 9:45 PM

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Originally posted by fantasticlaughingfairy:
(and apparently) his clone CHRISISALL!

Hey! I just said the character was most similar to me! If you want to know what I look like, think like a cross between Jackson Brown and Mark Hamill (but in a more normal kinda way, I'm not claimin' to look that cool).

Sorry to let the girls down Chrisisall

BATMARLOWE

Monday, July 18, 2005 10:33 PM

I think since most Riley-haters hated him simply because he wasn't Angel, they were just looking for reasons to justify it. No matter what quality Riley showed, it was something to dislike about him. They just weren't gonna let him win.

I did like seeing him in Season 6, though I agree the ep was weak. I liked that he was invlolved in the whole black ops thing and I LOVED his wife. And I think the "Nick and Nora Fury" line is one of the most clever pop-culture references in all of Buffydom. To tell the truth I'd like to see them again (as supporting characters) in the next Buffyverse thing--if there ever is one.

The main thing I found frustrating about this ep
is that Buffy says to Sam "He thinks I let him go". And obviously Buffy is sorry that all this time Riley has had this misunderstanding about their relationship.

But at end Buffy tells Riley "That night I never got the chance to tell you how sorry I was about what happened between us."

This line makes no sense because that's not why she was trying to catch Riley before he left. She was trying to catch him before he left to tell him to stay.

Maybe Buffy's last line to Riley in "As You Were" is more open to interpretation than I think it is. I can understand why Buffy would be sorry she never got the chance to tell Riley how sorry she was about what happened between them. But she says "that night". And "that night" can only refer to the night she was trying to not let him go.

So what's frustrating is that in "As You Were" Buffy's parting words to Riley refer to something that wasn't the case. I think the writers just screwed up.

More importantly, there was a missed opportunity to deal with a very important development in the lives of both these characters. 'Cause even if Riley has gotten Buffy out of his system, I would think it would blow him away to find out that Buffy had tried to stop him. Because that little tidbit of knowledge would completely change his perception of their relationship. I guess Sam tells him on the way to Nepal. Or maybe not. But I would have liked to have seen Buffy tell Riley she tried to stop him. And see his reaction.

At least that's the way I see it. But if someone can tell me why what Buffy said to Riley at the end there makes sense, please explain it to me.

I must add that I don't think Buffy should have run after Riley in the first place because Riley was right--Buffy wasn't in love with him.

As far as Parker goes I always wanted to see a scene like this: Buffy is strolling through a cemetery on patrol and a vamp pops up in front of her. Buffy says "Parker?" and he says "Yeah" and she just effortlessly stakes him. Buffy casually walks away as he crumbles to dust and she says "I've moved on." Could have worked as a teaser before the opening credits.

FRAY101

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:45 AM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by fantasticlaughingfairy:
(and apparently) his clone CHRISISALL!

Hey! I just said the character was most similar to me! If you want to know what I look like, think like a cross between Jackson Brown and Mark Hamill (but in a more normal kinda way, I'm not claimin' to look that cool).

Sorry to let the girls down Chrisisall

For those who are curious, I have asked Chrisisall to submit his picture to the Photo 'Verse...unfortunately he made some excuse or the other about not being able to....Guess we're stuck with our imagination!

And BatMarlowe - that's exactly what I felt about Riley's mistreatment at the hands of fans. He was just stuck in Angel's shadow. And I love the Parker idea!

(Chrisisall, Season 5 is fun! IMHO Glory is just the best Big Bad).

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