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SpoilerSPOILER/COMMENTARY
Merrick,
or according to the Buffy wikia, Merrick Jamison-Smythe, was Buffy’s original
Watcher, as seen in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie and in the flashback
back to Buffy’s first year as a Slayer from the episode, “Becoming, Part
1.” In the movie he was played by Donald
Sutherland, while in the television series he was played by Richard
Riehle. Merrick as I am portraying him
is a mixture of the Buffy: the Origin comic book and the version of the movie
script available online.
The
girls with Buffy have names. I just
can’t be bothered to look them up now.
“Queer
Eye” refers to the Bravo television series, “Queen Eye for the Straight Guy,” a
makeover show in which the titular homosexual males would basically make the
subject of the episode into a tolerable looking and living person.
Lothos
was the Big Bad of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, portrayed by Rutger
Hauer there. My portrayal is based upon
the script and the Origin comic book, with the look from the Origin and the
characterization—what little there is—from the script.
The
medieval barmaid and the Hong Kong prostitute were two former Slayers that
Buffy dreamed of, who were killed by Lothos.
According
to the script, Merrick’s car was a Dodge Dart.
According to Wikipedia, a police model was sold to many Southern
Californian police departments.
Why was
Merrick dizzy? I think that viewers of
Season 5 know why.
Merrick
died when he shot himself with his own gun rather than let Lothos torture him
for information on Buffy, back in the script for the movie.
Dawn
Summers, Buffy’s sister, is in fact the Key (note capital). Her blood, at the proper time and place,
could open up gateways to all dimensions everywhere at once. This also had the effect of pretty much
destroying the world, unless the doors closed immediately. It’s alluded to, though never stated
outright, that Dawn is now in fact a “former” Key—that is, she no longer has
the power to open up dimensional gateways.
Hemery
High School was Buffy’s school during the events of the movie. In fact, in the original script, Buffy is a
high school senior rather than a freshman as she must be in order to keep
the—admittedly wonky—Buffy chronology straight.
Twilight
is, of course, referring to the winged lion/dimension/child of Buffy and Angel
seen in the first chapter. It also
refers to the popular novel series and movie series by Stephanie Meyer, about
an ordinary high school girl who falls in love with a vampire. Buffy is not a fan, and feels that she did it
before and that her vampire was better.
Lothos
did indeed have a lair beneath the high school gym, according to the
script. Though whether it was just the
basement, or an actual cave-like chamber as I made it is not entirely
clear. I may have skimmed that part. However, in the script, Buffy falls through
the gym’s floor during the climactic vampire attack on the prom and there,
underground, fights Lothos.
This is
a pretty brutal fight, far more brutal than any fight shown on television. However I’m justifying it by saying that,
one, Buffy is not used to fighting in a body that hasn’t been honed by years of
combat experience. Further, Lothos is
explicitly mentioned as having killed dozens of Slayers and so is pretty good
at it. How Buffy beat Lothos the first
time around was as much luck and overconfidence on Lothos’ part, as it was
Buffy’s skills. Also, I don’t have to
show this story to a ratings board.
“Boxing
Helena” is a movie from 1993 about a man who kidnaps a woman and amputates her
limbs. Possibly a rom-com. I seem to remember Xander making a joke
involving this movie, but I can’t quite recall the context and Google is no
help. Dawn is not a fan.
Merrick,
or according to the Buffy wikia, Merrick Jamison-Smythe, was Buffy’s original
Watcher, as seen in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie and in the flashback
back to Buffy’s first year as a Slayer from the episode, “Becoming, Part
1.” In the movie he was played by Donald
Sutherland, while in the television series he was played by Richard
Riehle. Merrick as I am portraying him
is a mixture of the Buffy: the Origin comic book and the version of the movie
script available online.
The
girls with Buffy have names. I just
can’t be bothered to look them up now.
“Queer
Eye” refers to the Bravo television series, “Queen Eye for the Straight Guy,” a
makeover show in which the titular homosexual males would basically make the
subject of the episode into a tolerable looking and living person.
Lothos
was the Big Bad of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, portrayed by Rutger
Hauer there. My portrayal is based upon
the script and the Origin comic book, with the look from the Origin and the
characterization—what little there is—from the script.
The
medieval barmaid and the Hong Kong prostitute were two former Slayers that
Buffy dreamed of, who were killed by Lothos.
According
to the script, Merrick’s car was a Dodge Dart.
According to Wikipedia, a police model was sold to many Southern
Californian police departments.
Why was
Merrick dizzy? I think that viewers of
Season 5 know why.
Merrick
died when he shot himself with his own gun rather than let Lothos torture him
for information on Buffy, back in the script for the movie.
Dawn
Summers, Buffy’s sister, is in fact the Key (note capital). Her blood, at the proper time and place,
could open up gateways to all dimensions everywhere at once. This also had the effect of pretty much
destroying the world, unless the doors closed immediately. It’s alluded to, though never stated
outright, that Dawn is now in fact a “former” Key—that is, she no longer has
the power to open up dimensional gateways.
Hemery
High School was Buffy’s school during the events of the movie. In fact, in the original script, Buffy is a
high school senior rather than a freshman as she must be in order to keep
the—admittedly wonky—Buffy chronology straight.
Twilight
is, of course, referring to the winged lion/dimension/child of Buffy and Angel
seen in the first chapter. It also
refers to the popular novel series and movie series by Stephanie Meyer, about
an ordinary high school girl who falls in love with a vampire. Buffy is not a fan, and feels that she did it
before and that her vampire was better.
Lothos
did indeed have a lair beneath the high school gym, according to the
script. Though whether it was just the
basement, or an actual cave-like chamber as I made it is not entirely
clear. I may have skimmed that part. However, in the script, Buffy falls through
the gym’s floor during the climactic vampire attack on the prom and there,
underground, fights Lothos.
This is
a pretty brutal fight, far more brutal than any fight shown on television. However I’m justifying it by saying that,
one, Buffy is not used to fighting in a body that hasn’t been honed by years of
combat experience. Further, Lothos is
explicitly mentioned as having killed dozens of Slayers and so is pretty good
at it. How Buffy beat Lothos the first
time around was as much luck and overconfidence on Lothos’ part, as it was
Buffy’s skills. Also, I don’t have to
show this story to a ratings board.
“Boxing
Helena” is a movie from 1993 about a man who kidnaps a woman and amputates her
limbs. Possibly a rom-com. I seem to remember Xander making a joke
involving this movie, but I can’t quite recall the context and Google is no
help. Dawn is not a fan.