"Real Me" (5x2) | *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* Reaction
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"At last we meet" cracks me up so much every time! I love Mercedes McNab so much! Can't imagine anyone else as Harmony!
It's nice that Dawn finally made it into the credits after all this time.
😂
genius
"Harmony has *minions*?" just never gets old.
LMFAOOO I love how the whole Buffyverse is just collectively in on the joke.
It's one of the more annoying parts of the fandom. I think it's funny that her boyfriend was screwing with her, but having watched a ton of reactors, it bothers me how many fans just can't WAIT until they get to episode 5x01 just so they can descend on the comments like a pack of vultures to semi-spoil the reactor instead of letting them experience the story unfold naturally, like the rest of us got to.
@@nthdgree5078 yeah it’s fun to mess with her with love but that’s also the reason she’s staying away from comments for another few episodes, once she’s a bit further into s5 she’ll come back and look at all comments from the first few episodes but for now she’s still holding off. Between those gaslighting and those defending the truth and saying what’s really going on and spoiling and everything else, it’s just chaos so that’s why she’s away for now hahah! (: 🥳
I love seeing Buffy belly-laugh like she did in the kitchen about Harmony, I feel like it’s a rare sight. 🥰
On the DVD commentary, I was pointed out by a couple of people that SMG really hates having to laugh. Throw anything else at her and she's okay with it, but laughing on camera bothers her, so she doesn't often do it.
The notion of anyone/ anything following Harmony is just funny. I crack up when she tells Spike she’s been reading books and studying… just great. In college ii worked at a large hotel that hosted Tupperware distributors and I interacted with about 200 women that looked,acted, and talked like Harmony in this episode. She nailed the optimism of the naive person striving for so much that’s out of reach.
The fact that Harmony, the human, is identical to Harmony, the soulless vampire, is hilarious. When you see any of the other vampires after transformation, the are far more evil than they were as humans. Harmony? Exactly the same.
And in _her_ case I don't even consider it a plot hole because she was already a bully when she was a human so she was already evil,but she's simply too stupid to be a"cool"type of evil so somehow _it makes sense_ that her vampire personality is the exact same of her human personality.😂(UNLIKE SOMEONE ELSE...!!!!!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬💢💢💢)
@@Nicamon I think her stupidity cancelled out the demon, that or it regressed the demon :)
@@Nicamon And who could that possibly be?😉
The pep talk / sales meeting Harmony holds for the minions is fantastic. Almost as good as Joyce and Spike waiting for Buffy in the living room .
@@Henrik_Holst 😂😂😂 That's an interesting theory!!Or maybe the demon who possessed her is as stupid and weak as she is!!>;-D
Michelle was a perfect casting for Dawn. Just enough teen bratiness without being overly annoying. Her dialogue & chemistry with Buffy throughout her episodes is very well acted.
To me Dawn _is_ overly annoying.X-/
Actually, Dawn was supposed to be younger. But Michelle gave such a strong audition, they hired her, and didn't have time to properly rewrite her lines. Which is why she sounds overly childish sometimes.
@@migmit Well, she certainly kills the acting in various episodes.
@@migmit Not just the strong audition. They were struggling to find an actress in the age range that they were actually looking for and Sarah Michelle Gellar and Michelle Trachtenberg were friends from a previous project and Trachtenberg was visiting Gellar and Gellar suggested her for the role. So there was a little bit of who you know involved. However, I agree that Trachtenberg probably had a strong audition as well and it is only unfortunate that they kept some things in her character that were written for a much younger version of the character.
Your boyfriend’s a real one for not making more fun of you not remembering Dawn. 👍
Funny how you think that because you forgot about her, everyone else’s memories must be “implanted”. 😂
Also, why wouldn’t Dawn “be self-aware”? Of course she knows she’s Buffy’s sister, and she also believes she is something more than “just the Slayer’s sister”, as any sibling in an older sibling’s shadow their whole life would. Good for her to have that confidence!
Great reaction as always! 👍
"We've met Harmony, you half-wit" always gets me🤣
"curds and whey" is a reference to little miss muffet, a nursery rhyme, and something that was said earlier in the show.
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on her tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
There came a big spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Curds and whey is basically a dessert made from sweetened curdled milk (yeah, makes me go “yuck” as well when I think of it😉).
@@lbd-po7cl Curds are basically cottage cheese.
@@lbd-po7cl It's a dessert? I thought it was how cheese was made. I thought the curds were the solid parts and the whey was the liquid.
@@DaveH82 it is cottage cheese basically
@@fr9811
I haven’t had that in a while and now I have a sudden slight cottage cheese craving. 😋 😂
Fun fact: Sarah Michelle Gellar recommended Michelle Trachtenberg play her sister on Buffy because they worked together on the soap opera All My Children from 1993-1995
And she ALSO worked with the actor who played Dracula on All My Children, as his stepsister.
ah yes, Harmony. As a living person, forgettable. As a vampire, a powerful force to oppose and potentially defeat Buffy. A true nemesis.
You have the world's best boyfriend 😉
He's a real one ~ that's gaslighting with love
I came here to say this.
Literally he's stronger than so many of us.. 😅
And he's right too, Dawn was mentioned before. Only not by name. 😊
@@EchoOFPeaceshe was mentioned by name once
so much speculation for a character that has been here since ep 1
ikr? Remember how Buffy picked her up from elementary school in "Welcome to the Hellmouth"? 😂😂
I mean, of course Dawn is FINALLY a main character, after four years of just recurring! Finally!!!
In a dream sequence with faith, they are making the bed and she references sister coming home soon.
Confusion is the correct reaction at this point. Good job noting Joyce saying how quiet it would be once Buffy went back to school. I like how Dawn kept speaking from out of sight, as if she's always been just out of camera range.
As for "curds and whey" the only reference I know is the nursery rhyme 'Little Miss Muffet':
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
There came a big spider,
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
But that street person was a cat so what does he know.
Joyce was just referring to the house being empty when Dawn is with her dad.
@@charmingjinx9379 nope ;)
Anya playing The Life game is one of the most hillarious thing 😂
Harmony: "I just need a little more time to grow into my leadership role!"
So good
The reason I think Dawn has a crush on Xander is because he saved her from Angelus in Season 2 😀.
Poor Riley, his entire role is basically to be repeatedly, constantly traumatized, undervalued and ragged on no matter how hard he tries.
#Justice4Riley 💚
Womp womp he's boring
@@potterssgirl He is,but he's a good guy.💚
Is Dawn self-aware that there is something "special" about her or is she just a normal teenage girl?
they teased her arrival during restless: tara said “be back before dawn” in buffy’s dream (:
What do you mean? She was always there! Ok, she was a background character until now...
Earlier than that. Faith helped Buffy make her bed in This Year's Girl.
@@xyex Little Miss Muffet counting down from 730...
It's so weird you don't remember Dawn in prior seasons. Especially how hard she took it when Buffy ran away after Season 2.
It's likely due to her face blindness like with Harmony.
And how upset Dawn was when it seemed like Buffy killed Ted... Dawn loved his magic cookies!
@@eyelesspotato2189
And when Dawn found out Buffy was the slayer but kept it from Joyce. That’s when I realized Dawn was not just a bratty kid sister.
Hehe I definitely chuckled when you mentioned in the last episode the credits changing during a season. This is the fastest the credits have changed, one episode in
Curds and whey was a callback to Buffy's and Faith's shared dream at the end of season three.
Faith makes a statement, "Miles to go. Little Miss Muffet counting down from 7-3-0.
If you know the poem, you know that she was eating curds and whey.
Oh the speculations of the innocent reactor :-) kerk
“So slayer…at last we meet.”
“….we’ve met Harmony you half wit” takes me out all the time hahahaha
1) I love Harmony so much! How dare you say she is a monster of the week! Are you saying a blond ditz can’t be a big bad?!
2) in my opinion, we have seen the actions of the Powers that Be at least once on Buffy, in the episode Amends, when a freak snowstorm saves Angel’s life. But that’s just my opinion.
It always makes me lol when Spike makes kissy lips at Mort at 13:03
Its a way of showing dominance.
@@keithhunt5328 Yes, i get it. I didn't ask why. I said I find it humorous.
I like this episode for what it is. My only real gripe is that we saw this exact storyline handled way better when the crazy vampire with sister issues kidnapped Dawn in Helpless. IMO it should have been Joyce who was kidnapped in this episode - at least that would have provided some variety.
Bruh now you starting to mess with MY head too 😂😂😅😅
I recall a reactor several years back whose entire community spontaneously decided to convince her that Dawn had always been on the show, telling stories about what she did during season 2 episodes when she was 11.
omg that's fantastic 🤣🤣🤣
"Oh yeah, remember how they showed Buffy picking Dawn up from elementary school in 'Welcome to the Hellmouth'?"
Interesting theory about the Powers That Be. They've only manifested in BTVS through Whistler and (presumably)the Christmas snowfall in "Amends". They don't seem terribly involved in Slayer business, and indifferent to their fates,. Remember how the callous declaration to Angel that Buffy would die was delivered with a shrug?
Slayers replace themselves; why fix what ain’t broke? 🤷🏻
I don’t think Dawn is self aware about her suddenly showing up. Her diary entries are just teen bravado.
I think I'm just confused about your confusion about Dawn.
I mean, Joyce has said "thank God you're an only child" to Buffy, as well, in the past... 😅
Which is weird, because we all know that Dawn was born long before the show even started. 🤔
Harmony is absolutely the cutest Big Bad.
Let’s give the boyfriend a clap 👏🏽 😂😂
I can assure you that your boyfriend is right. Dawn was mentioned before, although only briefly.
01:51 - 02:41 😂😂😂😂😂 05:24 - 05:29 I said:"British."🤭🤭🤭 05:52 - 05:58 LOL...straight... 07:04 - 07:24 "You don't belong here..."
07:25 - 07:45 1)You made the exact same face Tara did,2)Tara,you ARE a Scooby!!!😭🤍 09:27 - 09:35 "Xander.😃" "Xander!🤭" "Xander?🤨" "Xander!😁"💙
09:43 - 09:49 "Even when he should.😒💢"LOL. 09:51 - 10:12 *THANKS FOR NOTICING!!!* Not all reactors notice that reaction and everytime I'm like:"HOW???How did you not notice that???😫"
13:59 - 14:08 No,I'm TOTALLY on Buffy's side this time!You should remember not to invite vampires in your house *_ESPECIALLY_* if you're not a Slayer with super-human strength!!!
17:02 - 17:24 "What are you talking about?!?@.@" When you mentioned how you tend to forget characters after not seeing them for a couple of episodes I suddenly wondered if you still remember Amy...she was like your favorite,it would be pretty ironic if you forgot her just because she was turned into a rat and we haven't seen her anymore...🐁
19:50 - 23:38 Dawn Theories.
About the first scene of Episode 1... Buffy is hunting, sure. But I think there's more going on. Before she goes out and kills, she is restless. She's lying in bed with her boyfriend (perhaps they just made love?) but she is not content, not satisfied. After she kills (using Dracula's word for it) she goes back and snuggles up, visibly satisfied. Riley couldn't get it done, but killing something does. Just sayin'.
Cass, you never heard the Little Miss Muffet nursery rhythm growing up ?
Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds & whey, along came a Spider and sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away.
Curds and whey is just cottage cheese in its purest form.
Sometimes the generation gap just blindsides you with the most random surprises.
Heeheehee your bf is right ;p sort of. Go back to the final episode of season 4 and really listen to what Tara says to Buffy when Buffy leaves her bedroom. Also, the episode where Faith wakes up, and they’re making the bed in Buffy room, before Faith drips blood on it: listen carefully to what Faith says in that scene.
They totally made referee to little sister (they hadn't thought of a name yet) previously. You may have to rewatch the show to catch the lines.
EDIT: "Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and way" - child's nursery rhyme
Harmony is quite funny as a vampire i love angel buffy crossover episodes
Little Miss Muffet is where Curds and Whey comes from.
Another reactor that doesnt remember Dawn. Its a reverse mandela effect at this point, nobody remembers something that was actually there
Finally, after 5 years of the show, Dawn has her own episode (okay, it was largely because MT was limited in the series and could not have major roles due to her age,)
What are you talking about Buffy always had a sister. Dawn has been there since the first episode.
Haha...your boyfriend is a true Buffy fan...
Tara was never in the main credits because of Amber Benson’s contract, which I believe allowed her freedom to do other projects at the same time.
Which is lucky, considering how the cast and crew of the show were treated by Joss Whedon. _Especially_ poor Michelle Trachtenburg.
The only person in this episode that thinks Dawn hasn't been around the whole time is a literal crazy person.
So if you are not sure that Dawn has been around the whole time, what is the show saying about you?
2:38 - The sister has, in fact, been mentioned. Buffy and Faith talked about her. Tara mentioned her. She's definitely been talked about. 😁
It's about time we got a Dawn-centric episode. It was almost as if she didn't exist.
If you go back and rewatch the past few seasons, you might find that her sister was mentioned a few times. You just didn't notice.
Excellent reaction. Like the new hair btw 😉
So glad they finally added Michelle to the main credits. I guess she wasn’t around much in season 4 but she was such a memorable part of the high school years.
"I was talking to my boyfriend and I swear her was trying to gaslight me"
Everyone of us "What? Who would ever do such a thing..."
It’s ok to be disoriented when this first aired everyone watching in real time was confused lol
I love your reaction, and I know that you'll be surprised when you learn more about Dawn. I think that Giles becoming proprietor of The Magic Shop is actually perfect, as it gets him out of his apartment.
Amusingly, Dawn has apparently grown up in this house her whole life...a house that Joyce just moved the family into less than 4 years ago, in the middle of Buffy's sophomore year of high school? Hmmm...
I think that's genuinely a mistake by the writers
@@Izzyy_Belle yep. Some mistakes are harder to fix with head canon than others...
Hey, when you're that young, 4 yrs does feel like practically you're whole life. 😄
Good and solid reaction. Everyone that has watched Buffy is where you are now. Most flounder and just blab incoherent statements about Dawn. Once again you use solid thoughts, well thought out ideas, and using the pacing of the show come up with some solid ideas. I enjoy your thought process and are better than most everyone at this point. When this first aired we did not have the luxury to go back , just our observant memories We were clueless and we all gave up after this episode. The best way to fully enjoy the season is have comfort all will be explained. It is never on our terms but always on Joss Whedon’s time schedule. Great pickup on the opening scene in Buffy’ vs Dracula and the breakfast scene with Joyce. You will gain many insights on this season with your edits. So much happens in the episodes with multiple characters and stories that scenes can be easily overlooked and overshadowed by other events. This is a very well written and conceived year that I am sure you will enjoy. .
Love your thinking.
Glory be to the boyfriend
"And Unicorns are totally real!" -Harmony Kendall
There's an episode of My So-Called Life told through the eyes of Angela's little sister as she writes in her diary, and I've always wondered if this episode was modeled on that one. One of the great canceled-after-one-season shows, definitely recommended for those who haven't seen it.
"Curds and whey" is a reference to the old nursery rhyme "Little Miss Muffet." It's a really popular nursery rhyme, so you probably won't be exposed to anything Buffy related if you look it up.
Actually, Faith mentioned "Little Miss Buffett" in season 3. It was intentional.
Well, Cass, clearly your boyfriend has paid closer attention to the show than you.
The scene with Buffy doing the handstand and then going to 1 hand, and then falling down when three crystals fall over is a reference to Star Wars when Yoda is training Luke Skywalker in Empire Strikes Back.
ohhh dang!!
W boyfriend
3:55 “CAn wE GO NoW👹👹”
10:37 ..."Can I trade the children for more cash?"...Boy, if I ever heard my father saying that line... (Damm traumatic childhood😭😭)
The irony is that in the board game Life, you do wind up trading in the kids for cash at the end of the game to see who wins the game.
I don't know your boyfriend, but I admire his evil level of gaslighting!
Thanks, Cass for the reaction, as always.
Your boyfriend is one of the good ones. I'll just leave it at that 😂
I Love that Cass' boyfriend is in on it with us.
Kudos to your bf for playing along.
You are supposed to be disoriented about Dawn. Everybody is. Faith knew about Dawn. In her coma dream she told Buffy, "Little sis is coming." And in the season four finale, the Tara spirit guide tells Buffy, "Be back before Dawn." There's also a dream reference to "Little Miss Muffet counting down to 730" and the man outside the magic shop told Dawn about curds and whey. So Buffy's sister has been referenced before, cryptically, until you know. Little Miss Muffet is a nursery rhyme. "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider and sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away."
"Dracula and Joyce's demon child." Congratulations, I've not heard that one before! xD A lot of my opinions on characters have shifted as I aged, but Dawn is still wildly irritating. Also, it's creepy that Spike - a 125-year old - fancies Harmony, a 19-year old, but I guess he is evil.
Wow, I just realised - Giles was fired on Buffy's 18th birthday so he was... between jobs for year and a half! Go Giles with the savings account.
5 is my favorite and as far as I can tell the best season. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll have a fantastically good time.
Glory be to you, Buffy reactor
Heh.... heheheh... i see what you did there.
Welcome to season five. Don't trust anything.
Haha, the joke was that Harmony had no real plan, then when she heard Spike's plan she instantly adopted it.
NGL, I'm kinda disappointed in Cass - how can you forget Buffy's adorable little sister Dawn? Just shameful behaviour!
"Little Miss Muffet
Sat on her tuffet
Eating her curds and whey
Along came a spider
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away..."
Hello Cass!, may you PLEASE react to the "Portals" album by Melanie Martinez next video or soon? Thanks!
Even Faith told you about Dawn. Counting down from 730(days, i.e. 2 years) Times up.
... I don't get it, Buffy's always had a sister... Do you not remember her? 😉
2:22 What? You never noticed Dawn before? LOL
Love harmony! Buffy does a great job with side characters.
I was 6/7 when I first saw my first dead body. Wasn't vampire meal though.
Your boyfriend is right. Dawn was mentioned before. You can check it after finished 5th season to avoid spoilers👍🏻
Also want to point out something that a lot of reactors miss the first time around - the scene with Buffy and Tara in Buffy's dream in the S4 finale is VERY prophetic. There's a lot in there but I worry that pointing out too many specific details will be spoilery, so I'll just remind you of this line:
Tara: Be back before Dawn.
DEFINITELY do a 'Restless' rewatch when you've finished the series. SO excited to watch along with you :)
thats rude you heard her say shes not a kid yet you still called her a kid.
Not a Buffy thing - curds and whey. The Little Miss Muffett nursery rhyme. I don't think looking that up will spoil anything as long as you stop reading if the explanation mentions Buffy. It shouldn't.
It's a bit hard to catch, but what happened is Harmony changed her plan TO Spike's plan. Before Spike gave her the idea, she had no plan.
It's a venerable, long standing tradition to gaslight first-time viewers after episode 5x01. Sadly, since most of them watch the episodes much in advance of the release of the reaction videos by now, the boyfriends have to do that now.
After you’re done with the season, there’s a video compilation here on RUclips with scenes from Seasons 3 and 4 that explain the entirety of season 5 you should watch.
If you do, please, please do record your reaction for us!
I can't believe you forgot that Buffy had a sister.
i’d love you to start listening to Ariana Grande if u havnt ! starting with her newest album ‘eternal sunshine’ might be smart. it’s her most mature and lyrical heavy album 🫶
I don’t know what you mean, Buffy’s always had a sister!
What's your sudden obsession with dawn? You ignored her every other season