Title Vanity
Author woman_of_
Character The Master
Word Count 300
Rating PG 13
Warning noting really
Disclaimer Joss is God, the creator, just playing with some of his creations.
Summary The Master contemplates
( Vanity )

Ok might be finished with these short drabbles, and get to concentrate on something a little longer. Just enjoying getting into some heads.

Tags: drabble, the master
Current Mood: contemplative

From Buffy the Vampire Slayer Magazine Issue 71, April 2005.

1) Despite the cast and crew's dedication to perfection, the 144 episodes of Buffy have plenty of goofs....lapses in visual continuity, contraditions with earlier mythology and more. The first recorded 'Goof' occures in the opening scene of "Welcome to the Hellmouth". The top button of Darla's blouse is initally undone, but when she puts on her game face, it's magically done up. The last Goof appears in "Chosen". When Sunnydale collapeses into the crater, there's no sign of the sea, despite it being firmly established as a coastal town. However it is possible that the Scoobies escaped inland, and the Ocean side of the town just isn't visable.

2) Alyson Hannigan is allegic to plaster dust, which caused problems durning the filming of "The Body". When Xander punches his hand through the wall after Joyce's death, Alyson's right eye and face swelled up and she had to be taken to hospital. The crew still had to complete the scene before Aly left the set, and if you look carefully only one side of her face is shot throughout that scene.

3) Tara gives Giles a little rubber monster as a leaving present in "Bargaining" and says "Grr, argh" - clearly a reference to the monster in the Mutant Enemy logo. The Mutant Enemy monster was drawn by Joss, who also supplied the voice. The logo has been altered specially for various episodes: In "Amends", the monster wears a Father Christmas hat; in "Becoming, Part Two" the monster says "I need a hug"; In "Graduation Day, Part Two", he wears a graduation cap; In "Once More, With Feeling" he sings his "Grr....Argh; and in "Storyteller" he says, "We are Gods". The name Mutant Enemy is a lyric from the song "And Your and I", by Prog Rock ledends Yes. It's on their album "Close to the Edge".

4) The most popular first-run episode of Buffy on American TV was "Innocence", which receiveda Nielsen rating of 5.2, or 5,096,000 American households. Least popular was "Puppet Show", with a Nielsen rating of 1.9, or 1,843,000 households, Buffy's highest chart position on American TV was 62nd place out of all Prime Time shows, for Season Fives's "Real Me".

5) Joss Whedon's original plans for bringing the character of Tara back involved Buffy being given the chance to play a mystical 'get out of jail free' card - "One completely reality-altering thing that she could have - she could bring Angel back to her, she could do anything she wanted", noted Joss at a convention appearance. "At the end of the episode seh basically comes to Willow and says "Look at these shoes I got!", and Willow is like "What?" "I got these really awesome shoes. I wanted them and now I have them!" and Willow's like "You...Used...the wish...for shoes?" and Buffy says "Of course not, you idiot," and walks out of the room and Willow turns around and Tara's standing behind her.

More later!

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