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𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 3 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 11: “𝑮𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑬𝑹𝑩𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫” 

When Joyce decides to tag along on one of Buffy’s nightly patrols, she stumbles onto something she isn’t prepared for: the bodies of two murdered children. Horrified, she launches a crusade to “take back Sunnydale,” rallying the town’s parents into an old-fashioned witch hunt. While Buffy and her friends investigate, the adults grow increasingly hostile—culminating in Joyce herself leading a mob to burn Buffy, Willow, and Amy at the stake.

Join us for a good ole burning at the stake, because hysteria in Sunnydale has officially hit a new level. We die at Joyce suddenly ghost-whispering with her dead kids, wig at the fact that parents are the real ones to fear, and break down how the whole idea of individuality literally goes up in flames. We lean into themes of widespread panic, pulling from real-world echoes like the satanic panic and the Salem witch trials. From folklore turning into pitchforks and torches, to laughing way too hard at Willow’s mom not even knowing Buffy’s name, this one has it all. Plus—Courtney’s geeking out over the German folklore roots, while Brandon’s a little too thrilled with Amy the rats cuteness. 

What do you think of this twist in fairytale lore? Do you like the hysteria presented to us and the use of Joyce as sort of villian in this one?

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