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You know, I'm rewatching Buffy with the Young Man, and wow, I never saw a lot of season 1 and Reptile Boy was written before everyone had learned to tone down the rape subtext, wasn't it. The whole episode is basically FRAT BOYS = RAPISTS, DO YOU HEAR? Which, I wonder if it was written before that stereotype was already firmly established in the public mind, or it was just early enough that the writers were being incredibly heavy-handed.

It's also interesting because in-episode older men = vampires = Angel, old men also equal frat boys which equal rapists, and maybe if I'd been more up on my season 1, season 6 wouldn't have been such a shock. He's no good for you, Buffy!

Another thing that makes me cringe, though the show definitely gets the hell over it admirably, is how Xander, early on, definitely thinks of himself as a Nice Guy. But then he gets better! And honestly, everyone, guy or girl, is a Nice Guy at least once in high school.

On a sartorial note: I want to say here, when I first watched Buffy three years ago, her season 1 wardrobe was hilariously outdated. Now I keep noting things about her hemlines and the sit of her shirts and jackets and going "that looks really pretty contemporary". We are now only 12 years ahead of our retro. Oh dear.

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Mostly, I just loved the Giant ~~Penis~~ Snake Monster.

Man, good times.

We are now only 12 years ahead of our retro. Oh dear.

But then, the costume designer's aim was to project forward to what might be popular later, not to actually clothe the cast in what was fashionable at the time of shooting ... perhaps her thinking was right?

PS: HELLO! *waves* Saw ladybirds today ... guess who I thought of?

Riles! Hi!
Did the costume designer say that? How interesting! She's got the hemlines on the shirts exactly right for right now.

Completely true.

Yep, she did. It was on one of the special extras in the boxset for Season 2 or 3, I think. She basically said that tried not to dress them in stuff that was fashionable at the time of shooting because it would be dated by the time it aired. Instead she would try to predict what may come into fashion in the future.