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Jessica Ellis

@baddestmamajama.bsky.social

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Filmmaker (WHAT LIES WEST) and formerly a little Twitter famous. Married to @sean-a-tiger.bsky.social, writes with @nicksinnott.com

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hey kids! I have been a professional screenplay reader for 14 years, as well as a repped pro writer myself, and I’d love to give you useful and encouraging notes on your features, pilots, and shorts! I love being a cheerleader for your work. DM for rates/details!

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 15h

I know it’s super corny but the little girl hitting the baseball fucking kills me

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 16h

But then she would’ve been miserable at the end, would’ve killed it

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 16h

But I think the best moment is Buffy’s cookie explanation. It’s the right sentiment for someone her age, that she doesn’t have to “be” something definite, she can be “becoming.” Also very timely with the shift in Millennials thinking toward fluidity in gender and sexuality at that time. It’s lovely.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 16h

Anya dying sucks and does feel annoyingly overlooked, but I understand that balance problem. You have to make the battle have consequences we care about, but you can’t kill anyone so important to Buffy that it ruins her moment of joy at the end, which is a nonnegotiable.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 16h

It gives such beautiful moments of closure for Buffy with both of her important boyfriends (rot in hell, Riley Finn.) I love Dawn kicking Xander’s ass and coming back. I’m always *exceptionally* glad they don’t kill Faith.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 16h

Ok, Final ep of my sprint to rewatch all of Buffy!

I really think Chosen knocks it out of the park in most ways. It answers the central big problem of the show, which is that it’s entirely unfair to demand one girl give up her life and fight until she’s dead.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 17h

I only watched the first season!

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 17h

Do we think Angel and Spike ever slept together? Decades of time together with Darla and Dru? Had to happen at least once right?

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 17h

Hey. Giles. Get your hands off Buffy’s scythe you repeatedly traitorous piece of British loo droppings.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 17h

Thanks for finding this!

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 17h

It’s tough because the Potentials get blown up and mostly I’m like “AND THATS WHY WE LISTEN TO BUFFY, DUMB CHILDREN”

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 17h

Agreed. A huge disappointment.

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 17h

I can’t remember, did the last two eps of Buffy air together? They feel so connected, I can’t really remember a cliffhanger between them (though Angel showing up is such a killer moment!)

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

But that is what’s happening, so again, she’s right.

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

Or, it’s proof that her seven years of her instincts being correct are valuable, and constantly discounted.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

The Potentials first real fight being against a group of misogynist cops is fun, though. This episode works in a lot of ways til you hit the end.

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

Actually making him Wood makes a lot of sense now that I think on it. He’s a neat character but doesn’t have anything to do after the spike fight. If he’d been working for the first the whole time, wanting to eliminate slayers because the calling killed his mom…that could’ve been fun.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

Making him a preacher feels a bit…generic. The first isn’t explicitly connected to religion, so that feels kind of patchwork. I wonder if he’d fit better if he was a disillusioned watcher or something, someone with a personal grudge against the Slayer line, could have even been Wood.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

Caleb is an interesting element. It makes sense to add someone they can actually fight. The First’s psyops are excellent, but it’s a show with punching, and neither the bringers or the Uber vamps have a psyche. Adding a sort of General makes sense. But his origin has never sat right with me.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

Dawn, on the other hand, Buffy should’ve shoved right off that tower into the portal when she had the chance. SHE LITERALLY DIED FOR YOU.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

I do appreciate that the show doesn’t go the lazy route of making Faith intentionally responsible for kicking Buffy out. She’s divorcee dad, seems like so much more fun because she will take you to Disneyland. But she *doesnt* intend to undermine Buffy, even if she’s always wanted to be the One.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

Anya and Andrew trying to give an inspirational lecture, top notch. Several seasons of them being friends would be fantastic.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

More like the first to try and undermine her at every opportunity. He’s the acid reflux of the group.

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

But Buffy is darn near Christlike in showing back up and gifting most of the house with SUPERPOWERS like two days later.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

In a way, it’s good that it finally happens. There’s a quiet power struggle between the core four the whole way, especially after reaching adulthood. They all think they can do Buffy’s job better. It’s good that they finally try it and then immediately run face first into a literal bomb.

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