TEA TIME in L.A.

[rhetorical verse in Shakespearean sonnet form.]

IN THE BEGINNING 
                              (RE BtVS #1: "Welcome To the 
                              Hellmouth")
[rhetorical verse in 
                              Shakespearean sonnet 
                              form.]

NOTE: Today's verse post 
                              is a 4-sonnet sequence, posted in two 
                              parts.</NOTE>

(1) TO FULLY 
                              UNDERSTAND when Joss began

to form the 
                              Buffyverse within your mind,

we must go 
                              back before the first film can

for "Welcome 
                              To The Hellmouth" filled. Rewind . . 
                              .


. . . to when the Buffy character was 
                              cast.

When Gellar read, she read for 
                              Cordy's role.

And only when sweet Katie 
                              Holmes had passed 

(turned up her button 
                              nose at vamp patrol) . . .


. . . did 
                              Sarah Gellar put on Buffy's shoes.

(A 
                              snotty, little "bitcha's" Sarah's style 
                              --

much better matched to Cruel 
                              Intentions' hues.

She's much more fun 
                              to watch when she plays vile.)


To 
                              sweeten her, Joss gave her baby talk.

And 
                              taught her how to do the hero's 
                              walk.


(2) "THE SOFTER SIDE OF" SARAH 
                              was designed

by Joss to win our hearts. And 
                              it rang true

enough for those who aren't 
                              completely blind

to Sarah's vivid charms 
                              (more than a few).


If this seems an 
                              attack on what we love,

please note that 
                              I've watched ev'ry episode.

If S.M.G. did 
                              not quite fit the glove

of Joss's vision, 
                              that flaw prob'bly sowed . . .


. . . 
                              the seeds of better balance of the 
                              show.

Would I've loved Giles and Willow 
                              quite as much

if Buffy'd stolen scenes like 
                              Dawson's Jo?

Is B. too short and 
                              mean? Well, just a touch.


That may be 
                              why the show worked out so well.

(But if 
                              you see Ms. Gellar, please don't tell.) 
                                <g>


[CONTINUED 
                              IN PART 2]

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