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Anya starts to question if she still wants to be evil. She experiences flashbacks showing how she got to this point. When Buffy learns about Anya’s latest trip across the line, she decides it’s time for the slayer to intervene. Xander is suddenly less interested in Buffy kicking someone’s ass when it’s his former-lover-turned-murderer doing the slaughtering.   Special guest Rickey Z joins us for this recap!   Hear us discuss… This episode reveals so much about Anya’s backstory and personality! We are simultaneously relieved and annoyed Xander is back to being the worst Buffy’s evolving slayer morality Weird time to bring back the musical format but OK, go off D’Hoffryn’s true, evil colours shine through   Trigger warnings Arachnophobia, blood, immolation   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia

Cassie, a student at Sunnydale High, confides in Buffy that she has foreseen her own death. Everyone has a theory: Dawn blames Baby Mitch, Buffy and Xander shake down a deadbeat dad, and Anya would likely say it’s bunnies, but no one asked her.   Hear us discuss… Missed opportunities to process Willow’s grief Nice to see the gang back together doing research Cassie is genuinely so kind, RIP Kara misses the Geocities era of the web Don’t these demon-worshipping white boys even know who Buffy is??   Trigger warnings Assault, attempted murder, fatphobia, kidnapping, medical content   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia

Willow returns to Sunnydale, unsure of what reception awaits. She finds … nothing. No one waits for her. The Scoobies are equally perplexed when Willow doesn’t arrive. When a flayed youth is found on Xander’s watch, Willow becomes the prime suspect before quickly becoming the prime prey.   Hear us discus… Dawn’s sass levels are over 9000 Willow should practise giving a fuck about Anya for once Gnarl and this episode are the absolute ick! Xander is back to being useless, all is right in the world again That coda tho! The empowerment! The female friendship! We stan   Trigger warnings Body horror, eyeball gouging, flaying, torture   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren Bahia

A disturbing, subterranean monster besets a young woman. But enough about Spike. When Xander runs into a woman running for her life after something ate her dog, the trail leads the Scoobies to none other than his ex. Anya is firmly back in the vengeance demon camp, even if that puts her in the slayer’s sights.   Hear us discuss… Principal Wood is a REALLY good principal Dawnifer, please follow through on your threat to Spike Quesadillas? At the BRONZE? How has Ronny not single-handedly destroyed Sunnydale’s infrastructure? Stop asking Buffy to fix broken men!   Trigger warnings Animal death, impalement   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Kimmie Laura Lauren

Buffy, Dawn, and Xander are all attending the opening of Sunnydale High, and that’s not the only thing coming back from the dead. Has a summer of training by her slayer sister prepared Dawn for her greatest challenge yet? Is the new principal friend or foe? Will someone please take Spike to a hair salon?   Hear us discuss… Daddy Giles IS ON A HORSIE Steph’s thirst for Robin Wood might be unquenchable Xander is actually ok in this episode The hero of this episode might surprise you Is this a perfect season premiere?   Trigger warnings Mental illness, stabbing   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Laura

Buffy the Vampire Slayer has rightfully garnered a sustained, international following of devoted fans. Within any such community, there can be a lot of love, as well as toxicity and harm. Is the Buffy fandom OK? It’s back-to-back trials as the Prophecy Girls weigh the evidence against the fandom itself. Ian Carlos Crawford of Slayerfest ’98 joins as a guest judge.   Hear us discuss… Origins of fandom Podcasts and participatory culture Conventions, screenings, and stalkers Internalized misogyny of the show and fans Bystander casualties of the shipping wars   Trigger warnings Misogyny, stalking   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Laura

Hear ye, hear ye, all rise for the Honourable Judges Chow and Babcock: court is now in session. The defendant: Willow Rosenberg, once a model student, friend, and Wicca, now Sunnydale’s most wanted. The charges? Everything from wanton destruction of a yellow crayon to near-destruction of the world.   Hear us discuss… What is Willow’s worst crime and why is it the pink, fluffy sweater? Is Willow’s addiction to magic a mitigating factor? Selfishness is the real problem Who has jurisdiction over Willow: human or supernatural authorities? Is rat rehab better than rat prison?   Trigger warnings Blood, death 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Laura

An unexpected resurrection. An unchecked addiction. An unhealthy obsession. An unwelcome advance. An unworthy death. Season 6: the hits just kept coming. We review the season in its entirety.   Hear us discuss… The best episodes of this bad season Did the writers go too far? Missed opportunities with Xander and Anya Why we critique from a 21st-century POV What we’re looking forward to from the final season 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Laura

After Willow suckjobs the borrowed magicks out of Giles, her ambitions grow from ending Jonathan and Andrew to ending the entire world. With Buffy and Dawn otherwise distracted and Anya tending to Giles, it looks like it’s finally Xander’s time to shine. To quote Giles from Season 1, “The Earth is doomed.”   Hear us discuss… We let out a breath we didn’t realize we’ve been holding since Giles left Is is too much to ask for Buffy to be the hero? We would have taken Dawn Or Anya Anyone other than Xander, honestly 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Laura

Newly minted murderess Willow Rosenberg pursues the surviving two members of the Trio. When a pitstop to top-up her magicks at Rack’s inadvertently puts Dawn squarely in Willow’s sights, Buffy’s intervention becomes all the more urgent. But no amount of Sumerian spellwork or slayer smackdown seems capable of stopping Dark Willow. If only there were a librarian in the house.   Hear us discuss… Where do we draw the line with Willow’s vengeance? Jonathan’s fairweather sense of morality Dawn providing some of the most feminist moments of the episode Hey, only slayers get to do flippity dos! Two words: DADDY GILES! 💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle Kristi Laura

Willow decides her answer to the age-old question of “Am I the bad guy?” is yes as she embarks on a magicks-fuelled rampage of revenge for the death of Tara. No Warren is safe. Buffy, back on her feet, has to act fast to prevent Willow from doing something she might come to regret. Xander is also there.   Hear us discuss… This episode is far too similar to “The Body,” especially for Dawn How did Spike get to “Africa” so fast? Warren’s lack of remorse makes him difficult to defeat Anya gets a characterectomy for plot purposes   Trigger warnings Body horror, flaying, torture

News of Willow and Tara’s glowy-O reunion spreads through the Summers residence to popular acclaim. This contentment is shattered, however, by misbehaving men: Xander’s petulant antics, Spike committing an unforgivable act, and Warren refusing to believe he can be defeated by a woman. It’s misogyny o’clock, and we all lose as a result of it.   Bathroom scene discussion: 42:45–1:16:30 The Tara discussion: 1:54:55–2:00:50 Please practise self-care while listening to these intense discussions.   Hear us discuss… How much did Dawnifer hear of Tara and Willow last night? When will Xander apologize to Buffy? Misogyny is the villain of this series, but in this season it feels stale Queer representation and missed opportunities Buffy Summers is our hero. No further questions   Trigger warnings Blood, gun violence, misogyny, neck snapping, sexual assault, sexual harrassment, violence against women   💬 SOCIAL MEDIA: @prophecygirlspodcast on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @prophecy_girls on Twitter prophecygirls.ca ✉ Email us at prophecygirlspodcast@gmail.com Join us on Discord: https://prophecygirls.ca/discord   We love hearing from our listeners!   Support Prophecy Girls on Buy Me a Coffee!  Find Prophecy Girls merch at https://prophecygirls.ca/store   🎬 PRODUCERS: Lizzie Emma Kyle Kala Destiny Erika Allison Jace Julian Haley Nicola Tasha Holli Jordan Louise Joshua Reece Rickey Suzannah Amie Jasmine Rachelle