Grimm Realities Blog

I thought that this article, written by Elizabeth Bridges, was a very well thought out article that pointed out many interesting things in some memorable episodes of Buffy. The section that dealt with the episode about Der Kindestod was very interesting especially about the connection with real monsters from fairy tails and the monster that was created in the buffyverse. I would have never thought that Der Kindestod was modeled off of fiction creatures such as incubuses and The Sandman. I thought the author did a good job of pointing out the theme of the episode referring to Buffy by saying, “She is thereby reduced to a child-like state, which is highlighted in several ways throughout the episode” (Bridges, 93). In the part of the article that pertained to “Gingerbread,” I was really impressed on how the author found all those similarities to modern life. The M.A.D.D, Hansel and Gretel, Nancy Reagan’s just say no, and gothic references were relevant topics in today’s world that were mentioned but hidden in this episode. I would have never made those connections and applaud the author for pulling them out. I wish that there were more written about the “Hush” episode in this article because I thought there was a lot of good things in that episode as well. However, I did find interesting the reference about children’s nursery rhymes and how they sound cute and playful but, at the same time, mention notions about death. Overall, I enjoyed reading about the author’s views of these three episodes that dealt with fairy tales.