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Buffy's Power Speech

BUFFY: 

Okay. Let's see What You Are. 

She removes the chain-mail mask to 

reveal an ordinary-looking human man 

with a symbol on his forehead. 

BUFFY: 

Or who you are. 

KNIGHT: 

One soldier in a vast army. 

BUFFY: 

What army? 

KNIGHT: 

The Knights of Byzantium, an ancient order. 

And now Your Enemy. 

BUFFY: 

(pushes the staff harder into his throat)

You work for Glory? 

KNIGHT: You think we align ourselves with the beast? You must be mad. 

BUFFY: 

You're the ones tried k*ll me.

 KNIGHT: 

No, we were fools, three alone. 

But if it takes a hundred men, 

we send a hundred men, and 

if it takes a thousand, 

we send a thousand. 

BUFFY: A thousand? 

KNIGHT: So long as you protect the key, 

the brotherhood will never stop until we destroy it and you. 

You are the Slayer, and we know what we must do. 

Now, be done with it. k*ll us, and let legions follow. 

Buffy shoves the staff into his throat again, 

then tosses it aside, gets up and picks up the sword.

 The knight gets to his feet, and 

she puts the sword to his throat. 

He turns his head away waiting for the k*ll stroke. 

BUFFY: Go. 

The knight looks surprised, edges around her 

and leaves. Buffy stares at the sword. 

Cut to: Buffy entering the magic shop, still holding the sword. 

Pan across all the Watchers standing there, 

the four Slayerettes still sitting on the upper level, 

and Travers sitting at the table with a pile of papers 

spread out in front of him. Giles sits on the stairs 

leading up to the balcony. 

TRAVERS: 

You're late. 

BUFFY: 

Yeah. 

GILES: (sees the sword, gets up) 

Was, was there an attack? 

BUFFY:

Yeah. 

TRAVERS: 

We can begin the review at last. We'll, 

uh, skip the more obvious questions... 

Buffy puts the sword down on his papers. 

BUFFY: 

There isn't gonna be a review. 

TRAVERS: 

Sorry? 

BUFFY: 

No review. No interrogation. 

No questions you know I can't answer. 

No hoops, no jumps - 

(Nigel starts to speak) 

and no interruptions. 

(Nigel shuts up.) 

Buffy looks around, 

begins to pace. 

BUFFY: 

See ... I've had a lot of people 

talking at me the last few days. 

Everyone just lining up to tell me 

how unimportant I am. 

And I've finally figured out why. 

(looks Travers in The Eye) 

Power. 

I have it. They don't. 

This bothers them. 

Buffy moves back to the 

table, removing her coat. 

BUFFY: 

Glory ... came to my home today. 

GILES: (alarmed) 

Buffy, are you- 

BUFFY: 

(puts her coat on a chair) 

Just to Talk. (resumes pacing) 

She told me I'm a bug, I'm a flea, 

She could squash me in a second. 

(stops, looks at Travers again) 

Only She didn't. 

She came into My Home, 

and We Talked.

 

We had, what in Her warped brain probably 

passes for a civilised conversation. Why? 

(pauses) Because She needs 

something from me. 

Because I have 

Power over her. 

Buffy looks around, hands on her hips. 

She walks the floor, looking from 

one Watcher to the next as she talks. 

BUFFY: 

You guys didn't come 

all the way from England 

to determine whether or not 

I was Good Enough 

to be let back in. 

You came to beg me 

to let you back in. 

To give Your Jobs, Your Lives 

some semblance of Meaning. 

NIGEL: 

This is beyond insolence- 

Buffy grabs The Sword from the table 

and throws it across the room 

in a single movement. 

It flies point-first into the wall 

directly in front of Nigel's nose. 

He jumps back looking shocked. 

BUFFY: (clears throat) I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions. 

XANDER: (whispers) That was excellent! Willow and Tara grin. 

BUFFY:

 You're Watchers. Without a Slayer, you're pretty much just watchin' Masterpiece Theater. 

You can't stop Glory. You can't do anything with the information you have except maybe publish it in the "Everyone Thinks We're Insane-O's Home Journal." 

(Pauses, addresses Travers again)

 So here's how it's gonna work. 

You're gonna tell me everything you know. 

Then you're gonna go away. (resumes pacing) 

You'll contact me if and when you have 

any further information about Glory. 

The magic shop will remain open. 

Mr. Giles will stay here as my official 

Watcher, reinstated at full salary... 

GILES: (coughing) Retroactive. 

BUFFY:

 ...to be paid retroactively from the month 

he was fired. I will continue my work 

with the help of my friends...

 WATCHER2: 

I, uh, I ... don't want a sword thrown at me, but, 

but, civilians, I - we're talking about children.

 BUFFY: (looks up at her friends on the balcony) 

We're talking about two very powerful witches 

and a thousand-year-old ex-demon. 

ANYA: Willow's a demon?! 

PHILIP: The boy? No power there. 

BUFFY: 

The boy has clocked more field time 

than all of you combined. 

He's part of the unit. 

WILLOW: (whispers to Xander) 

That's Riley-speak. 

XANDER: (whispers back, with a big grin) 

I've clocked field time. 

BUFFY: Now. (addresses the Watchers) You all may be very good at your jobs. 

The only way we're gonna find out is if you work with me. 

You can all take your time thinking about that. 

(turns back to Travers) But I want an answer 

right now from Quinton, 'cause 

I think he's understanding me. 

TRAVERS: 

(clears throat) Uh, your 

terms are acceptable. 

Giles smiles hugely. The Slayerettes burst into cheers 

and applause, but quickly stop, looking embarrassed. 

Buffy looks up at them, looks at Giles. She doesn't smile, 

but looks satisfied. She sits across from Travers. 

BUFFY: 

See? No Begging.

TRAVERS: (nods) 

Uh, Rupert. 

GILES: 

Quinton? 

TRAVERS: 

When we inventoried your shop, we found a bottle 

of single malt scotch behind the, uh, incense holders. 

GILES: 

Well, it's, it's not, you know, 

during working hours. 

TRAVERS: 

I think I could use a glass. 

GILES: 

Well, I suppose we could- 

(starts to move away) 

BUFFY: (gets up) 

Just a minute. (Giles stops) 

Glory. I wanna know. 

TRAVERS: 

Well, there's a lot to go through. 

BUFFY: 

Just tell me what kind 

of Demon I'm fighting. 

TRAVERS: 

Well, that's The Thing, you see. 

Glory isn't A Demon. 

BUFFY: 

What is She? 

TRAVERS: 

She's A God. 

BUFFY: 

(long pause, eyes widen) 

-- Oh. 

Blackout. 

Executive Producer : 

Joss Whedon.

DIRTY

“In my experience, all The Perpetrators that I had, so 

about 200 men, they were all repeating something. 

They were all — because it was 

so specific for each one…. 

You know, what They were putting out, 

what they were Dumping on ME, 

really, because The Abuse, The Sexual Abuse 

is like An Exchange, An Energetic Exchange, 

where they are momentarily freed from 

The Burden that was put on their shoulders, 

by handing ME The Shame and all the…… 

whatever it is, you know, 

whatever Story goes with it.

And then I get to feel that I'm Bad 

or I get to feel that I'm DIRTY, or 

I get to feel that I'm worthless or 

I get to feel that I'm Powerful —

Whatever it is, it's A Projection that comes with

The Abuse, that the energetic exchange that I feel, 

comes from a very personal place in that person.

Q. : Do you think that kind of abuse, 

what you went through, is 

still going on today? 

“Well, Why wouldn't it?”

Q. : ....You'd like to think that that

nowadays it's harder to get away 

with those kinds of secret activities.

“Mhm. That's why

I think it's coming out —

But it's but there's nothing 

that's happened to really stop it.

Q. : What kind of thing coming out? 

Like Epstein, do you mean?

“Well, There's A Reason why 

We don't get The List, isn’t there? 

I mean, There's A Reason why 

The Dutreaux case ended up being 

just Marc Dutreaux —“

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She explains how power doesn’t usually block truth directly. It overwhelms it. With procedure. With delays. With complexity. With “ongoing investigations.” With “no further comment.” With time.

And time, she argues, is one of the most effective tools of avoidance.

She also talks about the psychological burden placed on survivors — how they are expected to be consistent, calm, articulate, unemotional, and perfect in order to be believed, while institutions are allowed vagueness, opacity, and silence.

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Why outrage fades.

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In my experience, all the perpetrators

that I had, so about 200 men, they were

all repeating something. They were all

because it was so specific for each one.

You know what they were putting out,

what they were dumping on me really

because the abuse, the sexual abuse is

like an exchange, an energetic exchange

where they are momentarily freed from

the burden that was put on their

shoulders by handing me the shame and

all the whatever it is, you know,

whatever story goes with it. And then I

get to feel that I'm bad or I get to

feel that I'm dirty or I get to feel

that I'm worthless or I get to feel that

I'm powerful. Whatever it is, it's a

projection that comes with the abuse

that the energetic exchange that I feel

comes from a very personal place in that

person.

Do you think that kind of abuse what you

went through is still going on today?

Well, why wouldn't it?

You'd like to think that that nowadays

uh it's harder to get away with those

kinds of secrets activities.

That's why I think it's coming out.

Mhm.

But it's but there's nothing that's

happened to really stop it.

What kind of thing coming out? Like

Epstein, do you mean?

Well, there's a reason why we don't get

the list, is there? I mean, there's a

reason why the Dutru case ended up being

just Mark Dutu imprisoned

and nobody ever named.

Um,

people have been named for years, you

know, but the most effective survivors

that named the most people were always

silenced. Um, I'm thinking of an

American survivor named Bryce Taylor

who wrote uh several books in the 80s

and 90s. She named everybody.

She just named everybody and nobody

knows who she is.

And people don't.

She's even been discredited within the

community of people that supposedly are

interested in this.

Well, I suppose there has to be even if

it's 0.001% of the people. Some of them

some people might imagine situations.

There might be some people do do you

think who might be fabricating things?

Well, if people are fabricating things,

then I think it often

Okay. Well, two things.

Sometimes I get people I don't

necessarily believe myself because I'm a

provider, right? So, I get people and

if I don't feel the motive or if I

suspect that the motive is a little off,

then I don't necessarily believe what

that person says,

the motive of the person coming to see

you.

Yes.

I said what

why they're naming famous perpetrators.

I see. I'm not necessarily believe what

they say, but I'm going to be present

for them all the same.

Whereas when it's a public affair and

somebody would somebody like that who

comes to a provider and just tries to

get something. So, so this so so already

you have to be pretty mentally ill to

make up a story and then go to a

provider and talk about these things. So

then that mentally ill person is coming

to one person because they want me to

think that they're very special or they

want me to think something. They want

something from me.

Now that person would never go public.

So when someone does that publicly,

I think that somebody that it is on

purpose

for to create a disinformation situation

where somebody is either unbelievable or

somebody is purposely lying to create

the the doubt

on purpose from the people that are

still trying to control everything.

So they'll come out and say something

ridiculous so that everybody says, "Oh

god, all of this is nonsense."

There you go.

You've got this book out. What's it

called and what's it about?

Well, my book is a memoir and it's

called Quest for Love and Memoir of a

Child Sex Slave.

And um it is as I said about the last

year of um

nu time in inside the network and and I

want to say that I identify if I

identify as anything it's as a writer

and maybe it would have been nice to

write about lovely things and make up

nice stories and everything but so I

write about my own experience and um

hopefully it can bring you into this

theme

where however difficult it is, there's

also you you can feel supported as you

read it. hopefully that you know that

you're being taken to a place that at

least you can handle, you know, and

obviously you have to choose yourself if

you can't handle it, but that at least

there's psychological support for you to

get through it without being

um you know, things being thrown at

Thank you.

E Pluribus Unum

Leela : 

You mean there's 

NOTHING we can do?

Tom : 

I didn't SAY that —

(gets down on The Floor to do

The Toulouse Latrec-bit —)

K9 -- Now Listen to Me, K9 :

Do you think you could poleaxe...

Do you think you could 

poleaxe Marius?

K9: 

Poleaxe?

Tom : 

Yes -- knock him out.

K9: 

Affirmative. My photon-beam weaponry 

has Four Levels of Intensity, Doctor. 

Kill, paralyse --

Tom : 

No, no, no, not kill -- 

Not kill; Just knock out.

K9: 

Affirmative.

Tom : 

Good Dog.

(The Doctor opens the doors and K9 leaves.)

[Bi-Al Foundation]

(Marius activates the tannoy, as seen 

on the scanner in the previous scene.)

Prof. Marius : 

All senior staff, report to Reception. 

[ because he wants to infect them ]

This is Professor Marius speaking. 

All senior staff report to Reception. 

Ah, K9. K9, I no longer 

require you to obey...

(K9 shoots him. Marius falls at the base of the Tardis.)

Tom : 

You're a Good Dog, 

K9. Good Dog.

(The little ambulance spaceship leaves the asteroid.)

[Isolation ward]

(Marius is on the examination table. 

Leela is back in her leathers.)

Tom : 

Come on, Leela, quickly. We haven't 

got a moment to spare. 

Not frightened of blood, are you? 

You, The Mighty Huntress.

Leela : 

….Just hurry up.

(The Doctor pricks her finger and puts the sample into the scanner.)

Leela : 

Haven't we been through all this before?

Tom : 

I had The Virus, then -- I'm immune now. 

Something must have happened while You and I 

were inside My Head -- I want to find out what. 

Ah, that's interesting. You see that?

(An image of the blood sample is on the screen.)

Tom : 

That little fish-hook is the only thing that You and I 

have in common : It wasn't THERE before, so it 

MUST be The Antibody, The Immunity-factor.

Leela : 

How did What I Have get 

into YOUR bloodstream?

Tom : 

Quite simple. Your Clone was absorbed INTO my bloodstream 

and passed on The Immunity to Me. All we've got to do is isolate it, 

analyse it, duplicate it and inject it into Marius here, and he in turn 

will be able to cure all The Others.

Leela : 

What about The Nucleus? 

What about Titan?

Tom : 

Come on, one thing at a time. 

One thing at a time.

To Me, My Superman-Robots

I am Locutus, of The Ultraman-Robots.

The Great, Big, Fat BlueTooth-

Speaker Robot That Couldn’t.