HAPPY BELATED B-DAY!

[orangerful]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DAMIAN
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

my friend dstntp1lgr1m did a crazy!brave thing on his birthday - he moved out on his own. And I think he needs all the hugs and encouragement anyone can offer because he is smart and funny and has a very bright future ahead of him.



"Very good, you've taken your first step into a larger world" - Obi-Wan

"I am a great believer in found families and I'm not a great believer in blood. Although I love my family, even the ones I grew up with, to me I've always
felt that the people who treated you with respect and included you in their lives were your family and the people who were related to you by blood might happen to be those people but that correlation was a lot less [strong] than society believes it is." -- Joss Whedon

From Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 5 "Family"

MR. MACLAY: You're going to do what's right, Tara. Now, I'm taking you
out of here before somebody *does* get killed. (Tara wipes her face on
her sleeve) The girl belongs with her family. I hope that's clear to
the rest of you.

Willow looks anxiously at Tara.

BUFFY: (OS) It is.

Shot of Buffy narrowing her eyes at Tara.

BUFFY: You want her, Mr. Maclay? You can go ahead and take her.

Shot of Tara looking sad, as if that's what she expected.

Shot of Mr. Maclay nodding in satisfaction.

Shot of Buffy whirling around to face Mr. Maclay, putting her hands on her hips.

BUFFY: You just gotta go through me.

Tara looks up in amazement as hope begins to grow.

MR. MACLAY: (OS) What?

BUFFY: (OS) You heard me.

Shot of Buffy staring him down, looking very tough.

BUFFY: You wanna take Tara out of here against her will? You gotta come through me.

DAWN: And me!

Tara smiles.

Dawn walks up to stand beside Buffy. They both give Mr. Maclay the same steely glare.

MR. MACLAY: Is this a joke? (steps down one of the stairs) I'm not gonna be threatened by two little girls.

DAWN: You don't wanna mess with us.

BUFFY: She's a hair-puller.

Giles walks up behind them.

GILES: And ... (puts on his glasses) you're not just dealing with, uh, two little girls.

Tara smiles even more.

XANDER: You're dealing with all of us.

SPIKE: 'Cept me.

XANDER: 'Cept Spike.

SPIKE: I don't care what happens.
MR.
MACLAY: This is insane. You people have no right to interfere with
Tara's affairs. *We* ... are her blood kin! Who the hell are you?

Shot of Giles, Dawn, Buffy, Willow, Tara, Xander, and Anya all standing together in a group, with Spike in the background.

BUFFY: We're family.