#001
Buffy saved my mom's life
My mom died when I was 19, ten years after she and my other mom (it’s a whole big lesbian family) divorced. The divorce destroyed her. She basically never recovered: the last ten years of her life were pretty much a downward spiral of alcoholism, depression and generally just aggressively not taking care of herself.
The only thing that gave her joy was Buffy. I spent every other weekend at her house and we’d pretty much just watch Buffy over and over and over, and I fell in love with it too. She had a major crush on Willow. She figured out I was gay too because I blushed whenever Dawn came on screen (I know, I know, I was like 13, forgive me).
She didn’t have the emotional capacity to talk about her pain, but Buffy helped her cope with it. Once, I spied on her as she rewound the scene at the end of Tabula Rasa where Tara leaves WIllow, where Willow sits on the bathroom floor and cries while angsty Michelle Branch plays in the background. She watched that scene over and over. I think she would have died a lot sooner if she hadn’t had Buffy.
When she did pass away, the only thing I took from the house was the complete box set of DVDs. - @onlymeatballs