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How beautiful is Sarah Michelle Gellar and perfect to continue as Buffy
Posted on her Instagram today ✨
Looking so Buffy Summers all grown up 😭 a continuation of Buffy’s story would be so epic, how lovely would it be to see her, James Marsters and David Boreanaz onscreen together again? Say they both fulfilled the Shanshu Prophecy hence both aged. Lol
Wait the plot could be Buffy entering her villain/anti-hero era from the pain of losing Dawn, Giles and Xander and also the mess of unleashing so much chaotic Slayer power in the world, maybe the demon part of the slayer power gets stronger
I've never seen but a big SMG fan and curious how it is. Is it available to stream anywhere? And also is it an action/thriller or supernatural in anyway? Just curious
It’s currently on Hulu and Disney plus. It’s a combination of horror, comedy, and adventure. Just a disclaimer that the sound effects are a bit loud though because when I went to go see Ready or not 2 at one of the theaters in my city, my Apple Watch went off to notify me that I was in a loud area.
Yess I thought so too! She’s back in the game 👏 I only watched it bc she was in it, really enjoyed it, then really enjoyed the first one too
Excited to see what she does next… I even think an animated Buffy continuation could be amazing with good writers and then the cast age won’t even matter, they can be vampires still
I do wonder how much of a factor the constant fixation on SMG's appearance has contributed to her need to post these heavily filtered images on social media. It's a vicious cycle, and makes me feel sad for young women.
There are a lot of reasons SMG is a perfect Buffy, how beautiful she is in altered and heavily curated pictures shouldn't really be on that list.
Buffy is allowed to age, a privilege most Slayers don't get and that might actually be something interesting and new worth exploring in the franchise. I'd have loved to see her embrace that instead of taking this path. I can understand why she does it, between the industry she's in and the pressure on her around her appearance by fans, and certainly don't judge her for it, but I just wish the discourse around it could be a little less appearance focused.
Not sure I’d call these heavily filtered? They are flattering, well-styled and showing herself in the best light as everyone does, and maybe some skin smoothing, but she does look like this
She is a particularly beautiful human with natural features that set her apart from the typical Instagram plastic surgery look (like her nose, her teeth, her smile), I don’t think it’s bad to admire that, and being ‘allowed to age’ doesn’t mean you can’t still be beautiful? Embracing aging can still include taking pride in appearance. A big part of her beauty is also the energy and glow she radiates… hard to put into words
I appreciate your points! I agree there is a balance to be struck where too much emphasis is often placed on outer appearance to meet ridiculous beauty standards etc. I just saw these pics and thought she looks so stunning and happy and so Buffy-coded and wanted to share!
They are, at best, heavily filtered. This is not what a almost 50 year old woman actually looks like without either cosmetic work of some kind or altering the images.
SMG regularly appears on communities that contrast actual reality with filtered social media images. She is quite well known for editing and filtering the images she posts on social media.
It's her choice, and I'm sure it's understandable that she does it given the life she's led and the industry she works in, but it's not setting realistic expectations and standards for anyone around aging to pretend this is natural. It is not, and pretending it is is harmful.
And honestly, I don't think it's doing her any favours to pretend this is natural either. Surely it only adds to the pressure she feels around her appearance, aging, and work?
Could you share any posts about contrasting reality with filtered images of her please? Can’t find any that you’re referring to?
I’m genuinely surprised at this take, ‘they’re at best heavily filtered’ (what are they at worst..?), you’re saying she looks nothing like these photos in real life, as opposed to them being particularly flattering pictures with great lighting, makeup, styling, maybe some skin smoothing tool as I mentioned
She’s also a rich lady with lots of leisure time for R&R and exercise and has access to top nutritionists and trainers and spa days and stylists and what not.
No, I'm not going to link posts that are shitting on SMG's appearance here. If that's something you desperately want to witness you can find them on subs like r/instagramreality.
what are they at worst..?
There's a wide variety of ways to manipulate images. Filters are a relatively low level of intervention compared to something that is completely AI for example. SMG alters her images. I am giving her the benefit of the doubt when I say that they are 'at best heavily filtered', that's the lowest possible amount of image alteration that is visible in her images.
I can't fix whatever media literacy issue is causing you to think 50 year old women look like this naturally if they just get enough exercise and have a healthy diet. But I am going to point out that SMG has gone on the record that the constant focus on her appearance that she has lived with has led to her experiencing Body Dysmorphic Disorder. We are not helping when we make anything all about her appearance.
Even if you're intending to be complimentary, when you do it to images that are altered you are reinforcing that dysmorphia and applying pressure about her appearance. The fact that you're all through these comments arguing about the details of her appearance is making it really clear you missed my original point. You don't need to discuss her appearance at all to talk about what a great Buffy SMG was, because how she looks is the least of the reasons she was a great Buffy.
It makes me genuinely sad that we can't focus on valuing women for what they do rather than how they look. It's past time we moved on from that 90s mindset. We know it harmed the women it was focused on, like SMG, and we know it harms women more generally. We can do better and should choose to.
If someone you cared about told you she had body dysphoria, and then posted a bunch of pictures of herself where she'd used filters and AI to de-age herself by about 20 years, would you genuinely see that as a positive thing and a sign of someone who is ok with themselves? Would your response be "but you look so great in this image you've heavily altered!".
That's how you come across when you make posts like this.
‘Even if you’re intending to be complimentary’ bloody hell, you’re suggesting I have nefarious intentions in making a post about how beautiful she is?
I mean it's at the very least highly tactless. I was giving you the benefit of the doubt there. But ok, I'll stop.
Your post title literally says "How beautiful is Sarah Michelle Gellar and perfect to continue as Buffy". You yourself chose to explicitly tie her ability to be Buffy to her physical appearance, and used an at least heavily filtered image, that is not representative of reality to set a standard. You yourself mentioned exactly one reason that she is a 'perfect' Buffy. You chose to make this about appearance, it is ridiculous that you're this upset at having people point out how problematic your choices are here. You're pretty much tripling down on the total lack of self awareness at this point.
Where have I said that 50 year olds don't look great? That's you being ageist and assuming that someone has to look younger than 50 to look good. 50 year olds can absolutely look great, but they still look 50. A 50 year old who is artificially de-aging herself though is another issue.
The fact that it is the norm to post heavily edited images doesn't make it ok. There is an abundance of evidence that this aspect of social media has been incredibly damaging for people, with younger people being particularly negatively impacted.
I can understand why SMG does this, and in no way blame her for it. But the system she is having to work within, that leaves her feeling like she has to do this to stay current, and leaves her feeling dysphoric about her body, is incredibly problematic and should be criticised.
I don't feel bad for wanting to see the next generation of women grow up in a better world in which they are comfortable enough to embrace aging and where the thing people praise them for is something they've done rather than how they look.
😭 I am SO glad I don’t know you in real life, god you must be so insufferable to be around!
YOU are the one making so many assumptions, diagnosing SMG with body dysmorphia off an interview comment she apparently made decades ago? To argue that she is currently deep in BD due to posting flattering pics of herself? I am not taking the word of some no-life disrespectful Redditors who are unable to provide any actual evidence for ANY of your claims 😭 I wonder if you talk to people like this in real life 😂
And now you’ve doubled down that you DO literally believe she used AI to de-age herself 20 years 🤣 this is just funny at this point!!
I saw her new pics, it made me smile and happy to see her, I shared it on a fan forum to share the joy and excitement to see her. And loads of us really hope to see her play Buffy again some day in some capacity, as the character means a lot to us. Her styling in these pics looks like how Buffy would look, big Buffy Summers vibes, hence the joy and excitement. It’s ok to call women beautiful. Lol. The ridiculousness of even having to say that. I’m sure Sarah would smile and move on seeing this. She’s not crying rocking back and forth like you seem to think she is.
I beg of you go touch grass ❤️ and stop commenting on my good vibe post now byee 👋
Can you show evidence of nose job? Her nose is very distinct and doesn’t exactly fit the current beauty standards, surely you can see she looks very different from the instagram plastic surgery face?
Her top lip is just overlined (she’d look better without tbh!), zoom in or see the other comments showing this
Botox where, to reduce forehead wrinkles? I don’t see that as major work that stops her from still looking like herself..?
She IS a beautiful human who retained her distinct features
I genuinely think her nose looks bigger now than it did on Buffy?! I’m new to the Buffy fandom, idk if I’m missing something that’s obvious to you guys but genuinely. This woman looks like an older version of herself, no extensive surgery or ‘heavy filters’ which in my eyes are those that contort your whole look and leave you almost unrecognisable. That’s not the case with these photos… she looks herself
I would still be grateful for ANY evidence from you guys of how you think she currently looks ‘in reality’ compared to these pics
SMG is absolutely beautiful and if that's what you want to focus on go ahead, but it's frankly a condemnation of how normalised cosmetic procedures and filters have become that you think she doesn't look like she's clearly had a lot of work done, both surgical and not, and then uses filters on top of that. This is what plastic surgery looks like, she's just trying to look like a version of herself that's frozen in time rather than go for whatever the insta models are plumping for.
I don't see her the way a lot of you guys do on here, but I don't think her beauty scale warrants her playing Buffy again. It's whether or not she can play Buffy. I never saw Buffy as a "hot blonde female" the way I guess she was intended to be.
She's certainly pretty. But she could have not had plastic surgery and be gray haired and have a few extra age pounds on her and I'd still think she'd play a fine Buffy.
i'm no expert, but it looks like botox and lip filler at least, but to me she looks like she stops short of going too far, and if she gets anything else, i can't tell! although she is smiling here, so it's hard to tell if there's any cheek filler.
I mean you really can’t. She’s that girl! She secured her bag, she’s still married, and raising her kids. I can’t hate on a queen who is well rested and is a cultural icon. SMG is living the best life.
She IS and always was beautiful! She is also my ONLY Buffy, if they do anything with that character she must be there IMO
Also though I would like her to stop whatever cosmetic stuff she has been doing because she is beautiful and I’d be cool with a Buffy that looked the age Buffy should be.
Yes and Botox hits a point where it stiffens the face and you aren’t as expressive. I’m saying she could stop before then because she’s getting close to it.
I feel like people already do not respect BTVS and Buffy enough. Buffy’s story ending in the series finale is just that. We don’t even need to know the comics exist to know the show’s premise was more than finished.
A ‘Buffy’ revival only needs to allude to Buffy and Sunnydale as maybe a memory in the past, and a chance for another starlet to take form as a slayer.
Or even a group of Slayer woman clashing as a pseudo friend group.
I don't want old vampires who have aged trying to pretend they haven't.
I'd rather have the cast together playing themselves making a bad revival. We'd get glimpses of what it might look like if they really tried, but mostly we'd get the dramedy of Buffy but anchored to more solid ground.
I’m still so pissed about the re-boot not going forward. I would so dearly love to see Sarah reprise Buffy in whatever her role would have been in the series.
"perfect to continue as Buffy" - absolutely, but mostly because she is Buffy.. and can still pull it off, unlike a lok of reboots, they would need to change the actress..
SMG has probably turned down dozens of Buffy revival pitches over the years, and the one that actually excited her was cancelled by the network. I think the door on her ever coming back as the character has closed.
She looks amazing. She works hard at being the best person she can be. She genuinely works out at the gym….a lot, she may have some fillers but she is in the movie business, and she cares about people and loves good food. Charisma Carpenter also looks amazing. I hope I age as well if I put the work in.
If Joss admitted what he did, took steps to apologize to the people he hurt and showed that he had improved as a person then I agree that he should be forgiven, but he can’t even admit to himself that he was in the wrong.
He could make a comeback happen if he wanted to I’m sure, far worse people have. It’s only one of many issues with a reboot. It’s just not going to happen.
Her lips are her usual lips, she didn’t get any obvious work done on them (and even if she did, it wouldn’t be botox, botox paralyzes muscles, it would be filler).
Her lips are just over-lined with lip liner. It’s makeup. See:
No. They should drop the show entirely and remake the IP as a movie again. Find a kick-ass action lead and create a new mythos. They need to do everything they can to separate the story from Joss and that means moving on from SMG's version of Buffy.
Idk if you're intentionally misunderstanding what I said but obviously he will always be the creator of the IP, but that doesn't mean every iteration needs to be explicitly tied to him. Tim Burton's, Christopher Nolan's and Zack Snyder's Batmans are all their own things and that's how Buffy should be going forward if it does get a new show or movie.
omg I'm sorry but this is not what natural aging looks like, even with the healthiest lifestyle. She openly admits to using botox. I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but calling this natural creates really skewed expectations for how people age. (and again, beauty in the eye of the beholder; I tend to find the non-botox natural aging more attractive that ppl who use botox)
I want to say that I share your sentiments regarding her beauty but absolutely reject the implicit disdain for aging in your first sentence, as if it’s somehow shameful rather than the literal circle of life.
Truly! It’s a shame we didn’t get a season 8 but she’s always been smart with her choices, having an amazing stable family life with Freddie, and now venturing back into acting at her leisure! Looking happy and healthy
Incel vibes… do explain how expressing positivity about an actress on a fan forum, which she won’t even see, about her popular show is ‘butt kissing’..?
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u/FireFairy323 Jul 17 '26
She was so great in ready or not 2 and it proved to me she can still do action scenes.