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Think of the happy. If we don't find what we're looking for, we're facing the apocalypse.
— Xander · Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker urges positive thinking while admitting the stakes are enormous: failing to find what they are searching for would mean catastrophe. The jarring pairing of cheerful encouragement and doomsday warning gives the line its nervous, darkly comic energy.
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