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Did anyone else understand the 7-3-0 thing Faith said to Buffy when they were in their comas?

One of my friends told me and I thought it was super smart of Joss to do something like that. I think the actual quote was
Faith: Little Miss Muffet, Sat on her tuffet...We still have miles to go, counting down from 7-3-0.
 ewb991 posted over a year ago
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SundownSlayer said:
In the dream,'the counting down from 7-3-0' quote predicts Buffy's death in "The Gift" (season 5 final ep. and 100th of the series).
This line was spoken by Faith in the season 3 finale "Graduation Day part 2", exactly 2 years before the season 5's finale. Two years make a total of 730 days (365x2), hence the premonition.
This is also recurrent in season 4's finale "Restless"; in that ep., during another dream sequence, a clock shows the 7:30 time sign. As Buffy watches it, Tara says to her: "the clock is wrong". In fact, at that time there were 365 lifedays left for Buffy.
What I really like about it is that is a very simple explanation, but at the same time nearly none get it on first view 'cos you have to reflect a bit about it.
This is so much in Joss' writing vein; that's what makes this show so unique to me.

Thanks for reading.
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buffyl0v3r44 said:
7-3-0 is the amount of days between Graduation Day Part 2 and the Gift, the Gift is the episode where Buffy dies. There was a "Little Miss Muffet" theme with Dawn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Real Me (#5.2): a crazy guy comes up to Dawn and says, "I know you. Curds and whey. I know what you are. You.. Don't.. Belong.. Here!"
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Awesome right?,
ewb991 posted over a year ago
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Really cool. And buffyl0v3r44 as always hit the nail on the head! :-)
SundownSlayer posted over a year ago
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