Mischlings
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- Joined
- Dec 3, 2012
- Messages
- 414
- Age
- 34
I'm kind of new to Buffy, but it's been a long time since anything made me as enthusiastic as Buffy has. I only started watching the show over the summer (so, about June 2012), but I got so into the show that... yeah, I'm still consistently rewatching it. I actually tried watching it back in the summer of 2010 after I saw Firefly, but given the length of the show, the fact that I didn't necessarily have access to it (didn't have Netflix at the time), and the kind of lackluster nature of the first season, I didn't watch it then. I actually regret that quite a bit now.
My girlfriend watched it over the summer first, then prodded me into watching it (we were completely convinced by the summer's double whammy of Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers). Outside of a couple of bumpy areas, I absolutely love the show (obviously, otherwise I wouldn't be here and part of the fandom). I'm currently watching Angel as well -- I like it as well, but I'm more divided on it -- it hits some really high points (Five by Five and Sanctuary are pretty much perfect), but I feel like its overall level of quality is lower than Buffy. I'm near the end of Season 3 of Angel, though I have seen some of Seasons 4 and 5, as well as having been spoiled on almost everything that happens.
So, I think I'll use this to talk a bit about my own biases, favorites, stuff like that. My favorite character is Faith (look just above and see how much that doesn't surprise you), and I can write about that at length (seriously, someone once asked me why and my response was a 1700 word essay). Season 3 is my favorite (big surprise there), but not just because of Faith (but that's a large part of why). My favorite episode is This Year's Girl/Who Are You (I count them as one, but if you don't, then Who Are You is 1 and This Year's Girl is 2), which I've probably watched 20 times, and none of that should come as a big surprise. My biggest disappointment was that Faith wasn't used more in the series as a whole and the fact that the spin-off focused on her never happened (though Angel and Faith is helping there). Yeah, sometimes I have to remind myself that the show isn't about her, since about the only episodes not featuring Faith that I rewatch regularly are Once More With Feeling and Tabula Rasa. Honestly, if they'd explored her more, she'd be the most interesting character in the series -- I definitely think she had the most potential. And, since I'm unable to be a fan of something without being a shipper for something that doesn't happen (I have no luck), I love Buffy and Faith together, and remember being convinced during season 3 that it was going to happen. I was most convinced it was going to happen during the Bronze scene in Bad Girls... yeah, we know how that ends.
Now that I've gushed enough about Faith (I tend to do that a lot, my girlfriend is surprisingly tolerant), I'll just mention other things. I love Firefly and was quite depressed when I finished the show and the movie since there wasn't any more available (I'll get to the comics at some point). I also absolutely love Dollhouse despite how polarizing the show was (yes, a large part of me loving it is Eliza -- not the only reason, but a reason), and felt much the same kind of depression when I got to the end of it.
But yeah, I've talked enough about myself. So hello, I'm here now. I'm sure I've bored you enough, but hopefully I don't keep doing that in the future.
My girlfriend watched it over the summer first, then prodded me into watching it (we were completely convinced by the summer's double whammy of Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers). Outside of a couple of bumpy areas, I absolutely love the show (obviously, otherwise I wouldn't be here and part of the fandom). I'm currently watching Angel as well -- I like it as well, but I'm more divided on it -- it hits some really high points (Five by Five and Sanctuary are pretty much perfect), but I feel like its overall level of quality is lower than Buffy. I'm near the end of Season 3 of Angel, though I have seen some of Seasons 4 and 5, as well as having been spoiled on almost everything that happens.
So, I think I'll use this to talk a bit about my own biases, favorites, stuff like that. My favorite character is Faith (look just above and see how much that doesn't surprise you), and I can write about that at length (seriously, someone once asked me why and my response was a 1700 word essay). Season 3 is my favorite (big surprise there), but not just because of Faith (but that's a large part of why). My favorite episode is This Year's Girl/Who Are You (I count them as one, but if you don't, then Who Are You is 1 and This Year's Girl is 2), which I've probably watched 20 times, and none of that should come as a big surprise. My biggest disappointment was that Faith wasn't used more in the series as a whole and the fact that the spin-off focused on her never happened (though Angel and Faith is helping there). Yeah, sometimes I have to remind myself that the show isn't about her, since about the only episodes not featuring Faith that I rewatch regularly are Once More With Feeling and Tabula Rasa. Honestly, if they'd explored her more, she'd be the most interesting character in the series -- I definitely think she had the most potential. And, since I'm unable to be a fan of something without being a shipper for something that doesn't happen (I have no luck), I love Buffy and Faith together, and remember being convinced during season 3 that it was going to happen. I was most convinced it was going to happen during the Bronze scene in Bad Girls... yeah, we know how that ends.
Now that I've gushed enough about Faith (I tend to do that a lot, my girlfriend is surprisingly tolerant), I'll just mention other things. I love Firefly and was quite depressed when I finished the show and the movie since there wasn't any more available (I'll get to the comics at some point). I also absolutely love Dollhouse despite how polarizing the show was (yes, a large part of me loving it is Eliza -- not the only reason, but a reason), and felt much the same kind of depression when I got to the end of it.
But yeah, I've talked enough about myself. So hello, I'm here now. I'm sure I've bored you enough, but hopefully I don't keep doing that in the future.
Black Eye Guy
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