Gosh, most of my opinions are actually pretty popular, I feel so conventional...
Ok I'm not sure if these are popular or not but here are some of my opinions.
*I actually see Jasmine's point of view despite ultimately agreeing with Angel.
*I too like Riley.
*I too like Connor, and didn't mind Dawn (actually liked her in Season 7)
*I prefer Angel as a show and a character to Buffy and Btvs respectively.
*I too prefer the bigs bads on Ats than Btvs.
*I thought Mr Trick had potential and was sold short.
*Empathised with Wood in LMPTM even if I didn't agree with his 'mission'. Thought Spike in this same episode was trying to rationalize past events to make himself feel better.
*I can't choose between Angel, Angelus or Liam because to me they are all different sides of the same fragmented persona.
* This is the defense of Cordy's awkward transition in Season 3:
My main problem was actually not Cordy's personality in Season 3 or even Cangel, it was how uncharacteristically she was out of touch with her own feelings. But actually this can be explained. Perhaps these years have been a huge transition for her. The visions and the mission have changed her more than she knew. She overlooked Doyle at first but then finally saw his worth as a companion. This happened with Angel and also with her growing sense of self. Episodes such as, well most of the Pylea arc, That Vision Thing, Birthday
and Tomorrow were actually fantastically well written and very in character for her, it's just that there were certain transitions that needed ironing out. Intutively this could be CC's performance, but it still made sense to me.
*Also on Warren and misogyny:
Warren is an interesting one. He wasn't a misogynist per se. Hang on I just read that... I don't think there is a misogynist per se, as such, it's a result of interconnected personality traits that can lead to such. Now this is an unpopular opinion because I think a lot of people saw two Warrens: Season 5 Warren and the other one. To me there was one Warren who developed into the person he's become. The confusion a lot of people have is that they think Warren learned his lesson in IWMTLY, but he didn't, he just grew more bitter and the darker tendencies grew. I don't ever think Warren was just 'that' guy or the other guy. In IWMTLY, people in the ep actually can identify with him but, it's how we handle such issues that define us. Warren was never simply a woman hater (although he ended up becoming one of sorts based upon his need to dominate and control. A flaw born out of his insecurity, hello Willow, relate much?)but it's these key choices that define us and Warren chose the other path.
The Katrina thing was also interesting. I actually don't think he could love Katrina, well maybe he could but he wasn't really ready to. Just because he finds Katrina more interesting, doesn't mean he respects her as an individual. The real test would be if he didn't try to control Katrina (yes actually in the same episode) and actually moved on in a positive way, but he doesn't. It's sad but some people just go down that path.
