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In which I flail over BtVS. Bite me.
Dec. 1st, 2007 07:37 pmSo our little Saturday "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"-watching party has made it four episodes into the second season and it's still the best series I've addicted myself to since Beast Wars. Joss Whedon is an absolute genius at merging snappy dialogue with unexpected plot moves and scenes that wrench your heart out of your chest.
The thing about Whedon, something I picked up watching "Firefly", is that you have trouble knowing exactly who's going to live or die just based on expected plot movement. They killed off a character you vaguely cared about in the second episode (with the preying mantis lady, which simultaneously set the pattern for Xander's unfortunate love life) and Spike fried a plot-important little kid two episodes ago which crosses a number of unwritten trope rules. I love it.
Spike, by the way, is badass even if he does give me the creeps and have a very strange girlfriend. Rodimus Void wants to be as cool as him. And Giles absolutely rocks my socks by being culturally estranged and geeky while having some of the most emotional moments in the entire show. Even Cordelia's become tolerable, even friendly since last season where she played the part of typical annoying popular girl and yet hasn't completely lost her shallow nature to the cause of being a protagonist.
On top of everything else, I don't loathe the canon pairings and that's something I usually hate the most out of your typical TV series. Giles hooking up with the computer teacher is going well enough and Buffy's tension with Angel isn't completely taking over the plot. I'll admit that the whole Buffy/Xander/Willow love triangle thing gets a little annoying at times, but Gary assures me it will be resolved and they will find appropriate love interests out-of-triadand Willow turns out to be a lesbian, which I find cool because she isn't being a stereotype about it even through though my fangirl nature sees subtext everywhere. In all, I am satisfied with how things are going.
...Spike/Angel OTP. C'mon, I can't be the only one who thinks they'd be hot together with Drusilla curled up watching in vaguely schizophrenic adoration.
The thing about Whedon, something I picked up watching "Firefly", is that you have trouble knowing exactly who's going to live or die just based on expected plot movement. They killed off a character you vaguely cared about in the second episode (with the preying mantis lady, which simultaneously set the pattern for Xander's unfortunate love life) and Spike fried a plot-important little kid two episodes ago which crosses a number of unwritten trope rules. I love it.
Spike, by the way, is badass even if he does give me the creeps and have a very strange girlfriend. Rodimus Void wants to be as cool as him. And Giles absolutely rocks my socks by being culturally estranged and geeky while having some of the most emotional moments in the entire show. Even Cordelia's become tolerable, even friendly since last season where she played the part of typical annoying popular girl and yet hasn't completely lost her shallow nature to the cause of being a protagonist.
On top of everything else, I don't loathe the canon pairings and that's something I usually hate the most out of your typical TV series. Giles hooking up with the computer teacher is going well enough and Buffy's tension with Angel isn't completely taking over the plot. I'll admit that the whole Buffy/Xander/Willow love triangle thing gets a little annoying at times, but Gary assures me it will be resolved and they will find appropriate love interests out-of-triad
...Spike/Angel OTP. C'mon, I can't be the only one who thinks they'd be hot together with Drusilla curled up watching in vaguely schizophrenic adoration.
