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[kaisel]

My little experiment with Buffy: The Vampire Slayer (which sounds crude, now that I think about it) is nearly at an end, on Season 7 finally, and I figured I'd write some words about it. I kind of started watching the series because I kept hearing how great the show was, and frankly, I really loved Firefly and I really loved Dr. Horrible, and I

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[kaisel]

So far Season 7 has been a huge step up from Season 6, where there were only a handful of episodes I'd actually want to watch again. I think part of the reason Season 7 is a bit better is that I always love it when things seem really desperate, and it's done a good job of that so far. On the other hand, I kinda hate Whedon's theme of "everyone is actually a terrible person deep down inside, and can redeem themselves, despite being a murderer and potential serial rapist" (though, after writing that, I guess there's a good justaxposition between Spike (whom I like still) and Andrew (who I know ends up being redeemed, though I haven't gotten that far, and whom I still hate).

And I hadn't hated Dawn too much before Season 7, but now... ugh. Kinda like with Riley, he was alright in s4, but after that was just annoying.

[kaisel]

Buffy hasn't annoyed me so far in Season 7 (I'm not that far into it though), I wanted pretty much every character to die in Season 6 though.

Who's your favorite character? My first guess is Giles, but I could be wrong there. I wish they'd give him something to do, but pretty much all the characters seem like they have no room to grow, without making them jerks.