So I've finally watched all 7 seasons of Buffy!

[kilodalton]

Hopefully I've recovered a little bit of my fangirl-cred (which was seriously imperiled considering I'd never seen Buffy)

Random assortment of disjointed thoughts on all 144 (!!!!????) episodes here:

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* It is perfectly reasonable for a TV show to make you sob like a baby

* And laugh your ass off

* In the same episode

* That was one HELL of a series

Comments

[turtle_goose]

Buffy is definitely my favorite character and probably the one character on that show I'll always stan for. Buffy/Angel is my favorite ship ever (I call it my OTP of OTPs) and I have a wicked little soft spot for Buffy/Angelus. I actually prefer Angelus over souless!Spike just because I found his motivations so much more interesting - especially in the show Angel, whereas I just found Spike boring honestly overused. I also liked Dawn? Like, I understood her angst, even if it got old. (A+ on MT's screaming though - SO ANNOYING!)

Normal Again and The Body are two of my favorite episodes. (Normal Again and Once More, With Feeling are the only real episodes of S6 that I let myself remember happen. S6 and I have issues...it's was joined by S3 of Chuck later on, so now it's not alone anymore.)

[kilodalton]

Angel is the next show I'm going to watch. I've heard universally awesome things about it - I'm really looking forward to it! =D

[sherrilina]

Omg finally! :D. I'm glad I helped shame you into watching on behalf of your fandom street cred. NOW you have to watch ATS (Angel), the spinoff), because it's even better, IMO--deeper, more complex, better made, and with a stronger cast. And you will see the full awesome of Cordelia Chase, who is my favorite Buffyverse character (Whose absence on BTVS post-s3 was filled by both Anya and Spike!)...and Cordy/Angel! <333

[kilodalton]

As far as my favorite season goes, they kind of blurred together for me since I saw them all so quickly >.< ... I think I liked s6 and s7 the best, at least on first viewing - Dawn wasn't as annoying in s7 as she was in s5 and s6 (honestly, it was a big turnoff to me), and the themes were a bit darker, which I enjoy!

I ... think I like Spuffy? I loved Spike, and I kind of wanted him to be able to find the peace that eluded him both as a human and a vampire. I don't think Buffy was the 'right' person for that, but eh, she made him happy XD

Angel is next on my to-watch list!! =D

[sherrilina]

Heh, 6 and 7 are certainly unusual choices! And so you didn't prefer the seasons with no Dawn at all, lol? But ooh if you like darker themes then I think you should enjoy "Angel" since it is a much darker show overall! :) (Though like BTVS it takes a little bit to find its feet during s1).

I can understand that POV if you are first and foremost a Spike fan...what I love most avout Spuffy is the evolution of their relationship from enemies to uneasy allies to fellow Scoobies to lovers to friends in the end. And heh, I should have known you'd love Spike, given your feelings on Damon! ;)

[sherrilina]

Also favorite episodes: The Gift and Becoming Part 2. And lol, between you and a million other ppl I know who seem to be watching BTVS (my friend kept texting me random things about it!), and a lot of meta I've been reading, I've begun rewatching BTVS in the first time in ages! ;). Though I can't watch all the epps because s1 is so boring.

[kilodalton]

I feel like I barely remember s1 lol, except that everyone looked crazy young XD

[sherrilina]

Lol, and yet still not young enough to actually be high school students...:p

[x5vale]

Dawn was about the most annoying character of all time.
Agree 100%!

My issue with Buffy/Angel is the same as my issue with Elena/Stefan -- basically, total snoozefest
I disagree on this. Buffy/Angel was way more complicated than Stefan/Elena imo and Buffy/Spike really never worked for me despite the fact that Spike has always been one of my favorite character.

Maybe Joss decided to joss himself?
Maybe :)

Awesome awesome show indeed!

[kilodalton]

Dawn's voice just had to be the most grating thing ever >.< ...

[annissag]

Yaaay! Buffy love! I don't even know where to start in responding to this! I feel like a spaniel whose owner just returned home

[kilodalton]

Excellent points, all!

Dawn in s7 did grate on me less than in previous seasons - I think it's because she whined/screeched less. She really came into her own that season - I liked that scene in "Potential" as well, and I just wish we'd seen a bit more of that even earlier.

I'm really starting to think it's more a dislike on my part for Michelle T's voice than for anything about Dawn as a character per se.