FIC: Closer to the Heart - Chapter 6 (PG-13)

[me_llamo_nic]

Title: Closer to the Heart
Chapter 6: Show Time
Rating: PG-13?
Warnings: One F-bomb. Other than that, if you’re not offended by the episode, you shouldn’t be offended by this fic.
Summary: Willow tries to support Buffy’s decisions.
Beta: The frakking awesome kristina_secret, who put in overtime on my birthday!

Comments

[kristina_secret]

I'm glad I could add a little extra terrific to your birthday. :D

[me_llamo_nic]

=)

[poxydoo]

Ah! My birthday is a week from today! Meaning it is, indeed, your birthday! Happy Getting-Older Day!

[me_llamo_nic]

I'm trying to think up a good LOST pun for my age, but it's not quite coming to me. Hopefully I'll be able to think of one by my 42nd birthday though.

P.S. Further thoughts on Buffy, in general

[poxydoo]

Twelve episodes into season 2, I think it's safe to say I'm a fan. I fully intend to finish the thing, and watch Angel as well

Re: P.S. Further thoughts on Buffy, in general

[me_llamo_nic]

(There are some crossover episodes between Buffy and Angel. A few of them in Angel season 1/Buffy season 4. Two in Angel2/Buffy5. A sort of vaguely referenced, not actually seen on screen one in Angel3/Buffy6. The story of Buffy will still make sense without the Angel episodes. Until Angel4/Buffy7. There's a character that leaves Buffy in Buffy4 and comes back in Buffy7, if you haven't seen that characters crossover episodes in seasons 1 and 4 of Angel, then that characters return might not make much sense. This viewing guide (http://forums.pdxbrowncoats.com/index.php?topic=1646.0) has the episodes broken up into story arcs for convenient viewing of both shows, or you could just go season for season (Angel then Buffy on the last one) and things would probably make enough sense

Re: P.S. Further thoughts on Buffy, in general

[poxydoo]

Erin isn't offended by gratuitous sexual content, but she is offended by stupidity... and she feels that Buffy is simply brimming over with it. She would find it "incredulous that I could possibly waste my time watching that shit" (<--me imagining her reaction)
It's actually kind of bizarre how intense she is about this... I was actually not allowed to talk to her about Dollhouse while I was watching it.
There is no rational reason for it to be so intense, but I feel like it could quite possibly be a result of her friends from high school who quite liked Whedon's work. A lot of them still act as if they are in high school, haven't really moved on in their lives, so really most things associated with them that she doesn't already have a high opinion of are kind of taboo, stemming from a sense of disappointment. Or something.

Re: P.S. Further thoughts on Buffy, in general

[me_llamo_nic]

I was just pointing the humor in the fact that most guys have to hide their porn from the Mrs.

and she feels that Buffy is simply brimming over with it.

Based on one episode? I mean, yes it was a musical, but it also had some fairly dark overtones even as a standalone (which it probably shouldn't be viewed as, since it advances several character arcs).

Conflating shows with other emotional stimuli seems pretty common. That's why nostalgia is so powerful with some people. I doubt that there's any hope of convincing her it's worthwhile, but the condescension over your enjoying it seems a bit too far, in my humble opinion.

[katmarajade]

Willow flinging Kennedy across the room in an annoyed magical burst made me smile quite hugely.

[me_llamo_nic]

Thanks for reading. =)