SPN: a poll (post-Devil's Trap v.2)

[sargraf]

Manon, I hope you've noticed that my last few posts have been utterly emotion-free. ;) I told you I could do it! And now, I'll go back to my regularly scheduled program... :P

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[sargraf]

All I have to say is this: Thanks to this comment, I am now watching Buffy! :P You are almost entirely responsible for my new mini (and possibly soon to be overblown) obsession. *hugs you!*

I'm such an angst whore, I guess, but the darker a show, the more I enjoy it. My favorite episodes of the shows I've watched (aside from the episodes which were comic gems) have always been the bleakest ones, the harshest choices made morally and such. I thrive on that stuff. I tried to explain it in my reply to dotfic, but there's not enough weight on their shoulders to make things like Michael's loss of innocence truly resonate. He's still smiley at the end, and Sam and Dean were for the most part of the season no more "hollowed" (so to speak) than they were at the beginning. Until the last three episodes, of course. There should be a tangible sense of what this has cost them. I believe the actors (certainly JA) are talented enough to portray that and still hold true each his character's defining characteristics. Dean, his courage and resolution and sense of taking what enjoyment he can. Sam, his introspection and independence and sense of lingering hope... They could do it. It'd be grittier and harder, but they could do it.

Em is a marvel. She really is.

[astri13]

You are almost entirely responsible for my new mini (and possibly soon to be overblown) obsession. *hugs you!*

Hee. I`m the pied piper of Buffy luring innocent viewers to their doom. *g*
Keep posting your episode reaction, it`s really interesting to hear from someone to whom this is all new and fresh.
I can`t watch the earlier episodes now without thinking what`s gonna happen to these characters later and how my perception of them changed with it. *sigh*

I'm such an angst whore, I guess, but the darker a show, the more I enjoy it.

Me too, that`s why I was kind of shocked I could be angst-overloaded. And don`t worry both Buffy and Angel deliver on that front. The first season just doesn`t give a good feeling of things to come since the camp is played rather high on occasion.