Ahh, Doyle...
So Sarah recently borrowed Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 4 and Angel season 1. And she's going through them like a rabbit reproduces (ha, Anya talk, get it?) on that one freaky credit card commercial. Seriously. For her it's an episode from each show per night.
She comes up to me and she says she like Doyle. I nod, smile, I like him too, and I ask her if she believes he'll be alive for the rest of the season. She says yes. At this point I don't have the heart to tell her about Doyle's early death. And so I don't. And I feel terrible, absolutely terrible.
If she continues to go through an episode per night, she'll probably get around to Hero on Friday. Hopefully. Because I don't want her to come up to me on Monday, bloodshot eyes from crying, and insist that Doyle's dead. I don't want that to happen to me. Because then she'll be angry at me for not warning her in advance and I'll defend myself and say that I didn't want to spoil her. Sure, I think telling her rather than letting her find out by herself is more gentle, per se, but I'd rather she doesn't find out from me but from the show. She'll cry. Probably. She'll weep. And she'll be one more fan that's angry at Joss Whedon for making a big whoopsie (re: Doyle's death).
And today she asked me what other shows/movies any Angel actors appeared on. She asked me. She asked me about Glenn Quinn. All I did was stare in the distance at the door of the Latin classroom, move my mouth like a fish out of water, and I can't say anything. I want to tell her about Glenn Quinn, don't get me wrong, but it was...I don't know. It hurt too much, I think, to tell people, 'Oh, Glenn Quinn? Yeah, he's gone. From what/how? Umm...' It'll be too painful. I mean I accept that Glenn Quinn has gone from this world (was in denial when I first fell in love with Doyle. I coped) but I can't tell another person that he died because it'll be...I don't know. Wrong, maybe? I'm not sure. But I couldn't bring myself to say what happened to Glenn. I'll let her find out herself.
So if she's like me, she'll be mad at Doyle's death and not watch anymore Angel after Hero. But, if she's like me, she'll eventually cope with Doyle's death and bring herself to watch the rest of season one.
Hopefully.
She comes up to me and she says she like Doyle. I nod, smile, I like him too, and I ask her if she believes he'll be alive for the rest of the season. She says yes. At this point I don't have the heart to tell her about Doyle's early death. And so I don't. And I feel terrible, absolutely terrible.
If she continues to go through an episode per night, she'll probably get around to Hero on Friday. Hopefully. Because I don't want her to come up to me on Monday, bloodshot eyes from crying, and insist that Doyle's dead. I don't want that to happen to me. Because then she'll be angry at me for not warning her in advance and I'll defend myself and say that I didn't want to spoil her. Sure, I think telling her rather than letting her find out by herself is more gentle, per se, but I'd rather she doesn't find out from me but from the show. She'll cry. Probably. She'll weep. And she'll be one more fan that's angry at Joss Whedon for making a big whoopsie (re: Doyle's death).
And today she asked me what other shows/movies any Angel actors appeared on. She asked me. She asked me about Glenn Quinn. All I did was stare in the distance at the door of the Latin classroom, move my mouth like a fish out of water, and I can't say anything. I want to tell her about Glenn Quinn, don't get me wrong, but it was...I don't know. It hurt too much, I think, to tell people, 'Oh, Glenn Quinn? Yeah, he's gone. From what/how? Umm...' It'll be too painful. I mean I accept that Glenn Quinn has gone from this world (was in denial when I first fell in love with Doyle. I coped) but I can't tell another person that he died because it'll be...I don't know. Wrong, maybe? I'm not sure. But I couldn't bring myself to say what happened to Glenn. I'll let her find out herself.
So if she's like me, she'll be mad at Doyle's death and not watch anymore Angel after Hero. But, if she's like me, she'll eventually cope with Doyle's death and bring herself to watch the rest of season one.
Hopefully.