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Buffy/Angel -- On the Subject of Closed Canon (and Love)

May 19, 2005 12:07

God, I love Angel.

I rewatched Life of the Party. I was planning on just going through to see what I needed for the vid and... ended up going out and rewatching the episode. It made me laugh and think and... happy place. Buffyverse is such a happy place for me now. Closing canon does an odd thing for me -- if I like something enough, I end up not ( Read more... )

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frelling_tralk May 19 2005, 19:16:50 UTC

Buffy -- Oh, my girl. I adore Buffy for years without really understanding her. Hero worship. I finally got her in S6. Because that girl, the depressed one? That one I've been. And since then, I love and adore her both.

Me too! The badboyfriend arc of season 2 wasn't something I could relate to in the same way. Season 6 Buffy just breaks my heart.

And I have also always loved Drusilla. How can you not :D

butterfly May 25 2005, 21:59:42 UTC

Me too! The badboyfriend arc of season 2 wasn't something I could relate to in the same way. Season 6 Buffy just breaks my heart.

Something interesting that I've noticed is that if you strongly identify with early Buffy, you tend not to identify with later Buffy. Which makes sense -- Early Buffy is bubbly and hopeful and manages to remain mostly unscarred. Later Buffy has obvious wounds and makes different kinds of mistakes and succeeds in closing herself off a lot more.

And Dru is just... fun and tragic and all kinds of interesting.

avrelia May 19 2005, 23:08:36 UTC

I love that you have something good to say about about each character here.

I share most ot it, though my turning points are different.

butterfly May 25 2005, 22:00:25 UTC

I really do love them all. Though, I'm still angry at Faith, mind, I just love her anyway.

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butterfly May 25 2005, 22:00:49 UTC

'Twas fun. I have a lot of love to give.

*nods*

aycheb May 20 2005, 15:37:18 UTC

Yay for retrospective love. I especially agree with your comments on Angel who I also didn't really get until Home. Being a father just works for him, even when he gets it wrong he's just trying so hard.

butterfly May 25 2005, 22:02:41 UTC

Angel really was just about the best father we got to see in the Buffyverse, with the possible exception of Fred's dad. Because he wanted so very badly for Connor to have a good life, was willing to make any sacrifice -- it made him a horrible friend, but he was a good father. He loved Connor so much.

poisonapple73 May 21 2005, 06:59:01 UTC

Buffy -- Oh, my girl. I adore Buffy for years without really understanding her. Hero worship. I finally got her in S6. Because that girl, the depressed one? That one I've been. And since then, I love and adore her both.

Hey- linked here through metafandom. I had such a similar experience with Buffy- I loved her for years without really understanding why, or being able to verbalize it. But after going through something similar to her experience in season 6, and rewatching it, I just fell head over heels in love with her. She's all the worst parts of me and yet has all the bravery and wit and so much more that I'd love to have.

butterfly May 25 2005, 22:04:20 UTC

It really does seem that you have to go through a similar experience to understand how true and real Buffy is in S6. If you haven't gone through depression or seen someone close go through depression, it doesn't make sense. Because some things just don't make sense from the outside.