My Buffy history.

[elisi]

Since some people seem to have misunderstood my 'I came to fandom late' as 'I came to Buffy late' (which isn't surprising really, but that's what I get for writing in a hurry), I thought I'd write down how I fell for the show which is something I've wanted to do anyway (not individual characters, although that would be fun, but I just don't have

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[cindergal]

Oh, I think it was just me who misunderstood. ;-) And I always love to hear how people got into the show. I watched a few episodes of S1, then watched steadily in S2. I really got hooked at Surprise/Innocence, though. I remember thinking, OMG, they just turned the love interest into an evil killer! Who does that? And he's so much cooler this way! ;-) That, combined with my Spike/Dru love meant I was hooked. :-)

I did stop watching for awhile during S3 and S4 - We moved and no longer could get the WB, and then when I finally could tune in, I was not enamored of the Initiative thing and stopped watching again. I had a newborn and kind of forgot about the show, then read in TV Guide one day something about the daring plot line that had Spike falling in love with Buffy. What? Spike? Evil Spike, whom I adored? That's when I entered internet fandom in an effort to catch up on Season 5. And the rest, as they say, is history. :-)

[elisi]

Oh, I think it was just me who misunderstood. ;-)
There was at least one more and probably 10 who never mentioned it. And I've been meaning to write this down for ages anyway so I feel like I ought to thank you for the excuse! ;)

OMG, they just turned the love interest into an evil killer! Who does that? And he's so much cooler this way! ;-)
I *know*! Watched 'Passion' a few weeks ago and Angelus is soooo good! (Or bad, you know what I mean!)

And the rest, as they say, is history. :-)
And a very good history it is too. :)

[zanthinegirl]

Very interesting-- what a great topic

[elisi]

but I'd seen the movie and wasn't tempted.
Heee. Believe it or not, but Darcy actually prefers the movie - but then he really has a thing for 'dumb' teen flicks (like 'Dude where's my car').

And I love Oz too. Actually I doubt I've ever met anyone who dislikes him!

Thanks for sharing your story - and lucky you for having RL friends to share the show with. :)

[zanthinegirl]

lucky you for having RL friends to share the show with. :)
Sure, if you define "share" as "drag into fandom kicking and screaming"! They still remind me of that!

A lot of my co-workers were/are big Buffy fans. I think night-shift in ICU tends to draw a certain type of personality, plus we tend to be up at weird times. At the hospital I worked at in the mid 90s right after college we'd get together and watch "Highlander".

I actually liked the movie too, but I'll admit my fondness was mainly for the silly parts and I knew Peewee Herman wasn't coming to the series...

[elisi]

if you define "share" as "drag into fandom kicking and screaming"
Heeee! :D

think night-shift in ICU tends to draw a certain type of personality, plus we tend to be up at weird times.
That's an interesting point. And of course there's pretty vampires...

And I think the movie's fun too - and it does have Luke Perry. *g*

[molly_may]

Okay, I knew some of this, but...you've never seen "Killed By Death"??? But it's good! Okay, it's not great. But there's Angelus and Xander and Cordelia stuff to love. And I also didn't realize that you had never seen "School Hard" until after S7, which I imagine was a huge treat.

[elisi]

I'm saving it up. It wasn't shown during the re-runs and it is the only episode that I've never seen *and* am unspoiled for. Like a late Christmas present or something... (when I buy S2 on DVD).

And 'School Hard' was the biggest yummiest chocolate cake *ever*! :)

[earth_vexer]

I just wrote a longish comment and LJ ate it. :( Let's try that again.

I don't think I could compose as detailed a history as you've done. Clearly your memory is far better than mine. *g* I do recall, however, that I was also introduced to LJ through _wisteria's fic site (or it might have been herself_nyc...). And lurking at the morethanspike forum and following fic recs from there is what introduced me to fic

[elisi]

Clearly your memory is far better than mine. *g*
I might just have composed this in my head once or twice before actually writing it down...

I was very very skeptical that the Angel character could carry his own series
I know what you mean - but he's so much better on his own show! :)

Thank you for sharing your story, I love reading how everyone got hooked.

[fotada]

Great post! Wow, what a memory! I honestly can't remember specifically what episode I first saw. I'm pretty sure it was late in Season 6, because I remember being intrigued by Dark!Willow sucking the words out of the pile of books and into her skin. (And for that reason, I never really liked early season Willow too much, because it seemed very fake since I already knew what a badass she could really be.) FX was also showing reruns of the series, so I started watching those sporadically as well. And then I started taping the episodes, then buying the DVDs, and so on

[elisi]

Wow, what a memory!
In places. Other bits I've forgotten completely.

I never really liked early season Willow too much, because it seemed very fake since I already knew what a badass she could really be
First impressions really matter!

Fool For Love!!!
It seems to be recruitment episode #1!

Before this, I had honestly never heard of fanfiction before
I think the first time I became aware of it, was around New Year (at the end of the year when S6 had been shown), because the 'net section of a newpaper awarded 'Buffy' it's top prize, since fanfic had become reality with the S/B affair!

And where this obsession with Buffy stops, nobody knows.
Heh. It's done for me, that's for sure!