Out of the cradle and into the coffin.

[ever_neutral]

THE ANSWER IS SHOCKING. IT WILL SHOCK YOU.

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[elisi]

♥ ♥ ♥

Bergman for the masses indeed.

Also HOW are you not a member of lateseasonlove? (OK, so it's pretty dead now, but...))

[ever_neutral]

Yessss so much love for that quote.

I am quite familiar with lateseasonlove! But I, er, did notice the deadness, a bit, so I thought perhaps I came too late. Maybe someone will liven the place up again? :)

[elisi]

But I, er, did notice the deadness, a bit, so I thought perhaps I came too late. Maybe someone will liven the place up again? :)
Oh I'd love that. That comm was my baby, but I think that times have moved on - we set it up as a haven for people who loved the later season and didn't want to have to deal with the haters. But the split is less now, since so many people have moved on and of course the comics have changed things rather...

[ever_neutral]

Ah. Yeah. That's depressing. THE COMICS. RUINING EVERYTHING. WE SHALL SPEAK OF THEM NO MORE. *spits*

[ghostyouknow27]

I still say that S2 is my favorite season ... but I watch S6 the most. Part of that is because I start watching OMWF and get sucked into a season marathon, part of that is because I relate more to Buffy in S6 than I do in any other season.

S6 Buffy gets overwhelmed. The world seems like it's too much for her, and she struggles to find a reason to keep going. She deals with all the shitty adult things I can totally relate to - feeling lonely and isolated, being broke, paying bills, working shitty jobs, having hott sexx with the undead ...

So, to put it more succinctly: WORD.

[ever_neutral]

Butbutbut if you watch S6 the most, how can it still lose to S2, huh?!

Yes. I relate with all those things too. All of them. Yep. *nod*

[ghostyouknow27]

Because S2 made me fall in love with the show, and it has the best villain of the series, and some insanely awesome moments (Angelus and Buffy in Innocence. Just, whoa), and there's BAMF Spike with Dru, and Ethan Rayne, and Oz and Willow speaking of monkey pants, and it's not bogged down by stupid drug addiction metaphors or (as much) uneven writing and Giles is there for the whole thing ...

lol.

[diamondtook862]

Really? Less uneven writing? Hrm. Season 6 has Wrecked but it has its moments, and DMP which would be genius if it weren't so urghy (it's actually really effective in what it set out to do if you think about it- malaise and a twist on the old human hamburger myth). Season 2 has some serious flops like Go Fish and Bad Eggs (which I like, but shouldn't!). I'm not sure the writing is more even, that's all.

[diamondtook862]

Love.

I think I'm living season 6 this year. Except for all that hot undead sexx y'all seem to have found. All I have met are real men, and they are not all that awesome right now (not a story for today). Sometimes I wonder if it is a self fulfilling prophecy 'cause I'm so into Buffy. It could be. I do know I want it to be past Grave now, without SR and world-ending bff thank you very much.

Seriously though. Good thoughts. It is my favorite season to watch and write about. And yeah, Giles's return makes me clap and holler every time.

[ever_neutral]

♥

Every year is S6 year. The hardest thing in the world, etcetera etcetera.

lol, not a fan of world-ending BFF-ness then.

Except for all that hot undead sexx y'all seem to have found.

'Cause we hang in different crooowds, remember.

[diamondtook862]

Ah, maybe, but in truth, not in the same way. I think it's more the apathy. I'm usually a life-carer. It makes a big diff.

Hehe, not in my own life, no, the arc is good. :)

Oh, so you've found the safe yet consistently sexually available vampires, have you? They must live in Australia. Must be all that sunlight.

[ever_neutral]

lol. Yeah, I tend towards apathy and depression by nature. This is why God created the Buffyverse, friend.

That's right, you be jealous now. Go on.

[marketchippie]

I'M SHOOOCKED.

S2 will never, ever lose for me, these are things we know and understand, but this is the first (and, well, only) season that made me passionate about Buffy Summers the character. So, yeah. It's close to me.

[ever_neutral]

I KNEW YOU WOULD BE SHOOOCKED.

Yeah. Same reason. Though my love for the Buffalo extends past this season, this is the one that brought it to a different level.

[pocochina]

I love this season but it is so hard to re-watch I really don't very often. It actually never made me angry at Buffy, it just made me SO PISSED at Giles for abandoning her and Spike for taking advantage of her and I just wanted to hug her. I think it's a close second to S2 for me. (I am so horrible. DOES MY FAVORITE GIRL DIE? DOES A SCOOBY TRY TO END THE WORLD? SIGN ME UP.)

Also, true story, I re-watched Villains a couple of weeks ago and then had a nightmare where I kept switching perspectives between Dark Willow and someone who had pissed off Dark Willow. So, yeah, I keep the re-watches sparse.

[ever_neutral]

It is ridiculously hard to re-watch. Way harder than S2 for me. Which is why it takes top place in my heart. :)

Hah, my anger at the Buffster was purely over-identification. I weirdly never felt angry at Giles though. I'm not sure why. I understand why he did it, but mostly I just feel like I'm a lot less invested in his character than everyone else? Hmm.

Oho, wicked nightmare tho. My nightmares feature far less Dark Willow. Woe.

[local_max]

Season two and season six totally mirror each other (especially Becoming vs. Grave), too; some of it has to be deliberate. I think of them as adolescent passionate vs. young adulthood existential versions of the same thing. Which is why I LOVE THEM BOTH also.